In 1914 a total of 469,000 cars and trucks were produced in the United States, but in 1929 almost twice
the numbers of tucks alone came off the assembly lines.
The correct idiom is "as many as"
D and E out
A) the numbers of trucks alone
WRONG :-
twice of what number ?? we need a digit or a reference to a digit.
B) that number of trucks alone
CORRECT:-
twice that number of truck alone ; twice of 4696000.
C) the number of trucks by themselves
WRONG:- "
alone" , "
by themselves" is redundant. Both means the same thing.
D)
as many trucks themselves
WRONG IDIOM
E)
as many trucks by themselves
WRONG IDIOM
marine wrote:
In 1914 a total of 469,000 cars and trucks were produced in the United States, but in 1929 almost twice the numbers of tucks alone came off the assembly lines.
A. the numbers of tucks alone
B. that number of trucks alone
C. the number of trucks by themselves
D. as many trucks themselves
E. as many trucks by themselves
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