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Dirt roads may evoke the bucolic simplicity of another [#permalink]
 04 Jun 2009, 17:57
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244. 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 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
Why is D wrong and what exactly option D means? I thought 'it' in option D refers back to 'maintaining' and 'does' to 'costs' .. is n't it?
can some one clearly exaplain me this?
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Re: 1000 SC -- dirt roads [#permalink]
04 Jun 2009, 19:57
What is wrong with B? I am confused between B and D
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Re: 1000 SC -- dirt roads [#permalink]
05 Jun 2009, 09:25
I think D is grammatically correct..
but when to options like B, it is wordy..
hence B will be the correct answer..
Also Mantaining costs for paved roads is not so likable sentence as in D though gramatically its correct..
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Re: 1000 SC -- dirt roads [#permalink]
05 Jun 2009, 17:26
I don't think there's anything wrong with option B, so I'll go that since its the shorter answer.
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Re: 1000 SC -- dirt roads [#permalink]
02 Sep 2010, 07:35
244. 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 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
in my opinion..the oa should be D
as in B..it is as if we are comparing dirt roads with maintaining paved roads..
and not maintaining dirt roads with maintaining paved roads
hence OA should be D
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Re: 1000 SC -- dirt roads [#permalink]
02 Sep 2010, 09:40
B it is.
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 - incorrect comparosin
(B) dirt roads cost twice as much to maintain as paved roads do [cost to maintain].
(C) maintaining dirt roads costs twice as much as paved roads do
(D) maintaining dirt roads costs twice as much as it [maintaining] does for paved roads- awkward, wordy
(E) to maintain dirt roads costs twice as much as for paved roads - awkward
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Re: 1000 SC -- dirt roads [#permalink]
02 Sep 2010, 20:06
This is from OG12 Q89, Answer is undoubtedly B
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Re: 1000 SC -- dirt roads [#permalink]
01 Oct 2010, 10:41
But I think 'it' in D is not wrong..... (D) maintaining dirt roads costs twice as much as it[maintaining] does [costs] for paved roads
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