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According to a recent study conducted by fire safety experts, on behalf of a major insurance provider, more than three times as many cooking fires occur due to the improper use of gas powered grills  than those that occur  due to the incorrect handling of solid-fuel powered grills.

A) than those that occur
B) than are occurring
C) than to occur
D) as those occurring
E) as occur

missionmba2025 · Answer

as much as is the correct usage so eliminate A, B and C.

A)  than  those that occur

as much .. as .. not as much than. Hence eliminate.

B)  than  are occurring

as much .. as .. not as much than. Hence eliminate.

C)  than  to occur

as much .. as .. not as much than. Hence eliminate.

D) as those  occurring

Incorrect Parallelism .. we must use occur

as cooking fires occurring due to the incorrect handling of solid-fuel powered grills. -- this is incorrect.

E) as occur

Correct.

IMO E

$!vakumar.m · Answer

According to a recent study conducted by fire safety experts, on behalf of a major insurance provider, more than three times as many cooking fires occur due to the improper use of gas powered grills  than those that occur  due to the incorrect handling of solid-fuel powered grills.

A) than those that occur: Incorrect - as many ...... as is the proper construction. Also the phrase "than those that occur" should have been "than those that occurred"

B) than are occurring: Incorrect - wrong comparison

C) than to occur: incorrect - wrong comparison

D) as those occurring: Correct - this answer choice is grammatically correct and maintains the parallel structure of the sentence. 
as many .... as those occurring ...

E) as occur: incorrect - it is missing a verb. The correct form would be “as do occur”.

Answer D

juancarlos12 · Answer

According to a recent study conducted by fire safety experts, on behalf of a major insurance provider, more than three times  as many  cooking fires  occur  due to the improper use of gas powered grills  than those that occur  due to the incorrect handling of solid-fuel powered grills.

A) than those that occur
B) than are occurring
C) than to occur
D) as those occurring
E)  as   occur  --> Idiom as many ..X... as...Y.... --> X and Y must be parallel

Right answer: E

paulkim46 · Answer

Answer: (E)

This question is looking for parallel structure: "more than three times as many ... as".
The only option that follows the correct structure while avoiding other errors is (E).

(A): as ... than - incorrect.
(B): as ... than - incorrect.
(C): as ... than - incorrect.
(D): as ... as - correct, however, the verb tense included is incorrect (occuring).
(E): Correct.

jaysea · Answer

A) than those that occur. keeps proper tense of occur. accept A
B) than are occurring. changes the tense of the verb occur relative to solid-fuel vs. gas, reject B
C) than to occur. "to" is improper, reject C
D) as those occurring. same as B, reject D
E) as occur. reject E, A is better

Catman · Answer

According to a recent study conducted by fire safety experts, on behalf of a major insurance provider, more than three times as many cooking fires occur due to the improper use of gas powered grills  than those that occur  due to the incorrect handling of solid-fuel powered grills.

A) than those that occur  ~ Incorrect use of idiom "as many as" - "as many....than...those that occur" is incorrect usage.

B) than are occurring  ~ Incorrect use of idiom "as many as" - "as many....than...those that occur" is incorrect usage.

C) than to occur  ~ Incorrect use of idiom "as many as" - "as many....than...those that occur" is incorrect usage.

D) as those occurring  ~ Parallelism issue between as many cooking fires occur due to and those occuring due to...

E) as occur  ~ More clear Parallelism than D. as many cooking fires occur due to...as occur...

IMO E.

boomer1ang · Answer

Answer: A

A) than those that occur - correct comparison
B) than are occurring - not ongoing
C) than to occur - to occur is incorrect
D) as those occurring - as those incorrect
E) as occur

Kinshook · Answer

According to a recent study conducted by fire safety experts, 
on behalf of a major insurance provider, 
more than three times 
as many 
cooking fires occur 
due to the improper use of gas powered grills
 than those that occur  
due to the incorrect handling of solid-fuel powered grills.

as many  should be followed by  as 
Incorrect

as many  should be followed by  as 
Usage of  are occurring  is not parallel
Incorrect

as many  should be followed by  as 
Usage of  to occur  is not parallel
Incorrect

as many  cooking fires  occur  .....  as  those  occurring  ...... is not parallel
Incorrect

as many  cooking fires occur .....  as  occur ...... is correct
Concise and correct

IMO E

Shwetamed · Answer

A.

parallel and correct meaning

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snoep · Answer

A)  than those  that occur - than those fires that occur, the same cooking fires? doesn't make sense. and more already has the comparison word than before. 
B)  than   are  occurring - what are occuring? 
C)  than to occur  - incomplete phrase, than is not needed
D) as  those  occurring - what does those refer here, same cooking fires or different cooking fires?
E)  as occur  - as many cooking fires occur due to x....as occur due to Y . much clear option

Answer: E

Clairemonerie · Answer

A: There is “more than” and “as”. So there cannot be “than those …” because the parallelism with then be wrong 
With the same deduction, B, C are out 
D: as those occurring - correct 
E: as occur - as  what  occur. Without “those” the parallelism will be wrong.

So D

VivekSri · Answer

I will go with option D

Remember,  the comparison is between the number of cooking fires occurring due to the improper use of gas-powered grills  and  the number of cooking fires occurring due to the incorrect handling of solid-fuel powered grills . Now we are connection these both parts and we have to maintain the parallelism .  "as those occurring"  is maintaining parallelism by connecting the second part of the comparison to the first. Hence D is the answer

mayankdgmat · Answer

IMO answer is (E)

as many x as y is correct structure where x and y need to be parallel.

A)  than those that occur

wrong structure as describe above

B)  than are occurring

wrong structure as describe above

C)  than to occur

wrong structure as describe above

D)  as those occurring

occurring in not parallel to occur

E) as occur

"Cooking fire" is ellipses and "occur" is correct to use here.

AviNFC · Answer

A) than those that occur  as..as required 
B) than are occurring  as..as required 
C) than to occur  as..as required 
D) as those occurring  not parallel 
E) as occur  correct

Ans E

DG1989 · Answer

According to a recent study conducted by fire safety experts, on behalf of a major insurance provider, more than three times as many cooking fires occur due to the improper use of gas powered grills  than those that occur  due to the incorrect handling of solid-fuel powered grills.

A) than those that occur
B) than are occurring
C) than to occur
D) as those occurring
E) as occur

Solution:  The original underlined phrase is wrong as it misses the comparison marker 'as many as'.  This rules out options A, B and C.

D) as those occurring
This option uses the correct comparison marker as many as those.   CORRECT

E) as occur
This option is wrong because it doesn't use the relative pronoun 'those' here for making the comparison.   INCORRECT

Option D   is the right answer.

Elite097 · Answer

According to a recent study conducted by fire safety experts, on behalf of a major insurance provider, more than three times as many cooking fires occur due to the improper use of gas powered grills than those that occur due to the incorrect handling of solid-fuel powered grills.

A) than those that occur
Three times as many as is correct idiom

B) than are occurring
Three times as many as is correct idiom

C) than to occur
Three times as many as is correct idiom

D) as those occurring
Corrects the error

E) as occur
The meaning is not very clear

Ans D

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Lalykys · Answer

According to a recent study conducted by fire safety experts, on behalf of a major insurance provider, more than three times as many cooking fires occur due to the improper use of gas powered grills than those that occur due to the incorrect handling of solid-fuel powered grills.

A) than those that occur  => miss the parallelism needed with "as many...as" => OUT 
B) than are occurring => miss the parallelism needed with "as many...as" => OUT 
C) than to occur  => miss the parallelism needed with "as many...as" => OUT 
D) as those occurring => seems correct.
E) as occur  => as is present but "as many cooking fires occur...as...." needed a subject right after and not a verb. Wrong parallelism. => OUT

So  answer D

sanjitscorps18 · Answer

A) than those that occur
-- than would not be correct usage after 'as'

B) than are occurring
-- than would not be correct usage after 'as'

C) than to occur
-- than would not be correct usage after 'as'

D) as those occurring
 -- correct. 'those' is required

E) as occur
--incorrect for comparison

Option D

bv8562 · Answer

Bunuel  I've not been awarded kudos for correctly answering this question.

Bunuel · Answer

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