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The manager at the office supply store believes that the new [#permalink]
 27 Nov 2010, 17:42
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The manager at the office supply store believes that the new CLP-300 laserjet printer will be used more as a replacement for printers in small offices and libraries rather than for high quality and feature-packed machines in large company settings because its noise emission, only 43 decibels, is far less than most other laserjet printers, which make about 50 decibels of noise each. (A) more as a replacement for printers in small offices and libraries rather than for high quality and feature-packed machines in large company settings because its noise emission, only 43 decibels, is far less than (B) more as a replacement for printers in small offices and libraries than high quality and feature-packed machines in large company settings because it emits only 43 decibels of noise, far quieter than (C) as a replacement for printers in small offices and libraries more than for high quality and feature-packed machines in large company settings because it emits only 43 decibels of noise, far less than (D) as a replacement for printers in small offices and libraries more than high quality and feature-packed machines in large company settings because its noise emission of only 43 decibels is far quieter than it is for (E) as a replacement more for printers in small offices and libraries rather than for high quality and feature-packed machines in large company settings because its noise emission, only 43 decibels, is far less than than it is for
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I will go with E for maintaining prepositional parallelism in comparisons
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Sorry neither C nor E is the right answer. Also when answering please give your reasons.
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a. More as a replacement for x than for y... That sounds good but adding a "rather" before "than" really cuts the flow of the sentence. Don't tell me the answer is a? Thats one ugly sentence if that is the case Posted from my mobile device 
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I think its B. it uses idiom 'more as x than y'.
x -> 'a replacement for printers in small offices and libraries'
y -> 'high quality and feature-packed machines in large ...'
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suchoudh wrote: The manager at the office supply store believes that the new CLP-300 laserjet printer will be used more as a replacement for printers in small offices and libraries rather than for high quality and feature-packed machines in large company settings because its noise emission, only 43 decibels, is far less than most other laserjet printers, which make about 50 decibels of noise each.
(A) more as a replacement for printers in small offices and libraries rather than for high quality and feature-packed machines in large company settings because its noise emission, only 43 decibels, is far less than
(B) more as a replacement for printers in small offices and libraries than high quality and feature-packed machines in large company settings because it emits only 43 decibels of noise, far quieter than
(C) as a replacement for printers in small offices and libraries more than for high quality and feature-packed machines in large company settings because it emits only 43 decibels of noise, far less than
(D) as a replacement for printers in small offices and libraries more than high quality and feature-packed machines in large company settings because its noise emission of only 43 decibels is far quieter than it is for
(E) as a replacement more for printers in small offices and libraries rather than for high quality and feature-packed machines in large company settings because its noise emission, only 43 decibels, is far less than than it is for
OA Later. I think its B.....to me I read it as the manager is saying that this model will be used more as a replacement for X than y because it emits only 43 decibels of noise. I think also that its better to say far quieter than when we are talking about sounds compared to far less than. A is wrong because we don't say "its noise emission". So i eliminated A.
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(C) as a replacement for printers in small offices and libraries more than for high quality and feature-packed machines in large company settings because it emits only 43 decibels of noise, far less than (D) as a replacement for printers in small offices and libraries more than high quality and feature-packed machines in large company settings because its noise emission of only 43 decibels is far quieter than it is for (E) as a replacement more for printers in small offices and libraries rather than for high quality and feature-packed machines in large company settings because its noise emission, only 43 decibels, is far less than than it is for] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ E reasons... non essential modifier properly seperated, (E) as a replacement more for printers in small offices and libraries rather than for high quality and feature-packed machines in large company settings because its noise emission, only 43 decibels, is far less than than it is for]
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B does the job best and here is why:
Idiom is more x than y
x and y are parallel.
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I agree with B. Narrowed it down to B and E - E sounded awkward to me. Also, the idiom in B seems to be correct
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Official Explanation: This sentence displays an illogical comparison and redundancy. Its noise emission...is far less than most other laserjet printers: it is illogical for emission to be less than a printer. Additionally, more than and rather than are redundant. Choice B corrects both of these errors without introducing additional errors. The correct answer is B. The redundant rather is erased. The printer will be used more as a replacement for.... than (for) high quality and feature packed machines. The for can be omitted because it appears in exactly the same form earlier in the sentence and is implied. The modifying phrase far quieter than most other laserjet printers logically modifies 43 decibels of noise, and there is no illogical comparison between laserjet printers and a noise level present. In choice C, the word "more" is misplaced in the sentence. The word "more" is used as an adverb for the verb "use"("used more for this than that"), not to express the fact that the new printer is used as a replacement for one thing more than it is for another; this is grammatically unclear. Choices D and E are unidiomatic and unnecessarily wordy. The constructions is far quieter than it is for and is far less than it is for are both ambiguous and wordy. Choice E retains the more and rather than redundancy. Source: Knewton
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Re: The manager at the office supply store believes that the new [#permalink]
26 Apr 2012, 04:49
"Sound" can not be less than so quieter than is better....
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Re: The manager at the office supply store believes that the new [#permalink]
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Yes even i have that question. Also why this isn't illogical comparison Quote: The modifying phrase far quieter than most other laserjet printers logically modifies 43 decibels of noise, and there is no illogical comparison between laserjet printers and a noise level present.
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Re: The manager at the office supply store believes that the new [#permalink]
05 May 2013, 22:20
I have one more doubt on the same. In the official explanation from Knewton, while comparing option B and C, it says that "more" is misplaced in Option C. Also in their discussion they says that the comparison is not correct in C for the following sentence : printer will be used as a replacement for printers in small offices and libraries more than for high quality and feature-packed machines. In option B , the sentence is as below: printer will be used more as a replacement for printers in small offices and libraries than high quality and feature-packed machines in large company settings. But while solving the question I somehow felt that both the comparisons are same. Could any one help me explain how both the comparisons are different. Thanks
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