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17 Feb 2018, 22:33
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A. As fast as the 1990s is wrong B. I'm not sure " fast "can be used for " rate of increase" C. Removes the ambiguity. " Of " refers to the annual rate of increase in the average salary in the 1990s D. Worst E. Than reference is incorrect
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22 Feb 2018, 20:08
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Consider the rate of increase . "rate" either gets bigger or larger but not faster. "increase" gets faster. (lexical matter) So here the use of "fast"/"faster" with the "rate of increase" is wrong. Hence eliminate option A, B and D. E wrongly compares the rate of increase with the year 1990s. Correct answer is C.
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12 Jul 2018, 08:00
I picked B because: Parallelism is maintained in this answer choice. In 2000s, the annual rate of increase...............................it was in the 1990s. Correct me if I am wrong.
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In the 2000s, the annual rate of increase in the average salary of a software engineer was nearly twice as fast as the 1990s.
A twice as fast as B twice as fast as it was in C twice that of D two times faster than that of E two times greater than
1. We are not comparing the decades. Hence, A and E are out. 2. Unless we can call the increases as one time, two times, the phrase 'two times' is not useful. You cannot describe a quantum in countable times. Therefore, D is out. 3. The rate of increase does not have speed. We can say-- Tom grows faster than Dick. However, we cannot say Tom's growth rate is faster than Dick's. Therefore, B is out. C is the answer avoiding the above-said pitfalls. ' Generally, 'two times' is used more in informal daily conversations than 'twice' used in formal writing.
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29 Aug 2018, 11:24
daagh wrote:
In the 2000s, the annual rate of increase in the average salary of a software engineer was nearly twice as fast as the 1990s.
A twice as fast as B twice as fast as it was in C twice that of D two times faster than that of E two times greater than
1. We are not comparing the decades. Hence, A and E are out. 2. Unless we can call the increases as one time, two times, the phrase 'two times' is not useful. You cannot describe a quantum in countable times. Therefore, D is out. 3. The rate of increase does not have speed. We can say-- Tom grows faster than Dick. However, we cannot say Tom's growth rate is faster than Dick's. Therefore, B is out. C is the answer avoiding the above-said pitfalls. ' Generally, 'two times' is used more in informal daily conversations than 'twice' used in formal writing.
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Prateek176 wrote:
daagh wrote:
In the 2000s, the annual rate of increase in the average salary of a software engineer was nearly twice as fast as the 1990s.
A twice as fast as B twice as fast as it was in C twice that of D two times faster than that of E two times greater than
1. We are not comparing the decades. Hence, A and E are out. 2. Unless we can call the increases as one time, two times, the phrase 'two times' is not useful. You cannot describe a quantum in countable times. Therefore, D is out. 3. The rate of increase does not have speed. We can say-- Tom grows faster than Dick. However, we cannot say Tom's growth rate is faster than Dick's. Therefore, B is out. C is the answer avoiding the above-said pitfalls. ' Generally, 'two times' is used more in informal daily conversations than 'twice' used in formal writing.
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