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The new filling machine, which was installed and commissioned last week, fills twice as much vials in a minute as the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, has.

A. twice as much vials in a minute as the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, has.

B. double the vials in a minute than that the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, did.

C. twice as many vials in a minute as the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, filled.

D. as many as twice the vials that the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, has.

E. two times the vials in a minute than the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, filled.



 


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A. twice as much vials in a minute as the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, has.
INCORRECT. 'much' with vials is inaccurate. Also 'tense' using has at the end does not go with the time context of the sentence.

B. double the vials in a minute than that the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, did.
INCORRECT Use of 'than' is incorrect. We are not using a 'than' comparison. We can just say 'double the vials that the old machine ... did'

C. twice as many vials in a minute as the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, filled.
CORRECT

D. as many as twice the vials that the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, has.
INCORRECT . We would associate twice with a number, so here we need to say 'as many as twice the number of vials.. Also 'has' is a suspect in this sentence.

E. two times the vials in a minute than the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, filled.
INCORRECT Again 'than' is not needed. We say 'x is two times of y' and 'not x is two times than y'
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This is mainly a comparison question, and we need to figure out the correct items being compared.
Correct option C

A. twice as much vials in a minute as the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, has. - "the old machine filled" will be the right comparison, not the "old machine has"

B. double the vials in a minute than that the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, did. - Here, old machine did is correct. But "than that the old machine" that is referring to some noun, mostly vials. The comparison is incorrect because of usage of Double. We can use double only as adjectives, not adverbs. Correct word is twice here.

C. twice as many vials in a minute as the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, filled. - Comparison is between vials and old machine. "new machine fills twice as many vials as the old machine filled." - Correct option.

D. as many as twice the vials that the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, has. - Same as A, incorrect use of has.

E. two times the vials in a minute than the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, filled. - it sounds like the new machine fills the same vials two times - Incorrect.
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A. Filling of vials is the number of vials filled. So, “many” should be used instead of “much”. So A is incorrect
B. The old machine filled the vials. So “filled” needs to be used.
C. Correctly uses “many” and “filled”.
D. “as many as twice the vials” use is awkward. And use of “has” is incorrect.
E. “two times the vials in a minute” use is awkward.

Hence answer choice (C). IMO
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The new filling machine,
which was installed and commissioned last week,
fills twice as much vials in a minute as the old machine,
which was decommissioned last year,
has.

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A. twice as much vials in a minute as the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, has.
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Usage of much is incorrect since vials are countable. Usage of has is also incorrect.

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B. double the vials in a minute than that the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, did.
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Usge of that is incorrect.

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C. twice as many vials in a minute as the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, filled.
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The new filling machine,
which was installed and commissioned last week,
fills twice as many vials in a minute as the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, filled.

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D. as many as twice the vials that the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, has.
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Usage of has is incorrect.

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E. two times the vials in a minute than the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, filled.
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Option C is concise and correct. Option E & B are close but don't use the correct comparison.

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The new filling machine, which was installed and commissioned last week, fills twice as much vials in a minute as the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, has.

A. twice as much vials in a minute as the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, has.

B. double the vials in a minute than that the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, did.

C. twice as many vials in a minute as the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, filled. - Correct

D. as many as twice the vials that the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, has.

E. two times the vials in a minute than the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, filled.
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Answer: C

The new filling machine, which was installed and commissioned last week, fills twice as much vials in a minute as the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, has.

A. twice as much vials in a minute as the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, has. --> Incorrect. Vial is countable so many should be used.

B. double the vials in a minute than that the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, did. --> Incorrect. than that is awkward.

C. twice as many vials in a minute as the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, filled. --> Correct. many vials is correct. Meaning is proper. filling capacity of new machine compared to that of old machine.

D. as many as twice the vials that the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, has. --> Incorrect. has is incorrect when comparing the filling capacity of old and new machine. distorts meaning.

E. two times the vials in a minute than the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, filled. --> Incorrect. meaning is distorted. seems like new machine is filling the old machine and compared to filling the vial.
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The new filling machine, which was installed and commissioned last week, fills twice as much vials in a minute as the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, has.

A. twice as much vials in a minute as the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, has.

B. double the vials in a minute than that the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, did.

C. twice as many vials in a minute as the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, filled.

D. as many as twice the vials that the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, has.

E. two times the vials in a minute than the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, filled.



 


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many vs much - vials are countable.. use many
has vs did/filled -- used did/filled


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A. twice as much vials in a minute as the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, has. much is wrong

B. double the vials in a minute than that the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, did.

C. twice as many vials in a minute as the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, filled.-correct

D. as many as twice the vials that the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, has.--incorrect

E. two times the vials in a minute than the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, filled.incorrect
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vials is plural, hence countable. "much" is used for non-countables. Hence, A is wrong.
B and D uses ellipsis for main verb in the end of the sentence. B requires the verb "did fill" and D requires the verb "has filled". However, in order to use ellipsis of main verb, that verb should be appearing in the sentence before in the same form. However, the verb that is appearing is "fill", which is not in the same form as required by ellipsis. Hence, B and D are wrong.
"two times..than" is unidomatic. Hence, E is wrong.
Answer is C.
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The new filling machine, which was installed and commissioned last week, fills twice as much vials in a minute as the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, has.

A. twice as much vials in a minute as the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, has. Incorrect

'vials ' is countable, so much should be many; also 'has ' for the second part is wrong which happened in past

B. double the vials in a minute than that the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, did. Incorrect

comparison issue - missing ' of'; 'double' uses is not proper

C. twice as many vials in a minute as the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, filled. Correct

no issue

D. as many as twice the vials that the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, has. Incorrect

tense issue and idioms issue

E. two times the vials in a minute than the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, filled. Incorrect

idioms issue - two times...........than ......
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The new filling machine, which was installed and commissioned last week, fills twice as much vials in a minute as the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, has.

A. twice as much vials in a minute as the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, has.

B. double the vials in a minute than that the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, did.

C. twice as many vials in a minute as the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, filled.

D. as many as twice the vials that the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, has.

E. two times the vials in a minute than the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, filled.



 


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1st split is that the old machine v/s the old machine, since the already specify which old machine we are referring to, so the usage of that the old machine is not correct

has/ filled. Since we are comparing the action of filling between two machines so the correct verb to be used should be filled

between option c and e. option e is out because of meaning error it compares the filling rate of new machine with the old machine hence out.

so the correct answer should be c.
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Imo C

Use of has is inappropriate as the old machine is already decommissioned last year. We have to use simple past.
Eliminate A, D
Use of as much as is wrong since vials is countable noun. Eliminate A

A. twice as much vials in a minute as the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, has.
As much as is wrong/ Use of has is inappropriate
B. double the vials in a minute than that the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, did.
SVA issue: The new machine is singular. It should follow with doubles.
C. twice as many vials in a minute as the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, filled.
Correct.
D. as many as twice the vials that the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, has.
Use of has is inappropriate
E. two times the vials in a minute than the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, filled.
Two times distorts the meaning. In a minute the new machine is filling the same vials two times.
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The new filling machine, which was installed and commissioned last week, fills twice as much vials in a minute as the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, has.

A. twice as much vials in a minute as the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, has.
The use of present perfect is incorrect here. Also, I need <<many>> instead of <<much>> for countable noun – vials. Incorrect

B. double the vials in a minute than that the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, did.
I would require <<twice as many>> instead of <<double>> for countable noun – vials.

C. twice as many vials in a minute as the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, filled.
Keep it as Contender !!

D. as many as twice the vials that the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, has.
The phrase << as many as twice the vials that>> is wordy and redundant.

E. two times the vials in a minute than the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, filled.
The phrase << two times the vials in a minute than the old machine >> is awkward and wordy.

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A. twice as much vials in a minute as the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, has.
- vials are countable, much is used to for uncountable entities

B. double the vials in a minute than that the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, did.
- 'that' refers to singular entities but here we need plural referent for the vials: 'those'

C. twice as many vials in a minute as the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, filled. - CORRECT

D. as many as twice the vials that the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, has.
Incorrect idiom usage. Correction : twice as many vials as the old machine

E. two times the vials in a minute than the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, filled.
-Idiom error: two times X than Y is incorrect
two times is basically twice: twice the as many vials in a minute as the old machine would have been a better sentence
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The new filling machine, which was installed and commissioned last week, fills twice as much vials in a minute as the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, has.

A. twice as much vials in a minute as the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, has. Wrong. Inappropriate sentence structure

B. double the vials in a minute than that the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, did. Wrong. "double" is incorrectly used in the sentence

C. twice as many vials in a minute as the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, filled. Correct

D. as many as twice the vials that the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, has. "as many as twice" is incorrect

E. two times the vials in a minute than the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, filled. Wrong. Inappropriate sentence structure
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The new filling machine, which was installed and commissioned last week, fills twice as much vials in a minute as the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, has.

Meaning: New machine installed last week has an output of twice that of Old machine decommissioned last year

Old machine performance is a past event; therefore A and D are out

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A. twice as much vials in a minute as the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, has.

D. as many as twice the vials that the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, has.
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Options B and E compare the vial filling capacity of the New machine with the Old machine rather than the whole process of vail filling as correctly compared by Option C

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C. twice as many vials in a minute as the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, filled.

E. two times the vials in a minute than the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, filled.
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A. twice as much vials in a minute as the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, has. Incorrect as vials are countable therefore much should be replaced by many.

B. double the vials in a minute than that the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, did. Incorrect

C. twice as many vials in a minute as the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, filled. Correct

D. as many as twice the vials that the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, has. Incorrect because fills as many as twice the vials make no sense.

E. two times the vials in a minute than the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, filled. Incorrect
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The new filling machine, which was installed and commissioned last week, fills twice as much vials in a minute as the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, has.

A. twice as much vials in a minute as the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, has.
As much is wrong

B. double the vials in a minute than that the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, did.
Double the vials is wrong

C. twice as many vials in a minute as the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, filled.
Correct

D. as many as twice the vials that the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, has.
As many as twice the vials is wrong

E. two times the vials in a minute than the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, filled.
Two times is wrong
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The new filling machine, which was installed and commissioned last week, fills twice as much vials in a minute as the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, has.

A. twice as much vials in a minute as the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, has.

B. double the vials in a minute than that the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, did.

C. twice as many vials in a minute as the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, filled.

D. as many as twice the vials that the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, has.

E. two times the vials in a minute than the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, filled.



 


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A. twice as much vials in a minute as the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, has.
--> has is incorrect for an indication to past tense

B. double the vials in a minute than that the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, did.
--> "than that" is incorrect

C. twice as many vials in a minute as the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, filled.
--> this is correct

D. as many as twice the vials that the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, has.
--> has is incorrect for an indication to past tense. This incorrectly suggests that twice is the maximum limit and it may be less as well. Meaning Change

E. two times the vials in a minute than the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, filled.
--> two times would not be followed by "than" in this case. Incorrect

IMHO Option C
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The new filling machine, which was installed and commissioned last week, fills twice as much vials in a minute as the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, has.

A. twice as much vials in a minute as the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, has.

B. double the vials in a minute than that the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, did.

C. twice as many vials in a minute as the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, filled.

D. as many as twice the vials that the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, has.

E. two times the vials in a minute than the old machine, which was decommissioned last year, filled.



 


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ANSWER C

Core sentence: The new machine fills more than the old machine did. "HAS" is incorrect. A and D are out.

"Double" is an adjective that is used to modify nouns, also the use of "that" is incorrect in B, and hence B is out.

In option E, "two times the vials than" is incorrect and informal; than can be paired with either more than or less than; Hence this is incorrect.

Winner is C. Correct usage of the adverb "twice"
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