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The guiding principles of the tax plan released by the Treasury Department could have even a greater significance for the economy than the particulars of the plan.
(A) even a greater significance for the economy than
(B) a significance that is even greater for the economy than
(C) even greater significance for the economy than have
(D) even greater significance for the economy than do
(E) a significance even greater for the economy than have
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The source is 1000SC. Who generated this document? I still don't think the comparison is correct.
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The guiding principles of the tax plan released by the Treasury Department could have even a greater significance for the economy than the particulars of the plan.
(A) even a greater significance for the economy than
(B) a significance that is even greater for the economy than
(C) even greater significance for the economy than have
(D) even greater significance for the economy than do
(E) a significance even greater for the economy than have
I thought A was fine. What are the thoughts of this forum? I am not sure why A is not good enough.
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It should be 'D'.
'A' is wrong because it fails in comparison.
We need to compare "a greater significance for the economy" by "the particulars of the plan", but 'A' compares "the particulars of the plan" itself.
I hope this is clear. Please post the OA too.
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Guys...I need help. Can someone explain to me the diff b/w C and D?
(C) even greater significance for the economy than have
(D) even greater significance for the economy than do
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The guiding principles of the tax plan released by the Treasury Department could have even a greater significance for the economy than the particulars of the plan.
A. even a greater significance for the economy than
B. a significance that is even greater for the economy than
C. even greater significance for the economy than have
D. even greater significance for the economy than do
E. a significance even greater for the economy than have
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D it is.
This is the explanation given in the SC tips by anandnk:
The guiding principles of the tax plan released by the Treasury Department could have even a greater significance for the economy than the particulars of the plan.
(A) even a greater significance for the economy than
(B) a significance that is even greater for the economy than
(C) even greater significance for the economy than have
(D) even greater significance for the economy than do
(E) a significance even greater for the economy than have
D is indeed best in SAE.
In SAE, we generally use do to replace regular verbs, i.e., verbs that are not linking verbs, verbs that use modals, etc.
For example:
Megumi speaks Japanese better than I do.
But you already knew that, I'm sure.
Look at the following examples for something (perhaps) new:
Megumi has visited more countries than I have.
We can use have again because have is an auxiliary verb here.
Megumi has more skirts than I do.
Here, has is NOT an auxiliary verb, and in SAE, we cannot use the verb have in the second bit.
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vineetgupta wrote: D it is.
This is the explanation given in the SC tips by anandnk:
The guiding principles of the tax plan released by the Treasury Department could have even a greater significance for the economy than the particulars of the plan.
(A) even a greater significance for the economy than
(B) a significance that is even greater for the economy than
(C) even greater significance for the economy than have
(D) even greater significance for the economy than do
(E) a significance even greater for the economy than have
D is indeed best in SAE.
In SAE, we generally use do to replace regular verbs, i.e., verbs that are not linking verbs, verbs that use modals, etc.
For example:
Megumi speaks Japanese better than I do.
But you already knew that, I'm sure.
Look at the following examples for something (perhaps) new:
Megumi has visited more countries than I have.
We can use have again because have is an auxiliary verb here.
Megumi has more skirts than I do.
Here, has is NOT an auxiliary verb, and in SAE, we cannot use the verb have in the second bit.
Could you please explain why C is wrong ? Why 'do' scores over 'have' ?
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have ....have makes the sentence parallel and lures to choose C.
But have is not correctly placed. The sentence means "The principles COULD have a greater significance than the particulars DO (already) have".
But have in the option has been placed before particulars. Not making correct sense.
but if we use Do. Then it will come like ' than do the particulars (already have ).
So i will go with D.
Had the question been something like this
blah blah... the Treasury Department (could removed) have even a greater significance for the economy than the particulars of the plan.
then we would have said "than have blah blah blah"
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The guiding principles of the tax plan released by the Treasury Department could have even a greater significance for the economy than the particulars of the plan.
A. even a greater significance for the economy than
B. a significance that is even greater for the economy than
C. even greater significance for the economy than have
D. even greater significance for the economy than do
E. a significance even greater for the economy than have
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Re: SC - Guiding principles [#permalink]
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Straight D. The guiding principles of the tax plan released by the Treasury Department could have even greater significance for the economy than do the particulars of the plan.
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D The guiding principles of the tax plan released by the Treasury Department could have even a greater significance for the economy than the particulars of the plan. B,E are straight out -> a signi.... awkward out A,C,D -> guiding priniciples have greater significance than do the particulars of the tax plan thus D A,C lack proper comparison A. even a greater significance for the economy than B. a significance that is even greater for the economy than C. even greater significance for the economy than have D. even greater significance for the economy than do E. a significance even greater for the economy than have
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buzzgaurav wrote: Straight D.
The guiding principles of the tax plan released by the Treasury Department could have even greater significance for the economy than do the particulars of the plan. Hey, why "do" in D is not "could"? The reason I did not choose D [although it is at risk] is it has not "could" for the parallelism! Thanks!
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I need a help to understand the structure of "comparatives...i.e. more ~ than ~" Pls let me know when we need to have a verb (like do or have here) or when not. Thanks in advance.
The guiding principles of the tax plan released by the Treasury Department could have even a greater significance for the economy than the particulars of the plan.
(A) even a greater significance for the economy than
(B) a significance that is even greater for the economy than
(C) even greater significance for the economy than have
(D) even greater significance for the economy than do
(E) a significance even greater for the economy than have
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Re: SC - Guiding Principles. [#permalink]
24 Sep 2008, 19:48
My Answer is D.
The guiding principles....have even greater significance for the economy than do the particulars of the plan.
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Re: SC - Guiding Principles. [#permalink]
25 Sep 2008, 02:20
Richardson wrote: I need a help to understand the structure of "comparatives...i.e. more ~ than ~" Pls let me know when we need to have a verb (like do or have here) or when not. Thanks in advance.
The guiding principles of the tax plan released by the Treasury Department could have even a greater significance for the economy than the particulars of the plan.
(A) even a greater significance for the economy than
(B) a significance that is even greater for the economy than
(C) even greater significance for the economy than have
(D) even greater significance for the economy than do
(E) a significance even greater for the economy than have Answer is D. See that you have to make the two sides of the than parallel. First you can easily eliminate choices starting with ' a significance' Left with A, C & D. Identify the two sides of the sentence: X= have even...economy Y= particulars of the plan Are they parallel. Nope. X starts with verb so should Y. That eliminates A. Now read Y with the common part of the sentence while removing X from in between. What is the common part: The guiding principles... could. Best way to make it simple is remove all the extra info from in between. So the common part now simply reads: "The principles could". Read this with Y: "The principles could have the particulars of the plan" or other option "The principles could do the particulars of the plan". Now which of the two options make sense? You have your answer. Its D.
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Re: SC - Guiding Principles. [#permalink]
25 Sep 2008, 08:44
Even…than : correct idiom, so they have to be //.
Action to action – do is correct
D
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Re: SC - Guiding Principles. [#permalink]
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Richardson wrote: icandy wrote: Richardson wrote: I need a help to understand the structure of "comparatives...i.e. more ~ than ~" Pls let me know when we need to have a verb (like do or have here) or when not. Thanks in advance.
The guiding principles of the tax plan released by the Treasury Department could have even a greater significance for the economy than the particulars of the plan.
(A) even a greater significance for the economy than
(B) a significance that is even greater for the economy than
(C) even greater significance for the economy than have
(D) even greater significance for the economy than do
(E) a significance even greater for the economy than have When you are comparing action to action use "do" if such choice exists. Agree. Then my second question is are we okay with not having the "a" in front of greater significance? Why A has "a" but D has not? It affects to the answer selection? Thx in advance. To me, it did not matter. I think a is redundant if we have even. a significance is ok as in B & E.
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The guiding principles of the tax plan released by the Treasury Department could have even a greater significance for the economy than the particulars of the plan.
(A) even a greater significance for the economy than
(B) a significance that is even greater for the economy than
(C) even greater significance for the economy than have
(D) even greater significance for the economy than do
(E) a significance even greater for the economy than have
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IMO E....||ism and also we are comparing a significance with the the particulars.
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04 Dec 2008, 10:09
vivektripathi wrote: The guiding principles of the tax plan released by the Treasury Department could have even a greater significance for the economy than the particulars of the plan.
(A) even a greater significance for the economy than
(B) a significance that is even greater for the economy than
(C) even greater significance for the economy than have
(D) even greater significance for the economy than do
(E) a significance even greater for the economy than have X greater than Y X-The guiding principles; Y-the particulars of the plan Logically and grammatically comparable The guiding principles of the tax plan released by the Treasury Department could have even a greater significance for the economy than do the particulars of the plan Choose D . Option sets the right comparison
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