GMAT Question of the Day: Daily via email | Daily via Instagram New to GMAT Club? Watch this Video
close

It is currently 30 Nov 2020, 22:32
Register
GMAT Club Tests
Decision Tracker
My Rewards
New comers' posts
New posts
Unanswered

Close

GMAT Club Daily Prep

Thank you for using the timer - this advanced tool can estimate your performance and suggest more practice questions. We have subscribed you to Daily Prep Questions via email.

Customized
for You

we will pick new questions that match your level based on your Timer History

Track
Your Progress

every week, we’ll send you an estimated GMAT score based on your performance

Practice
Pays

we will pick new questions that match your level based on your Timer History

Not interested in getting valuable practice questions and articles delivered to your email? No problem, unsubscribe here.

Go to My Error Log Learn more
Close

Request Expert Reply

Confirm Cancel
PREVIOUS TOPIC
NEXT TOPIC
A study on the therapeutic value of pets as companions for the elderly
11 posts Go to First Unread Post
Print view
NEW TOPIC
POST REPLY
Downloads
My Bookmarks
Reviews
SORT BY:
Date
Kudos
Tags :
Find Similar Topics 

Show Tags
Hide Tags

User avatar
V
Bunuel
Math Expert
Joined: 02 Sep 2009
Posts: 68724
CAT Tests
Top Member of the Month
A study on the therapeutic value of pets as companions for the elderly [#permalink] New post  03 Aug 2019, 22:57
Expert Reply
6
Bookmarks
00:00
A
B
C
D
E

Difficulty:

45% (medium)

Question Stats:

53% (01:05) correct 47% (01:11) wrong based on 400 sessions

Hide Show timer Statistics

A study on the therapeutic value of pets as companions for the elderly has shown that cats are more superior than dogs as far as household companions are concerned.

(A) are more superior than dogs as far as household companions are concerned
(B) are superior to dogs as household companions
(C) are superior to dogs as far as household companions are concerned
(D) are more superior to dogs as household companions
(E) are superior household companions than dogs
ShowHide Answer
Official Answer
Official Answer and Stats are available only to registered users. Register/Login.

_________________
New to the GMAT CLUB Forum?
Posting Rules: QUANTITATIVE | VERBAL. Guides and Resources: QUANTITATIVE | VERBAL | Ultimate GMAT Quantitative Megathread | All You Need for Quant

Questions' Banks and Collection:
PS: Standard deviation | Tough Problem Solving Questions With Solutions | Probability and Combinations Questions With Solutions | Tough and tricky exponents and roots questions | 12 Easy Pieces (or not?) | Bakers' Dozen | Algebra set | Mixed Questions | Fresh Meat
DS: DS Standard deviation | Inequalities | 700+ GMAT Data Sufficiency Questions With Explanations | Tough and tricky exponents and roots questions | The Discreet Charm of the DS | Devil's Dozen!!! | Number Properties set | New DS set
MIXED: GMAT Club's Complete Questions' Bank | SEVEN SAMURAI OF 2012 | Tricky questions from previous years. | Special Questions' Directory | Best Of The Best Of 2017 | The Best Of Quant of 2016 | 20 hardest and 20 best questions of 2015 | 15 best topics of 2015 | Seven Samurai of 2012 | GMAT Probability Questions

What are GMAT Club Tests?
Extra-hard Quant Tests with Brilliant Analytics
Signature Read More
request expert reply
avatar
B
Avi93
Intern
Intern
Joined: 06 Aug 2019
Posts: 1
Re: A study on the therapeutic value of pets as companions for the elderly [#permalink] New post  06 Aug 2019, 04:55
1
What is the solution to this. It's C in my opinion.
avatar
deelakmi
Intern
Intern
Joined: 20 Jan 2019
Posts: 4
Re: A study on the therapeutic value of pets as companions for the elderly [#permalink] New post  06 Aug 2019, 19:20
1
Confused between B and E.
Can somebody help?
avatar
B
Dineshrambalaji
Intern
Intern
Joined: 07 Feb 2017
Posts: 36
Re: A study on the therapeutic value of pets as companions for the elderly [#permalink] New post  06 Aug 2019, 20:20
1
Its B.

Using 'more' in addition to 'superior' is redundant. If 'more' isn't present, then 'than' shouldn't be used. Hence 'superior to' is the right usage.

So that leaves B&C. C is just wordy

Posted from my mobile device
avatar
B
Hital
Intern
Intern
Joined: 31 May 2018
Posts: 35
Re: A study on the therapeutic value of pets as companions for the elderly [#permalink] New post  06 Aug 2019, 21:01
1
deelakmi wrote:
Confused between B and E.
Can somebody help?


superior...than is unidiomatic, superior to is the correct idiom.
User avatar
V
TheNightKing
VP
VP
Joined: 18 Dec 2017
Posts: 1410
Location: United States (KS)
GMAT 1: 600 Q46 V27
Re: A study on the therapeutic value of pets as companions for the elderly [#permalink] New post  04 Oct 2019, 17:38
Bunuel wrote:
A study on the therapeutic value of pets as companions for the elderly has shown that cats are more superior than dogs as far as household companions are concerned.

(A) are more superior than dogs as far as household companions are concerned
(B) are superior to dogs as household companions
(C) are superior to dogs as far as household companions are concerned
(D) are more superior to dogs as household companions
(E) are superior household companions than dogs


Just wondering between B and D. The only difference is of the word "more". I guess it is okay to say more superior and I feel that will retain the original meaning from A in a better fashion.

Thoughts?
_________________
The Moment You Think About Giving Up, Think Of The Reason Why You Held On So Long

Why You Don’t Deserve A 700 On Your GMAT

Learn from the Legend himself: All GMAT Ninja LIVE YouTube videos by topic
You are missing on great learning if you don't know what this is: Project SC Butler
Signature Read More
avatar
S
abhik1502
Manager
Manager
Joined: 09 Oct 2016
Posts: 119
A study on the therapeutic value of pets as companions for the elderly [#permalink] New post  11 Dec 2019, 06:14
Bunuel

In my opinion, "as household companion" in option B modified "dogs". So it compares cats with specific dogs.
Whereas option C remove this ambiguity.

Will you pls suggest what I am missing out here.
avatar
B
DivyanshuGupta61
Manager
Manager
Joined: 20 Oct 2019
Posts: 80
Location: India
Schools: EDHEC (D), Ivey '22 (D), Erasmus RSM "22 (D), S.P.Jain Institute (A)
GMAT 1: 610 Q46 V28
GMAT 2: 690 Q48 V36
Reviews Badge CAT Tests
Re: A study on the therapeutic value of pets as companions for the elderly [#permalink] New post  13 Dec 2019, 08:50
Confused between B, C and D. Why not C when it explicitly says 'as household companions are concerned' ?
avatar
B
aarushisingla
Intern
Intern
Joined: 23 May 2019
Posts: 39
Re: A study on the therapeutic value of pets as companions for the elderly [#permalink] New post  15 Dec 2019, 13:45
Can someone explain as why C is wrong ?
avatar
B
gandharvm
Intern
Intern
Joined: 28 Sep 2019
Posts: 21
Location: India
Schools: Rotman '22 (S)
GMAT 1: 670 Q46 V36
Re: A study on the therapeutic value of pets as companions for the elderly [#permalink] New post  19 Dec 2019, 04:58
TheNightKing More superior is redundant and unidiomatic. The correct idiom, as mentioned by Hital , is superior to.

More superior is like saying 'more better' or 'repeat again' :tongue_opt1 , again redundant
avatar
B
gandharvm
Intern
Intern
Joined: 28 Sep 2019
Posts: 21
Location: India
Schools: Rotman '22 (S)
GMAT 1: 670 Q46 V36
Re: A study on the therapeutic value of pets as companions for the elderly [#permalink] New post  19 Dec 2019, 05:03
aarushisingla abhik1502 Avi93

(C) Is wordy. Moreover it does not convey the act of being household companions. This option might have been better with the use of companionship, i.e., as far as household companionship is concerned.

Simply put, (C) provides no value that (B) can't provide, and uses more words, incorrectly.
GMAT Club Bot
gmatclubot
[#permalink]
NEW TOPIC
POST REPLY
Downloads
My Bookmarks
Reviews
Moderators:
GMATNinja
GMAT Club Verbal Expert
3998 posts
GMATNinjaTwo
GMAT Club Verbal Expert
270 posts
Abhi077
SC Moderator
1074 posts
BillyZ
Senior SC Moderator
1334 posts
generis
Senior SC Moderator
4314 posts
Feedback

Powered by phpBB © phpBB Group | Emoji artwork provided by EmojiOne

Main navigation

GMAT Resources

Partners

MBA Resources

www.gmac.com|www.mba.com | | GMAT Club Rules | Terms and Conditions