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Last season, oranges from South Florida were as bountiful as, if not m [#permalink] New post  19 Mar 2019, 13:18
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Last season, oranges from South Florida were as bountiful as, if not more bountiful than, oranges from the normally more bountiful northern region.

A. as bountiful as, if not more bountiful than, oranges
B. equally bountiful, if not more so, to oranges
C. as bountiful, if not bountifuller, than oranges
D. so bountiful, and maybe more bountiful, than oranges
E. as bountiful, if not more bountiful, as oranges

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Re: Last season, oranges from South Florida were as bountiful as, if not m [#permalink] New post  23 May 2022, 03:51
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VIGHNESHKAMATH wrote:
Can someone provide an official explanation to this question, why option E is wrong? and why option A is correct?
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Lets compare (A) and (E) here,
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A. Last season, oranges from South Florida were as bountiful as, if not more bountiful than, oranges from the normally more bountiful northern region.
E. Last season, oranges from South Florida were as bountiful, if not more bountiful, as oranges from the normally more bountiful northern region.

The structure, "as bountiful as" is correct in both (A) and (E). Problem arises in the middle part. As you can see that a comparison is being made between "oranges from South Florida and the oranges from the northern region", the usage of "more" in (E) without a "than" is incorrect. Correct structure during comparisons is:
    X is more than Y.
    Or, X is not more A than Y is A.
Also, the construction in (A) is much more clean and straight forward.

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Re: Last season, oranges from South Florida were as bountiful as, if not m [#permalink] New post  20 Mar 2019, 08:04
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Last season, oranges from South Florida were as bountiful as, if not more bountiful than, oranges from the normally more bountiful northern region.

A. as bountiful as, if not more bountiful than, oranges
B. equally bountiful, if not more so, to oranges
C. as bountiful, if not bountifuller, than oranges
D. so bountiful, and maybe more bountiful, than oranges
E. as bountiful, if not more bountiful, as oranges

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IMO A ;
as bountiful as, if not more bountiful than, oranges; usage of as and comparison is correct ..
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Re: Last season, oranges from South Florida were as bountiful as, if not m [#permalink] New post  19 May 2022, 23:27
Archit3110 wrote:
SajjadAhmad wrote:
Last season, oranges from South Florida were as bountiful as, if not more bountiful than, oranges from the normally more bountiful northern region.

A. as bountiful as, if not more bountiful than, oranges
B. equally bountiful, if not more so, to oranges
C. as bountiful, if not bountifuller, than oranges
D. so bountiful, and maybe more bountiful, than oranges
E. as bountiful, if not more bountiful, as oranges

Source: McGraw-Hill's GMAT (5th-31)


IMO A ;
as bountiful as, if not more bountiful than, oranges; usage of as and comparison is correct ..


wow what a reasoning , i am so glad for U
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Last season, oranges from South Florida were as bountiful as, if not m [#permalink] New post  23 May 2022, 03:10
Sajjad1994 wrote:
Last season, oranges from South Florida were as bountiful as, if not more bountiful than, oranges from the normally more bountiful northern region.

A. as bountiful as, if not more bountiful than, oranges
B. equally bountiful, if not more so, to oranges
C. as bountiful, if not bountifuller, than oranges
D. so bountiful, and maybe more bountiful, than oranges
E. as bountiful, if not more bountiful, as oranges

Source: McGraw-Hill's GMAT (5th-31)
Difficulty Level: 600


Can someone provide an official explanation to this question, why option E is wrong? and why option A is correct?

Thank You
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Re: Last season, oranges from South Florida were as bountiful as, if not m [#permalink] New post  23 May 2022, 03:40
VIGHNESHKAMATH wrote:
Sajjad1994 wrote:
Last season, oranges from South Florida were as bountiful as, if not more bountiful than, oranges from the normally more bountiful northern region.

A. as bountiful as, if not more bountiful than, oranges
B. equally bountiful, if not more so, to oranges
C. as bountiful, if not bountifuller, than oranges
D. so bountiful, and maybe more bountiful, than oranges
E. as bountiful, if not more bountiful, as oranges

Source: McGraw-Hill's GMAT (5th-31)
Difficulty Level: 600


Can someone provide an official explanation to this question, why option E is wrong? and why option A is correct?

Thank You
Vighnesh


Whenever we do comparison we need comparison word so THEN is required
as bountiful as shows just degree of comparison
this is the only subtle diff b/w A & E
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