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72. The number of undergraduate degrees in engineering awarded by colleges and universities in the United
States increased by more than twice from 1978 to 1985.
(A) increased by more than twice
(B) increased more than two times
(C) more than doubled
(D) was more than doubled
(E) had more than doubled


Never even considered C thought the answer would either be A or B.
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72. The number of undergraduate degrees in engineering awarded by colleges and universities in the United
States increased by more than twice from 1978 to 1985.
(A) increased by more than twice
(B) increased more than two times
(C) more than doubled
(D) was more than doubled
(E) had more than doubled


Never even considered C thought the answer would either be A or B.
Please throw some light....


Hi Shikhar ,
Another good question buddy. +1 kudo for the same.
Explanation

(A) increased by more than twice : Twice is an adverb and it cannot be an object of by which is a preposition and by requires a noun in place of an adverb.

(B) increased more than two times : When the number of degrees "increased more than two times," that means over the period of 1978 to 1985, it has gone up at least twice: maybe in 1980 and then in 1981. The other times, it has stayed steady or gone down.

(C) more than doubled : doubled is used correctly in the simple past and is correct.

D & E . incorrect use of tenses in both the cases.

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Re: practice question [#permalink] New post 23 Mar 2012, 11:47
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Option C in my opinion, simple past tense
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Agree C, other answers are awkward
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Re: practice question [#permalink] New post 25 Mar 2012, 00:24
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C is obviously the best, very clear meanign and concise.

I dont think it has to be in the passive tense, were just looking for the best answer.
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Re: practice question [#permalink] New post 14 Apr 2013, 08:41
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shikhar wrote:
72. The number of undergraduate degrees in engineering awarded by colleges and universities in the United
States increased by more than twice from 1978 to 1985.
(A) increased by more than twice
(B) increased more than two times
(C) more than doubled
(D) was more than doubled
(E) had more than doubled


Never even considered C thought the answer would either be A or B.
Please throw some light....


Hi Shikhar ,
Another good question buddy. +1 kudo for the same.
Explanation

(A) increased by more than twice : Twice is an adverb and it cannot be an object of by which is a preposition and by requires a noun in place of an adverb.

(B) increased more than two times : When the number of degrees "increased more than two times," that means over the period of 1978 to 1985, it has gone up at least twice: maybe in 1980 and then in 1981. The other times, it has stayed steady or gone down.

(C) more than doubled : doubled is used correctly in the simple past and is correct.

D & E . incorrect use of tenses in both the cases.

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Thanks for the nice explanation. I agree that C is simple past and should be the answer but doesn't it make the sentence look awkward....
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The number ............................more than doubled from 1978 to 1985.....than is generally used to the comparisons.

For ex Priya is more beautiful than Shreya - Is this comparison correct ?
or Jack has 10 more coins than Daniel
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