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A- the temperature now is 5 degrees higher than it was 10

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A- the temperature now is 5 degrees higher than it was 10 [#permalink] New post   11 Aug 2009, 08:20
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A- the temperature now is 5 degrees higher than it was 10 yrs ago

B - the temperature now is 5 degrees higher than what it was 10 yrs ago.


Pls explain... What is the logic behind it



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Re: A- the temperature now is 5 degrees higher than it was 10 [#permalink] New post   11 Aug 2009, 11:43
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A- the temperature now is 5 degrees higher than it was 10 yrs ago

B - the temperature now is 5 degrees higher than what it was 10 yrs ago.


Pls explain... What is the logic behind it

look, here we are comparing temperature, right?
the temperature now is 5 degrees higher than the temperature was 10 years ago.
We just replace 'temperature' with relevant pronoun 'it'
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Re: A- the temperature now is 5 degrees higher than it was 10 [#permalink] New post   11 Aug 2009, 08:40
rohansherry wrote:
A- the temperature now is 5 degrees higher than it was 10 yrs ago

B - the temperature now is 5 degrees higher than what it was 10 yrs ago.


Pls explain... What is the logic behind it


I think the answer is B as it is clearly stating what 'it' signifies here ie the temperature between now and 10 yrs ago
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Re: A- the temperature now is 5 degrees higher than it was 10 [#permalink] New post   11 Aug 2009, 08:47
its the first option which is correct. anyone who can light it up???
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Re: A- the temperature now is 5 degrees higher than it was 10 [#permalink] New post   11 Aug 2009, 16:40
rohansherry wrote:
A- the temperature now is 5 degrees higher than it was 10 yrs ago

B - the temperature now is 5 degrees higher than what it was 10 yrs ago.


Pls explain... What is the logic behind it




Another point to add here is that comparison is kind of parallelism and therefore, two comparing items need to be in same structure. in "B", adding "what" breaks the structure. So "A" is correct.



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