Like any star of similar mass would do, once the Sun has

[iatbitw7]

HI
Can i say that (c)and (d) are wrong because "as" must add clause?

[thanghnvn]

though I get this question right, I do not understand the use of

"as in the case.."
and
"as would be the case..."

pls, help explain the use of the two.

[tim]

HI
Can i say that (c)and (d) are wrong because "as" must add clause?

not D. D contains a clause..

[tim]

though I get this question right, I do not understand the use of

"as in the case.."
and
"as would be the case..."

pls, help explain the use of the two.

tell us what you think each of these means, and we can work from there..

[thanghnvn]

though I get this question right, I do not understand the use of

"as in the case.."
and
"as would be the case..."

pls, help explain the use of the two.

tell us what you think each of these means, and we can work from there..

thank you , Tim

I think the meaning in above 2 cases are the same. But I do not see the grammar rule inthere. Where is the subjects in the comparative clauses. ? if there is any elipsis, pls, explain.

I have not seen the 2 cases above. I get this quetion right but I want to be confident of the 2 phrases above.

[tim]

if you have not seen these two cases tested directly against each other, then why are you asking about it? please keep in mind that worrying about general grammar questions that the GMAT does not test on are not going to help you improve your GMAT score..

[mcmebk]

Like any star of similar mass would do, once the Sun has exhausted the hydrogen in its store, it expands into a red giant, eventually ejecting its outer envelope of gases to become a white dwarf.

A. Like any star of similar mass would do, once the Sun has exhausted the hydrogen in its store, it expands into a red giant, eventually ejecting

B. Like any star of similar mass, once the hydrogen in the Sun’s core is exhausted, then it expands into a red giant and eventually ejects

C. As in the case of any star of similar mass, once the hydrogen in the Sun’s core is exhausted, it will expand into a red giant, and eventually ejecting

D. As any star of similar mass would, once the hydrogen in the Sun’s core is exhausted it will expand into a red giant and will eventually eject

E. As would be the case with any star of similar mass, once the Sun exhausts the hydrogen in its core, it will expand into a red giant and eventually eject

source - gprep

Hi Ron

In the correct answer E, my understanding about the comparison is As would be the case with any star of similar mass, once the Sun exhausts the hydrogen in its core, it will expand into a red giant and eventually eject; could you please explain why the world "once" can be inserted before "the Sun"?

Thanks.

[RonPurewal]

could you please explain why the world "once" can be inserted before "the Sun"?

Thanks.

you're not "inserting" that word. (your use of "inserting" might be innocuous, but it more likely indicates a fundamental misunderstanding of the structure here.) that word is essential -- without it, the sentence doesn't work.

as usual, i have no idea of the terminology here. but, this "once" works in exactly the same way as "when" -- so, if you understand how "when" works, then take out "once" and replace it with "when".

e.g.,
When you've completed these tasks, you can go home.
Once you've completed these tasks, you can go home.
--> same idea both times.
again, we're not "inserting" any words here -- it should be clear that something has to be there. i.e., if you try to remove "when"/"once" from this context, you'll get a nonsense construction.