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Dr. Hakuta’s research among Hispanic children in the United States ind 25 Jan 2022, 08:08
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And I just got one more question on the same line

https://gmatclub.com/forum/manufacturers-rate-batteries-in-watt-hours-if-they-rate-the-132414.html

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Dr. Hakuta’s research among Hispanic children in the United States ind 27 Jan 2022, 10:36
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Does The more... the greater construction have to follow parallelism?

The more (the children use/clause), the greater (their intellectual advantage/noun). Why cant we write the greater is their intellectual advantage?
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In option is the verb is missing, the greater "is"....then why it's correct?
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Dr. Hakuta’s research among Hispanic children in the United States ind 29 May 2022, 12:16
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In option is the verb is missing, the greater "is"....then why it's correct?
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Hello, varnbi. I think you are referring to answer choice (C). How about we look at the sentence and answer choices for reference?

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Dr. Hakuta’s research among Hispanic children in the United States indicates that the more the children use both Spanish and English, their intellectual advantage is greater in skills underlying reading ability and nonverbal logic.

(A) their intellectual advantage is greater in skills underlying reading ability and nonverbal logic
(B) their intellectual advantage is the greater in skills underlaying reading ability and nonverbal logic
(C) the greater their intellectual advantage in skills underlying reading ability and nonverbal logic
(D) in skills that underlay reading ability and nonverbal logic, their intellectual advantage is the greater
(E) in skills underlying reading ability and nonverbal logic, the greater intellectual advantage is theirs
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The answer has to do with the idiomatic construct the more X, the more/greater Y, in which a to be verb is not necessary. Have you checked out this response by GMATNinja? In it, he illustrates how the verb in such a construct is implied.

If you read that post and have further questions, feel free to ask. Good luck with your studies.

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