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Dirt roads may evoke the bucolic simplicity of another century, but financially strained townships point out that dirt roads cost twice as much as maintaining paved roads
A. dirt roads cost twice as much as maintaining paved roads.
B. dirt roads cost twice as much as to maintain as paved roads do.
C. maintaining dirt roads costs twice as much as paved roads do.
D. maintaining dirt roads costs twice as much as it does for paved roads.
E. to maintain dirt roads costs twice as much as for paved roads.
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B. dirt roads cost twice as much as to maintain as paved roads do.
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Yes, (B) is best.
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"B" for correct comparison!
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Yup, B it is
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Wats wrong with "C" ??? 
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D? whats wrong?
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Jinesh, shahnandan,
This is slightly tougher SC...here is how we can eliminate choices...
A. dirt roads cost twice as much as maintaining paved roads.
>> Compares "in general cost of dirt roads" to "cost needed to maintain paved road". You need to compare "cost to maintain two roads".
B. dirt roads cost twice as much as to maintain as paved roads do.
>> Correctly compares "cost of maintaining dirt road" with "cost of maintaining paved road"
C. maintaining dirt roads costs twice as much as paved roads do.
>> Compares, "cost to maintain dirt road" with "in general cost of paved road"
D. maintaining dirt roads costs twice as much as it does for paved roads.
>> Here major problem is "it", "it" has no clear referent.
E. to maintain dirt roads costs twice as much as for paved roads.
>> Not parallel, "to ...as much as for...", also fails to compare maintainance of two roads.
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Thanks a lot Vivek... 
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An extra "as" in B.
It is: dirt roads cost twice as much to maintain as paved roads do
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would have gone with B but the extra "as" in it guides me to D.
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I too got confused with C, but agree with Vivek's explanation. B
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thanks vivek for the expln
just some info: those of you who want to home your skills at "like for like" comparisons, eg. sentecnces with like..unlike, there is a whole series right at the end of the 1000 SC list (895-920).
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shahnandan wrote: thanks vivek for the expln
just some info: those of you who want to home your skills at "like for like" comparisons, eg. sentecnces with like..unlike, there is a whole series right at the end of the 1000 SC list (895-920).
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Shouldnt there be a to
dirt roads cost twice as much as to maintain as to paved roads do
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The answer is D. The sentence is talking about the differences between maintaining dirt roads and paved roads. A says that dirt roads cost twice as much maintaing paved roads. B is awkwardly written, and unclear ("as much as to maintain as" is just plain wrong). C is unclear. D is the only that works.
Does anyone have the OA, because I think I'm the only one here who says D.
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OA is B its a OG question, Can someone clear my doubt posted earlier
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Late again  I go with B
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avomc wrote: OA is B its a OG question, Can someone clear my doubt posted earlier
In OG Answer B is "dirt roads cost twice as much to maintain as
paved roads do". However, here
dirt roads cost twice as much as to maintain as paved roads do
phrase marked in blue makes lots of differnt. If there is no typo then answer is B, if not, then answer is D.
I think answer is wrong here which makes lots of different.
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I concurr with GMAT_Crack! the way the sentence was provided the OA doesnt make sense!
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