mehulsayani wrote:
President Obama raised $745M for his 2008 presidential campaign, an amount greater than any other candidate.
A) an amount greater than any other candidate
B) an amount greater than any other candidate raised
C) an amount greater than the amount any other candidate raised
D) which was greater than any other candidate
E) which was greater than any other candidate raised
I am answering this in response to a pm.
This is a poor question that falls short of GMAT SC ideals on many fronts.
Of these answers, (B) is the best, although far from ideal. (B) does logically complete the comparison, via the implicit direct object of the verb "raised", but this is not typically the way the GMAT would phrase it. A more typical GMAT phrasing might be something like "
an amount greater than that raised by any other candidate."
Even the phrasing using the word "amount" is awkward ---- (this is why (C) is an abomination!)--- I would argue an even better sentence would be:
President Obama raised $745M for his 2008 presidential campaign, more than that of any other candidate.
That sound like a GMAT sentence!
The quality of GMAT SC questions vary enormously across different sources. Some sources are excellent, as good as the
OG itself, whereas others are mediocre and still others are abysmal. Whatever the source of this question is, I would not place it in high regard: in fact, it's possible that reliance on it could ultimately lower your GMAT score.
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Does all this make sense?
Mike
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