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The herring gull population in the North America is now thirty times [#permalink] New post   20 Jun 2011, 07:49
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The herring gull population in the North America is now thirty times larger than in the beginning of the century.

(A) than in
(B) than they were at
(C) than it was at
(D) compared to that of
(E) compared to what they were at
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Re: The herring gull population in the North America is now thirty times [#permalink] New post   21 Jun 2011, 07:14
Population.........was

hence C
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Re: The herring gull population in the North America is now thirty times [#permalink] New post   22 Jun 2011, 16:17
Choice C!

Let's simplify this question:

[x] population is now 30 times larger than the [x] population in the beginning of the century.

So how can we express this properly.

Choice A -- Is incorrect because we are just saying that the population is greater than "in the beginning of the century" -- its an incorrect comparison. It's missing the pronoun reference. Population must be compared to population.

Choice B -- they were -- population is singular

Choice C -- correct "it" refers to the population

Choice D -- "Larger compared to" -- awkward...Larger than is better

Choice E -- uses plural -- wrong
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Re: The herring gull population in the North America is now thirty times [#permalink] New post   23 Jun 2011, 03:00
For comparison we need than so eliminate d & e
In choice C it refers back to population so pick C
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Re: The herring gull population in the North America is now thirty times [#permalink] New post   26 Jun 2011, 01:03
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C is the correct choice.
First examining the choices, we can eliminate D and E as we need a "than to follow larger" here.

Secondly, we are referring to a specific time instant in history : the beginningof the century. So we need an "at" . (if the construction was without "the" : beginning of century, "in" would have been more appropriate). So we can eliminate A.

Lastly we need a singluar verb with population. Hence can eliminate B.


Left with C :).


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Re: The herring gull population in the North America is now thirty times [#permalink] New post   16 Feb 2014, 03:13
tingjojo wrote:
Can anyone elaborate a little bit on the answer?
The herring gull population in the North America is now thirty times larger than in the beginning of the century.

A. than in
B. than they were at
C. than it was at
D. compared to that of
E. compared to what they were at


"at the begining " is idiomatic. so, "in" in A is wrong.
"they" in B is wrong because it refer to nothing
"compared..." needs a noun . there is no such nouns. D and E are gone
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Re: The herring gull population in the North America is now thirty times [#permalink] New post   10 Mar 2019, 09:27
tingjojo wrote:
The herring gull population in the North America is now thirty times larger than in the beginning of the century.

A. than in
B. than they were at
C. than it was at
D. compared to that of
E. compared to what they were at


Main Issues:


1) Parallelism: X & Y should be parallel.
2) Idiom: Correct idiom is "larger than". Incorrect: "larger compared to".
3) Comparison: Population is being compared for 2 different times.

A. than in - Wrong: Proposition "at" should be used instead of "in".
B. than they were at - Wrong: Plural "they" can't be used to refer to singular "Population".
C. than it was at - Correct
D. compared to that of - Wrong: 1) Idiom 2) Don't need another copy "that". 3) Distorted Meaning: "population of the beginning..."
E. compared to what they were at - Wrong: Idiom 2) Plural "they" can't be used to refer to singular "Population".
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Re: The herring gull population in the North America is now thirty times [#permalink] New post   04 Apr 2019, 18:45
Manhattan SC book suggests that:
If you want to relate the quantities by multiplication, use times and as…as together:
Right: The man is FIVE TIMES AS OLD AS his grandson.
Wrong: The man is FIVE TIMES OLDER THAN his grandson

Is this correct to use "thirty times larger" or should it be "thirty times as big/larger as"?
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Re: The herring gull population in the North America is now thirty times [#permalink] New post   12 Apr 2019, 02:44
the only error in choice A is "in". we have to use "at the beginning". this is purely idiomatic.

if we change "in" into "at", choice a is more consice than choice c.
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Re: The herring gull population in the North America is now thirty times [#permalink] New post   31 Aug 2019, 09:12
when making comparison and ellipsis, keep the tense of mood (negative or positive" of the first clause. if you dont remember this point, you can make wrong ellipsis.
choice a means
than the population IS in the beginning. this is wrong. IS is wrong, WAS is correct.
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Re: The herring gull population in the North America is now thirty times [#permalink] New post   25 Feb 2020, 18:28
The herring gull population in the North America is now thirty times larger than in the beginning of the century.

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(A) than in

Lets simplify the sentence.
Population [ in North America is now thirty times ] larger than [ population in the beginning of the century]
in this option, just by saying "than in", we cannot be sure what is being compared.
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(B) than they were at

"they" is a plural pronoun which can't logically refer back to anything here.
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(C) than it was at

[Population in America is now thirty times] larger than [ population was at the beginning of the century]
Clean. No errors.
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(D) compared to that of

larger than is correct. Who says larger compared to???
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(E) compared to what they were at

same issue as above.
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Re: The herring gull population in the North America is now thirty times [#permalink] New post   05 Jul 2021, 23:59
sayiurway wrote:
Manhattan SC book suggests that:
If you want to relate the quantities by multiplication, use times and as…as together:
Right: The man is FIVE TIMES AS OLD AS his grandson.
Wrong: The man is FIVE TIMES OLDER THAN his grandson

Is this correct to use "thirty times larger" or should it be "thirty times as big/larger as"?
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Re: The herring gull population in the North America is now thirty times [#permalink] New post   04 Feb 2023, 02:49
Hi team,

In option A why can't we assume that the below has been omitted in the sentence.

The herring gull population in the North America is now thirty times larger than (the population was )in the beginning of the century.

In option C, does the pronoun "IT" refers to the current population?

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