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\"TheThose of you preparing for the GMAT are too old to be fans of The Fresh Beat Band, a rock band of four high school students as depicted on a popular Nickelodeon TV show. Let\u2019s be thankful for that, as you won\u2019t risk learning bad grammar. In one of its popular songs \/ videos, Just Like a Rock Star, the band exhorts listeners to \u201cShout it out, just like a rock star.\u201d This brings up a common Sentence Correction idiomatic issue: \u201cas\u201d versus \u201clike\u201d<\/strong> in answer choices.<\/p>\n

The word \u201clike\u201d is specifically used to compare two nouns<\/strong>. For example, we could say that a giraffe\u2019s neck is like that of a brachiosaurus. The word \u201cas\u201d is specifically used to compare two actions<\/strong>, and it\u2019s usage in this manner often requires a form of the verb \u201cto do\u201d in the second part of the comparison. For example, we may claim that a giraffe plods slowly along as a brachiosaurus did in its time. We should not, however, write that a giraffe plods slowly along like a brachiosaurus. In this incorrect version, we are comparing the giraffe\u2019s action (of plodding along) to the actual dinosaur, not to the dinosaur\u2019s style of moving.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, the word \u201cjust\u201d in a comparison usage takes on the meaning \u201cexactly.\u201d Thus \u201cjust like\u201d implies \u201cexactly like,\u201d a meaning that is unlikely to be accurate. As a result, the GMAT highly prefers comparisons that use \u201cas\u201d or \u201clike\u201d without a preceding \u201cjust.\u201d<\/p>\n

So if The Fresh Beat Band were to be grammatically correct, the song\u2019s lyrics would be \u201cShout it out, as a rock star does.\u201d Admittedly this doesn\u2019t sound nearly as jazzy in a song. But it would earn the band members a higher score on the GMAT. In real life, we frequently find prose that breaks the strict grammatical requirements of the GMAT. But for those of you wanting to achieve a \u201crock star\u201d performance on the GMAT, keep in mind the GMAT\u2019s strict rules of usage<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In its song Just Like a Rock Star, The Fresh Beat Band violates a common Sentence Correction idiom. To achieve a \u201crock star\u201d performance on the GMAT, keep in mind the GMAT\u2019s strict rules of usage.<\/p>

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