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Usage of Like?

by i.kanavpuri Fri Jul 05, 2013 12:59 am

According to his own account, Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi, the sculptor of the Statue of Liberty, modeled the face of the statue like his mother’s and the body like his wife’s.
(A) modeled the face of the statue like his mother’s and the body like his wife’s
(B) modeled the face of the statue after that of his mother and the body after that of his wife
(C) modeled the face of the statue like his mother and the body like his wife
(D) made the face of the statue after his mother and the body after his wife
(E) made the face of the statue look like his mother and the body look like his wife

What is wrong with option A? Aren't the following comparisons correct? I mean isn't it obvious that 's refers to face and body respectively? OR am i missing something here?
the face of statue like his mother’s -> like his mother's face.
the body like his wife’s-> like his wife's body.
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Re: Usage of Like?

by Willy Fri Jul 05, 2013 2:56 am

The correct idiom is 'modeled after' so option A is out.
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Re: Usage of Like?

by jlucero Fri Jul 19, 2013 3:45 pm

Thanks Willy. For future questions on this problem, let's post to a previous thread in the GMAT Prep forum.

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