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A survey by the Labour Ministry revealed that in 2006 there were 60, [#permalink] New post   04 Dec 2020, 06:20
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A survey by the Labour Ministry revealed that in 2006 there were 60,500 children employed in the glass factories, almost 6 percent of the total workforce, twice as much as 1996.

A. twice as much as 1996.

B. twice as many as 1996.

C. double what it was in 1996

D. double the figure for 1996.

E. a number double that of 1996.
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A survey by the Labour Ministry revealed that in 2006 there were 60, [#permalink] New post   Updated on: 06 Dec 2020, 10:45
Easily able to eliminate A, B, and E based on wrong comparisons. B/w C & D, C is missing "of", it should be double of what it was in 1996.
Therefore, I think the answer is D.

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Re: A survey by the Labour Ministry revealed that in 2006 there were 60, [#permalink] New post   06 Dec 2020, 08:36
Can someone give a detailed solution?
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Re: A survey by the Labour Ministry revealed that in 2006 there were 60, [#permalink] New post   06 Dec 2020, 09:12
A - Here the comparison is off. The sentence compares the number of children with 1996. Even if this was a valid comparison, much is for non countable nouns, whereas children are countable

B - This suffers from the same problem as A but tries to trick you with the appropriate use of many

C -it?

D - What is figure? Is it referring to the number of children or percentage?

E - I picked this one. If you strip the appositive that comes before this modifier, it is clearer that you are referring to the number of children in 1996

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Re: A survey by the Labour Ministry revealed that in 2006 there were 60, [#permalink] New post   15 Jan 2022, 02:01
Though I chose option D.
I still don't understand why option E is incorrect.
Can anyone please explain?
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