Dr. Hakuta’s research among Hispanic children in the United States ind

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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 underlying 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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GMATNinja · Accepted Answer

Here's a simple example that mirrors the structure of (C):

"Experience has taught me that the more you dare to fail, the greater the odds of success."

The short answer is that the verb "are" is implied at the end of the sentence, so there's no need to explicitly include it. Similarly, in (C), the verb "is" is implied at the end of the sentence:

"Dr. Hakuta’s research indicates that the more the children use both Spanish and English, the greater their intellectual advantage  ."

So we have to choose between a sentence with an implied verb and options that completely botch the idiom. There's no concrete rule governing this sort of thing, so I'm eliminating the others and sticking with (C).

I hope that helps!

shoonya · Answer

Although I chose C, I think there is a slight problem with it. It's missing "is"

the greater  is   their intellectual advantage in skills underlying reading ability and nonverbal logic.

nevergiveup · Answer

The correct answer is C.
It is the only answer with the correct idiom usage the more....the greater

or you can say the greater....the better

honchos · Answer

Explanation is also there But i am unable to understand the explanation.

Here is the Explanation-

"The best choice is C.   The phrase the more the children should be completed by a parallel phrase that begins
with a comparative adjective and a noun phrase, as in the greater their... advantage. Only C correctly
completes the structure with a parallel phrase. Choices A. B, D, and E present structures that are unwieldy and
awkward in addition to being nonparallel, and that state the relationship between language use and skills
development less clearly than C does. Also, underlaying in B and underlay in D are incorrect; the meaning of
this sentence requires the present participle of "underlie," underlying, as a modifier of skills."

ramannanda9 · Answer

First of kindly highlight the question.

Also the answer choice c is an idiomatic expression.  The more   ......  the greater  .

honchos · Answer

They have given the logic of some comparative adjectives?

what is the idiom here?

blueseas · Answer

actually comparitive degree must be compared to comparitive degree to make it parallel.
 
more ==> comparative degree 
greater ===> comparative degree.

similar sentences are: 
 the more you study ,the better you will score. 
 so it is not necessary that it will be followed by the greater.
 
 the more you work out ,the more you will be fit.

hope it helps

AMITAGARWAL2 · Answer

Between B and C, C does not have not SV pair. Though is sound better but not follow the SV rule.
It should be B

Blueseas but in the more you work hard, the better will score   has SV

but in choice C there is no SV for 2nd part.

blueseas · Answer

hi amit ,

this type of construction is fine with GMAT.

BELOW is the OG13 #2

Manufacturers rate batteries in watt-hours;  if thev rate the watt-hour higher, the longer  the battery can be expected to last. 
(A) if they rate the watt-hour higher, the longer
(B) rating the watt-hour higher, it is that much longer
 (C) the higher the watt-hour rating, the longer 
(D) the higher the watt-hour rating, it is that muchlonger that
(E) when the watt-hour rating is higher, the longer it is

correct option is option C
In this starting part doesnt have a verb .so GMAT doesnt assumes it wrong.
MOREOVER i have confirmed with shraddha from e-gmat.

hope it helps.

karanthakurani · Answer

Hi Egmat,
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

How to tackle above question it has no subject verb pair and parallelism marker.
here that the more the children use both Spanish and English is a clause and use is its verb.
their intellectual advantage is greater in skills underlying reading ability and nonverbal logic is another sentence with subject and verb so joining two sentences with comma is wrong. OG says correct answer is C but here also there is subject verb combination. Also, there is no parallel marker here. indicates has two constructions:
1. indicates that..... 
2. indicates... 
so how to identify parallelism and in general how we tackle such questions?

honchos · Answer

The phrase  the more the children  should be completed by a parallel phrase that begins
with a comparative adjective and a noun phrase, as in  the greater  their... advantage. Only C correctly
completes the structure with a parallel phrase.

CrackverbalGMAT · Answer

Since the sentence uses the phrase ‘the  more  the children’, we need to have another  comparative  after the comma.

Note that ‘more’ is in its comparative degree which means that, to maintain parallelism, we need to use the same comparative degree. 
In other words, ‘er’ than ‘est’. For example, ‘longer’, ‘faster’, ‘wider’

Based on this, we can scan the options:

(A)  their intellectual  advantage is greater in skills underlying reading ability and nonverbal logic

(B)  their intellectual  advantage is the greater in skills underlying 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

Eliminate Options A, B, D, and E.

Option C  alone completes this idiomatic comparison.

Option C is the best choice.

Hope this helps!

saby1410 · Answer

HI,
 egmat   GMATNinja   VeritasKarishma   ChiranjeevSingh

do we need to maintain parallelism in this construction 
The More the 'X' The Greater 'Y' BUT in this construction X contains SV pair but in Y it doesn't Can u explain Why

AliciaSierra · Answer

I have seen multiple such OG questions....remember saying "the more the merrier"

Prachita · Answer

How is option C correct without the usage of verb. I understand the idiom the more the better... Please respond.

ExpertsGlobal5 · Answer

Hello  Prachita ,

We hope this finds you well.

To answer your query, Option C does not require an active verb, as the non-underlined portion of the sentence already provides an active verb - "indicates"; what Option C forms is an idiomatic construction that conveys the relationship between two elements by linking two comparative phrases.

To better understand this concept, consider this example: "The more I practice, the better my performance."

This sentence can be made clearer by writing it as "The more I practice, the better I perform.", but both versions are grammatically correct.

We hope this helps. 
All the best!
Experts' Global Team

Prachita · Answer

Thank you GMATNinja
Could you give any more examples where we use such implied verb construction?

ExpertsGlobal5 · Answer

Hello  Prachita ,

We hope this finds you well.

Here are a few examples to help you better understand this idiom.

1. "The harder he works, the greater his prosperity (is)."

2. "The higher the altitude, the thinner the air (is)."

3. "The more honest you are, the greater the trust placed in you (will be)."

4. "The longer the wait (is), the sweeter the reward (is)."

We hope this helps.
All the best!
Experts' Global Team

Prachita · Answer

We hope this finds you well.

Here are a few examples to help you better understand this idiom.

1. "The harder he works, the greater his prosperity (is)."

2. "The higher the altitude, the thinner the air (is)."

3. "The more honest you are, the greater the trust placed in you (will be)."

4. "The longer the wait (is), the sweeter the reward (is)."

We hope this helps.
All the best!
Experts' Global Team

Thank you Experts' Global. It helps.

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