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The Dancing Doll line sold slightly more than $3.5 million [#permalink]
 29 Apr 2010, 10:14
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The Dancing Doll line sold slightly more than $3.5 million worth of toys last year, 40% mroe than the Teeny Tiny Trucks line did and newarly 3 times as much as the Basic Blocks line's sales.
A. the Teeny Tiny Trucks line did and newarly 3 times as much as the Basic Blocks line's sales
B. the Teeny Tiny Trucks did and nearly 3 times what the Basic Blocks' sales were
C. the Teeny Tiny Trucks line sold and nearly 3 times as much as Basic Blocks' sales.
D. the Teeny Tiny Trucks line and nearly 3 times more than Basic Blocks' sales
E. the Teeny Tiny Trucks line and nearly 3 times more than the Basic Blocks line
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Re: comparision and parallel [#permalink]
29 Apr 2010, 11:05
bupbebeo wrote: The Dancing Doll line sold slightly more than $3.5 million worth of toys last year, 40% mroe than the Teeny Tiny Trucks line did and newarly 3 times as much as the Basic Blocks line's sales.
A. the Teeny Tiny Trucks line did and newarly 3 times as much as the Basic Blocks line's sales
B. the Teeny Tiny Trucks did and nearly 3 times what the Basic Blocks' sales were
C. the Teeny Tiny Trucks line sold and nearly 3 times as much as Basic Blocks' sales.
D. the Teeny Tiny Trucks line and nearly 3 times more than Basic Blocks' sales
E. the Teeny Tiny Trucks line and nearly 3 times more than the Basic Blocks line the correct answer is E, but I do not know why. could anyone help me?
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Re: comparision and parallel [#permalink]
29 Apr 2010, 12:05
IMO C (Best possible choice)
OA Please !!
D & E are wrong : 3 times as much as is not same as 3 times more than , i.e., say x = 100. 3 times as much as x is 300 and 3 times more than x is incomplete - 3 times of what, let's assume if 3 times of x more than x then also it is 100 + 300 = 400. Meaning of sentence is changed.
B: Idiomatic usage : "as much as" is required, and "of" preposition is missing - 3 times of what
A: Tiny trucks line did ==> sold
Sold is more clear than did.
Ideally the parallel structure should be:
The Dancing Doll line sold :
slightly more than $3.5 million worth of toys last year
40% mroe than the Teeny Tiny Trucks line "sold"
newarly 3 times as much as the Basic Blocks line "sold"
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Re: comparision and parallel [#permalink]
29 Apr 2010, 12:07
OA please !!
FYI :
IMO - In My Opinion
OA - Official Answer
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Re: comparision and parallel [#permalink]
29 Apr 2010, 19:16
the Official answer is E. The book says that we are comparing sold.
Dancing Doll line sold.........the Teeny Tiny Trucks line (sold) and nearly 3 times more than the Basic Blocks line (sold).
sold following the Teeny Tiny Trucks line and the Basic Blocks line can be omitted.
therefore the correct answer is E.
But I do not think this is a right explanation. Because when we compare how Dancing Doll line sold with how Teeny Tiny Truck & Basic Block line sold, we must use sold or at least did.
Can anyone help me give the right answer for this problem.
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Re: comparision and parallel [#permalink]
30 Apr 2010, 04:09
A. the Teeny Tiny Trucks line did and newarly 3 times as much as the Basic Blocks line's sales
AS MUCH is incorrect,MORE is correct
B. the Teeny Tiny Trucks did and nearly 3 times what the Basic Blocks' sales were
MORE is correct
C. the Teeny Tiny Trucks line sold and nearly 3 times as much as Basic Blocks' sales.
AS MUCH is incorrect,MORE is correct
D. the Teeny Tiny Trucks line and nearly 3 times more than Basic Blocks' sales
not PARALLEL.
E. the Teeny Tiny Trucks line and nearly 3 times more than the Basic Blocks line
PARALLEL and MORE used ..CORRECT
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Re: comparision and parallel [#permalink]
30 Apr 2010, 07:38
So, after long explanation, what is your choice sasen???
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Re: comparision and parallel [#permalink]
01 May 2010, 13:54
i choose c but after the expalanation it cud be E
coz ven v dunt have a helping verb like here it is sold only... no helping verb ....
to make it compact v can write nouns only ... verb is understood...
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Re: comparision and parallel [#permalink]
02 May 2010, 23:24
sasen wrote: A. the Teeny Tiny Trucks line did and newarly 3 times as much as the Basic Blocks line's sales
AS MUCH is incorrect,MORE is correct
B. the Teeny Tiny Trucks did and nearly 3 times what the Basic Blocks' sales were
MORE is correct
C. the Teeny Tiny Trucks line sold and nearly 3 times as much as Basic Blocks' sales.
AS MUCH is incorrect,MORE is correct
D. the Teeny Tiny Trucks line and nearly 3 times more than Basic Blocks' sales
not PARALLEL.
E. the Teeny Tiny Trucks line and nearly 3 times more than the Basic Blocks line
PARALLEL and MORE used ..CORRECT I suppose "3 times as much as sth" is idiomatic as well? no?
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Re: The Dancing Doll line sold slightly more than $3.5 million [#permalink]
24 Jan 2013, 06:10
bupbebeo wrote: The Dancing Doll line sold slightly more than $3.5 million worth of toys last year, 40% mroe than the Teeny Tiny Trucks line did and newarly 3 times as much as the Basic Blocks line's sales.
A. the Teeny Tiny Trucks line did and newarly 3 times as much as the Basic Blocks line's sales
B. the Teeny Tiny Trucks did and nearly 3 times what the Basic Blocks' sales were
C. the Teeny Tiny Trucks line sold and nearly 3 times as much as Basic Blocks' sales.
D. the Teeny Tiny Trucks line and nearly 3 times more than Basic Blocks' sales
E. the Teeny Tiny Trucks line and nearly 3 times more than the Basic Blocks line Option A, B, C & D make the same kind of error i.e. Comparing Sales with Line.
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