[求助]GWD 3-41 Such as 与 Like的区别？

coffeeaddict

Q41:

The market for recycled commodities like aluminum and other metals remain strong despite economic changes in the recycling industry.

 

1. commodities like aluminum and other metals remain
2. commodities like those of aluminum and other metals are remaining
3. commodities such as aluminum and other metals remains
4. commodities, such as aluminum and other metals, remain
5. commodities, like the commodities of aluminum and other metals, remains

Such as 和like的区别到底在哪里？

多谢各位NN！

joe11

"such as" is much formal in writing than "like" when referring to giving examples.

So, use "such as" in Gmat, and in your future essays.

p.s. Search for "such as" should yield sufficient results to clear that up for you.

xizzhu

C is the best.

Such as 和like的区别到底在哪里?  That's what I had in mind. A collection of everyone's tips and techniques for cracking SC.

Like vs. Such As

Question: What's the difference between like and such as?

Example of the "mistake" that we make in everyday speech:
Can you buy me some fruit like oranges or grapefruit?

How the GMAT Official Guide would explain this mistake: Using like in
this answer choice mistakenly suggests that the utterer of the request does
in fact not want oranges or grapefruit, but rather some other kind of fruit
that is similar to oranges or grapefruit.

In normal English: In GMATLand, like  means similar to,
and such as  means
                            for example. Take a look at these examples:

• Can you buy me some fruit like oranges or grapefruit?
  

In GMATLand, this sentence would mean that you do NOT want oranges or grapefruit;
instead, you'd prefer some fruit similar to oranges and grapefruit. For example,
you may want pomelo, lemons, or limes. Yes, I know this sounds a little crazy,
but our goal is to understand what GMAT is looking for, not what is "correct"
English.

• Can you buy me some fruit such as oranges or grapefruit?
  

Yes, this is what we're supposed to say in GMATLand -- oranges and grapefruit
are examples of the type of fruit we want.

• I would like you to buy such fruit as oranges and grapefruit
  for me, if you don't mind.
  

This is simply a variation -- notice how such and as are separated. Separating
the two elements tends to make this pattern a bit harder to see.

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coffeeaddict

But the standard answer GWD gives is E. This quesiton is showed both in GWD 3-41 and in GWD 4-34. The answer is E each time.

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Thanks for your detail explaination any way!

xizzhu

以下是引用coffeeaddict在2006-9-15 12:31:00的发言：

But the standard answer GWD gives is E. This quesiton is showed both in GWD 3-41 and in GWD 4-34. The answer is E each time.

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Thanks for your detail explaination any way!

C should be the best.   how come E is the answer?

kainan

such as是副词词组吧，副词不能直接修饰名词的，除非用逗号隔开~ 应该换成介宾结构的like+none.

晨叶生香

GWD是个屁！这道题OG第二版里有，选C