Originally published in 1950, Some Tame Gazelle was Barbara

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Originally published in 1950, Some Tame Gazelle was Barbara Pym’s first novel, but it does not read like an apprentice work.
(A) does not read like an apprentice work
(B) seems not to read as an apprentice work
(C) does not seem to read as an apprentice work would
(D) does not read like an apprentice work does
(E) reads unlike an apprentice work

Can you please explain why OA is A and not E?

[RonPurewal]

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[thanghnvn]

thank you for posting this question

first "to read" has one meaning "to be writen". pls, look at the dictionary for this point. this point means gmat test vocabulary
. this meaning is basic and gmat can test.

second

I think "would do" is correct, not "would". there are only 3 cases for ellipsis

- if the second half has a form of "to be" , the first half must have a form of "to be"
- if the second half has "do,did", the first half must have action verbs
- if the second half has helping verb, the first half must have the same helping verb, its tense possibly different.

those rule is created by Ron and we can learn them for free.

"would" in C dose not fall into one of three above. in the second half we have "would" while in the first half there is no "would". this means we have to write "would do"

C is out

D is wrong grammatically. anyone have to know this error at elementary level

"as" is wrong in B because "as" means "in capacity of"

I realy do not know why E is wrong.

"like" if used before a clause mean "in the same way as" . This meaning is correct in A.

why E is wrong? I think it is idiom problem. we do not have "unlike" before a clause while we can have "like" and "unlike" at the beginning of the sentence.

good dictionary dose not teach us this point

expert, pls help

[RonPurewal]

I can't tell what you are trying to ask.

Please ask at least one specific question, ending with "?".

Thanks.

[thanghnvn]

Originally published in 1950, Some Tame Gazelle was Barbara Pym’s first novel, but it does not read like an apprentice work.
(A) does not read like an apprentice work
(B) seems not to read as an apprentice work
(C) does not seem to read as an apprentice work would
(D) does not read like an apprentice work does
(E) reads unlike an apprentice work

Can you please explain why OA is A and not E?

C is wrong because there is no "will, would" in the first half of the comparision.

eliptical rules, explained by Ron, said that if the second half has helping verb, the first half must have the same helping verb.

Am I right?

[RonPurewal]

Originally published in 1950, Some Tame Gazelle was Barbara Pym’s first novel, but it does not read like an apprentice work.
(A) does not read like an apprentice work
(B) seems not to read as an apprentice work
(C) does not seem to read as an apprentice work would
(D) does not read like an apprentice work does
(E) reads unlike an apprentice work

Can you please explain why OA is A and not E?

C is wrong because there is no "will, would" in the first half of the comparision.

eliptical rules, explained by Ron, said that if the second half has helping verb, the first half must have the same helping verb.

Am I right?

If you're trying to compare the same type of observation on both sides, then, sure.

If you're actually creating an asymmetrical comparison, though, then not necessarily.
For instance, let's say I attend a party, but my brother doesn't. I can write
I didn't eat as much as my brother would have.
This works. I didn't eat is an actual occurrence, while my brother would have is hypothetical.
Because the verbal reference is clear, you don't need to write out "eaten" again.