Help,XDF-S4-6, use of ",", like, unlike, as

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6. Because young children do not organize their attention or perceptions systematically, like adults, they may notice and remember details that their elders ignore.
(A) like adults
(B) unlike an adult
(C) as adults
(D) as adults do
(E) as an adult

I know the answer should be  D.

But I'm not sure about the comma and want to  know how to correct the sentence by using "as adults do" or "like adults" or "unlike adults".  

Attention:
the following sentences may need some change to be correct, I'm not sure and put them here for your help.

eg.
1.
Because young children do not organize their attention or perceptions systematically as adults do, they may notice and remember details that their elders ignore.
(no comma before "as adults do")

2.
Because young children do not organize their attention or perceptions systematically, as adults do, they may notice and remember details that their elders ignore.
(a comma before "as adults do")

3.
Yong children may notice and remember details that their elders ignore, because they do not organize their attention or perceptions systematically like adults.
(no comma before " like adults")

4.
Yong children may notice and remember details that their elders ignore, because they do not organize their attention or perceptions systematically,like adults.
(a comma before" like adults")

5.
Because unlike adults, young children do not organize their attention or perceptions systematically, they may notice and remember details that their elders ignore.
(no comma before "unlike adults")

6.
Because,unlike adults, young children do not organize their attention or perceptions systematically, they may notice and remember details that their elders ignore.
(a comma before "unlike adults")

7.
Because young children,unlike adults, do not organize their attention or perceptions systematically, they may notice and remember details that their elders ignore.

8.
Yong children may notice and remember details that their elders ignore, because  unlike adults, they do not organize their attention or perceptions systematically.
(no comma before "unlike adults")


9.
Yong children may notice and remember details that their elders ignore, because ,unlike adults, they do not organize their attention or perceptions systematically.
(a comma before "unlike adults")

10.
Yong children may notice and remember details that their elders ignore, because they, unlike adults, do not organize their attention or perceptions systematically.

11.(if there's any other correct one)

Can any  NN help choose or give the correct sentences and explain why?

Thanks in advance.  

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lyricling

嘻嘻，很有意思的例子。大家快来看看！！！

jubel

我觉得6和8是对的，当然，在没有正确的as选项的情况下

lyricling

偶还有一些例子，大家看看，对不对呢？

Because young children do not organize,like adults, their attention or perceptions systematically, they may notice and remember details that their elders ignore.

Young children may notice and remember details that their elders ignore,because they do not organize their attention or perceptions systematically, unlike adults who can do so.

Because young children do not think systematically like adults, they may notice and remember details that their elders ignore.

joywzy

怎么区分啊？ 我糊涂了。

1stzhang

我认为1、2、6、7、9、10是正确的用法

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joywzy

以下是引用1stzhang在2003-7-4 21:13:00的发言：
我认为1、2、6、9、10是正确的用法

Why?

1stzhang, could u please help me distinguish those sentences?Thanks.

tocean0222

Very interesting! "LIKE" or "UNLIKE" and" AS "here  are all  indicators of comparison. Let me try to tell the differences among them as follows,

"Like" ,which is a  preposition, should be followed by a noun or pronoun, and such a noun or pronoun need to be paralleled with the subject of the sentence.Commonly, the position of the phrase led by "like" in a sentence used to be : the beginner of a sentence or the middle of the subject and the predicate in a sentence.Only if a phrase led by "like" serves as a predicative, it wil be placed at the end of sentence.

eg:
1、Like her sisters, Emily also wrote a world-class novel.
2、Some suspect that corporate naptime, like other perks, is just a way to keep people at the office longer.
3、I am very like my elder brother.

Being a conjunction, "as" ought to be followed by a subordinate clause, which includes a subject and a verb. The objective of using  such a clause is to avoid  repetition in the predicate and that of comprison of a clause led by "as" with the main clause is to show their differences.The clause led by "as" can  be placed after the main cluse or  in the middle of the main clause and another subordinate clause.In addition, sometimes the structure of the clause preceded by "as" can be the same as that of question sentence.

eg:
1、He was a Catholic, as most of his friends were .
2、She believed, as did all her family, that the king was their superme lord.

So, due to the above-mentioned statements, I think that correct sentences are 2、7、10 and the sentences written by lyricling are wrong.
Welcome comments!

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1stzhang

1.
Because young children do not organize their attention or perceptions systematically as adults do, they may notice and remember details that their elders ignore.
(no comma before "as adults do")

2.
Because young children do not organize their attention or perceptions systematically, as adults do, they may notice and remember details that their elders ignore.
(a comma before "as adults do")
1、2我们把他们分为一组，as这个词后面是可以接句子的表示整个句子的比较，用“，”隔开不是那么重要。

3.
Yong children may notice and remember details that their elders ignore, because they do not organize their attention or perceptions systematically like adults.
(no comma before " like adults")

4.
Yong children may notice and remember details that their elders ignore, because they do not organize their attention or perceptions systematically,like adults.
(a comma before" like adults")

3、4一组，错误的原因是like要靠近它的比较对象。这种用法从结构上就是错误的。

5.
Because unlike adults, young children do not organize their attention or perceptions systematically, they may notice and remember details that their elders ignore.
(no comma before "unlike adults")

8.
Yong children may notice and remember details that their elders ignore, because  unlike adults, they do not organize their attention or perceptions systematically.
(no comma before "unlike adults")

5，8也是结构上的错误，好象是because 引导的unlike但是because是个连词是只可以接完整的句子的。

6.
Because,unlike adults, young children do not organize their attention or perceptions systematically, they may notice and remember details that their elders ignore.
(a comma before "unlike adults")

7.
Because young children,unlike adults, do not organize their attention or perceptions systematically, they may notice and remember details that their elders ignore.

9.
Yong children may notice and remember details that their elders ignore, because ,unlike adults, they do not organize their attention or perceptions systematically.
(a comma before "unlike adults")

10.
Yong children may notice and remember details that their elders ignore, because they, unlike adults, do not organize their attention or perceptions systematically.

6、7、9、10为一组，因为这里把unlike adults作为插入成分存在，而插入成分的位置是十分灵活的，所以他们是正确的。

在此我纠正一下，我上面的答案，我个人认为1、2、6、7、9、10是正确的用法。

欢迎讨论

tocean0222

以下是引用1stzhang在2003-7-4 22:03:00的发言：

1、2我们把他们分为一组，as这个词后面是可以接句子的表示整个句子的比较，用“，”隔开不是那么重要。

我到觉得这个逗号很重要，如果as adults do前面没有逗号，如句1，那么because引导的状从后面又多了一个as引导的从句，这不符合英语习惯用法。
正确的用法是句2，as adults do 是做插入语；也可把1句改为：
1.
Because young children do not organize their attention or perceptions as systematically as adults do, they may notice and remember details that their elders ignore.
再举一例：
Because Yaoming is unusually tall, as are his parents, he also becomes a basket-ball player.
or:
Because Yaoming is as unusually tall as are his parents, he also becomes a basket-ball player.

3、4、5、8四句我跟你的理解差不多，就不说了；

6、7、9、10为一组，因为这里把unlike adults作为插入成分存在，而插入成分的位置是十分灵活的，所以他们是正确的。

虽然这里的unlike adults是作插入语，但是它的位置也不是飘忽不定的，而是应该按照英语习惯来决定——一般是出现在比较对象的后面或是提到整个句子的前面作状语；
再举一例：
Some suspect that corporate naptime, like other perks, is just a way to keep people at the office longer.
or:
Like other perks, corporate naptime is just a way to keep people at the office longer.


所以我觉得2、7、10才是正确的！

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