Multiple choice

For some reason the new market expert treats his audiences like imbeciles, talking to them like they were harebrained and unqualified to understand anything even slightly complicated.

  1. like imbeciles, talking to them like they

  2. as if they were imbeciles, talking to them like they

  3. like imbeciles, talking to them as if they

  4. as imbeciles, talking to them like they

  5. like imbeciles who
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Wherever we have to choose between like and as, like is used to compare nouns and as is used to compare clauses. This usage is best exemplified by option (3). Hence (3)

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