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The decisions of John Marshall, the fourth chief justice, have had a [#permalink] New post   03 Nov 2019, 01:58
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The decisions of John Marshall, the fourth chief justice, have had a greater influence than any chief justice in history.

(A) than any chief justice in history
(B) historically than any other chief justice
(C) than have those of any chief justice in history
(D) in history as any other chief justice has had
(E) than those of any other chief justice in history
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Re: The decisions of John Marshall, the fourth chief justice, have had a [#permalink] New post   03 Nov 2019, 02:27
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Ans is E for using 'than those of any other justice'. We require those to compare with decisions of any other Justice and any other to exclude the compared entity with others. if we simply say "any justice", then it will include the decisions of the Justice Marshall himself. which will then become a self-comparison.
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Re: The decisions of John Marshall, the fourth chief justice, have had a [#permalink] New post   03 Nov 2019, 02:31
Three check-points for this question:
1. Since we have "greater" in question, we want "than" not "as" : D is incorrect
2. "Decisions" should be compared with "decisions", not people: Thus, A and B are incorrect
3. While comparing decisions of x should be compared with anything except x. Thus, C is also incorrect.
Thereby, E is correct
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Re: The decisions of John Marshall, the fourth chief justice, have had a [#permalink] New post   03 Nov 2019, 04:18
I appreciate your explanation but I have a small doubt here.
Does the statement not require verb in second segment of comparison?
Though E is the best among given choices, it could be better if it is written as "than have those of any other chief justice in history", isn't it?

What is your opinion over this?

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Ans is E for using 'than those of any other justice'. We require those to compare with decisions of any other Justice and any other to exclude the compared entity with others. if we simply say "any justice", then it will include the decisions of the Justice Marshall himself. which will then become a self-comparison.
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Re: The decisions of John Marshall, the fourth chief justice, have had a [#permalink] New post   03 Nov 2019, 11:29
If the tense is changing in the second part isn’t it that verb should be repeated. In that case C seems to be correct

Please explain

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