Just like the background in art history . . .

[RonPurewal]

People who live in Texas.

do you understand why that ^^ is not a complete sentence?
if so, then you also understand the answer to your question.

[SohamM699]

Hi. I have a relatively generic doubt that has come up after reading this discussion.
So, the sentence
1. "Just as an archaeologist needs a background in art history to evaluate finds of ancient art, so a nautical archaeologist needs specialized knowledge of the history" is correct.

Similarly, the version without so and without who would be correct,
2. "Just as an archaeologist needs a background in art history to evaluate finds of ancient art, a nautical archaeologist needs specialized knowledge of the history"

Would a third version where instead of Just as X, Y, Like X, Y would be correct (with X and Y being independent clauses)?

3. "Like an archaeologist needs a background in art history to evaluate finds of ancient art, a nautical archaeologist needs specialized knowledge of the history"

Is version 3 correct?

[RonPurewal]

no. you can't have 'Like + [entire sentence]'.

it has to be 'Like NOUN #1, NOUN #2 does xxxx.'

[ZoeZ42]

HI MANHATTAN tutors,
I am not question the correct GMAT questions, I completely understand GMAT quesions are always correct if they are correct.
I am just want to make it clear that when second sentence Y sould be inverted if the structure is "just as X , so Y "
I have some sentence from MANHATTAN sentence correcting guide. 6th Edition
P183,
Right: JUST AS the trains were late yesterday, the buses are late today.
Right: JUST AS the trains were late yesterday, SO TOO are they late today.--inverted

P221
AS you practice, SO shall you play. (= in the same way or manner) -- inverted
JUST AS you practice, SO shall you play. (= in the same way or manner) --inverted
JUST AS you practice piano regularly, you should study regularly. (= in the same way; the situations are analogous)

please clarify when the second part should be invertedl.

thanks in advance

have a nice day
>_~

[RonPurewal]

^^ this is not a decision you will ever have to make.

all you need to understand is that the inverted order is possible. you'll never have to decide between the "normal" and "inverted" orders.

[JbhB682]

Hi - A quick question on the following right choices below

P183 (SC Strategy Guide, edition 6)

Right: JUST AS the trains were late yesterday, the buses are late today.
Right: JUST AS the trains were late yesterday, SO TOO are they late today.--

Question :

why is "are" used .... the "are" indicates the present tense.

To keep will parallelism, should "Are" not be "Were" instead as the reds are in the past ....so the other verb too has to be in the past tense ( per parallelism rules both tenses have to be in sync)

[Sage Pearce-Higgins]

The verb "are" is used because it's talking about buses and trains today, in the present time! It looks like you're getting too concerned about rules, and are ignoring the meaning of the sentences.

It's important to note that parallelism doesn't have to include verb tense. Take the example: "Tim likes bananas now, but didn't like them when he was a child." It's totally fine, even though it has verbs in different tenses.