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Due to the creation of the Spanish National Transplant Organization, which is responsible for the coordination of transplants as well as for public education and outreach, organ donations in Spain today are three times as much as in 1989.

A. three times as much as

B. triple as many as they were

C. a tripling of what it had

D. triple the number

E. three times greater than


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Due to the creation of the Spanish National Transplant Organization, which is responsible for the coordination of transplants as well as for public education and outreach, organ donations in Spain today are three times as much as in 1989.

A. three times as much as much means amount (uncountable) Incorrect

B. triple as many as they were"They" is ambigous. Incorrect

C. a tripling of what it hadThough the use of past perfect tense is optional as a time marker is mentioned. "it" is ambigousIncorrect

D. triple the numberCorrect

E. three times greater thannon-sensicalIncorrect
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Apart from being slightly wordy, what else is wrong with option B?
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Can you explain how is option D the correct answer?
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Can you explain how is option D the correct answer?
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In Option D, “the number” basically refers to organ donations. In a way “the number” acts as a placeholder for organ donations

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Due to the creation of the Spanish National Transplant Organization, which is responsible for the coordination of transplants as well as for public education and outreach, organ donations in Spain today are three times as much as in 1989.

A. three times as much as

B. triple as many as they were

C. a tripling of what it had

D. triple the number

E. three times greater than


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Due to the creation of the Spanish National Transplant Organization, which is responsible for the coordination of transplants as well as for public education and outreach, organ donations in Spain today are three times as much as in 1989.

A. three times as much as

Incorrect.

This answer choice is grammatically incorrect and stylistically flawed. The article [i]much can describe only non-count nouns whereas [/i]organ donations is a count noun.

What helps you identify this mistake is the following Stop Sign:

    much, (a) little, less, the amount of—the described noun should be non-count

In addition, three times is wordy as the same meaning can be expressed in fewer words. Look for a more concise answer choice.


B. triple as many as they were

Incorrect.

This answer choice is stylistically flawed. The pronoun they is ambiguous because it agrees with two plural nouns that appeared before it - donations and transplants.

What helps you identify this question as a Pronoun question as well as identify the ambiguity mistake is the following Stop Sign:

    Every pronoun in the underlined part of the sentence or after it



C. a tripling of what it had

Incorrect.

This answer choice is illogical and stylistically flawed.

It is illogical to say that a country -- Spain -- had organ donations.

In addition, the pronoun it is ambiguous because it agrees with several singular nouns that appeared before it - organization, education, outreach, and Spain.


D. triple the number

This answer choice corrects the wordiness mistake in the original sentence by changing three times to triple. Triple the number in is correctly used to compare the number of (countable) organ donations today and in 1989.


E. three times greater than

Incorrect.

The use of greater in the comparison between organ donations in Spain today and organ donations in Spain in 1989 is incorrect. Greater can only be used in comparisons between numerical or mathematical quantities such as distance or area. Organ donations is not a specific numerical quantity.

In addition, this answer choice is more wordy than it needs to be.
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