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More X than Y can have many forms. Please help on how to construct these forms.
I wanted to share my notes in case someone found it useful.
1) Plants are more efficient at acquiring carbon than fungi - ambiguous
the sentence could mean 2 things:
A)------- Plants are more efficient at acquiring carbon than fungi are efficient
B)------- Plants are more efficient at acquiring carbon than at acquiring fungi. This sentence does not seem to make sense and we could reject it, but not ambiguous at the first place would have been a better choice.
2) Plants are more efficient at acquiring carbon than fungi are - correct
3) Plants are more efficient at acquiring carbon than are fungi - correct
It is better to use 3
One additional difficulty GMAT adds to above is comparing 2 time periods
4) Analysts expect automakers to set dividends more conservatively than they have been setting <recently> - correct
we cannot omit "setting" because ellipsis rule allows omission only if the exact word is repeated. to set and setting are used here
same case with below sentence:
5) Analysts expect automakers to set dividends more conservatively than they have been setting <recently> - correct
5A) Analysts expect automakers to set dividends more conservatively than they have been setting <recently> - correct
6) union members are less likely than nonunion members <are >to be enrolled in lower-end insurance plans
7) the Dutch economy has grown faster than <have> the economies of Britain, France, or Germany
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Despite recent increases in sales and cash flow that have propelled automobile companies' common stocks to new highs, several industry analysts expect automakers, in order to conserve cash, to set cash more conservatively than they were.
A) to set dividends more conservatively than they were
B) to set dividends more conservatively than they have been
C) to be more conservative than they have been in setting dividends
D) that they will be more conservative than they were in setting dividends
E) that they will be more conservative than they have been to set dividends
Plants are more effi cient at acquiring carbon than are fungi, in the form of carbon dioxide, and converting it to energy-rich sugars.
(A) Plants are more effi cient at acquiring carbon than are fungi,
(B) Plants are more effi cient at acquiring carbon than fungi,
(C) Plants are more effi cient than fungi at acquiring carbon,
(D) Plants, more effi cient than fungi at acquiring carbon,
(E) Plants acquire carbon more effi ciently than fungi,
More than 300 rivers drain into Siberia's Lake Baikal, which holds 20 percent of the world's fresh water, more than all the North American Great Lakes combined.
A. More than 300 rivers drain into Siberia's Lake Baikal, which holds 20 percent of the world's fresh water, more than all the North American Great Lakes combined.
B. With 20 percent of the world's fresh water, that is more than all the North American Great Lakes combined, Siberia's Lake Baikal has more than 300 rivers that drain into it.
C. Siberia's Lake Baikal, with more than 300 rivers draining into it, it holds more of the world's fresh water than all that of the North American Great Lakes combined, 20 percent.
D. While more than 300 rivers drain into it, Siberia's Lake Baikal holds 20 percent of the world's fresh water, which is more than all the North American Great Lakes combined.
E. More than all the North American Great Lakes combined, Siberia's Lake Baikal, with more than 300 rivers draining into it, holds 20 percent of the world's fresh water.
Authoritative parents are more likely than permissive parents to have children who as adolescents are self-confident, high in self-esteem, and responsibly independent.
A.Authoritative parents are more likely than permissive parents to have children who as adolescents are self-confident, high in self-esteem, and responsibly independent.
B.Authoritative parents who are more likely than permissive parents to have adolescent children that are self-confident, high in self-esteem, and responsibly independent.
C.Children of authoritative parents, rather than permissive parents, are the more likely to be self-confident, have a high self-esteem, and to be responsibly independent as adolescents.
D.Children whose parents are authoritative rather than being permissive, are more likely to have self-confidence, a high self-esteem, and be responsibly independent when they are an adolescent.
E.Rather than permissive parents, the children of authoritative parents are the more likely to have self-confidence, a high self-esteem, and to be responsibly independent as an adolescent
I wanted to share my notes in case someone found it useful.
1) Plants are more efficient at acquiring carbon than fungi - ambiguous
the sentence could mean 2 things:
A)------- Plants are more efficient at acquiring carbon than fungi are efficient
B)------- Plants are more efficient at acquiring carbon than at acquiring fungi. This sentence does not seem to make sense and we could reject it, but not ambiguous at the first place would have been a better choice.
2) Plants are more efficient at acquiring carbon than fungi are - correct
3) Plants are more efficient at acquiring carbon than are fungi - correct
It is better to use 3
One additional difficulty GMAT adds to above is comparing 2 time periods
4) Analysts expect automakers to set dividends more conservatively than they have been setting <recently> - correct
we cannot omit "setting" because ellipsis rule allows omission only if the exact word is repeated. to set and setting are used here
same case with below sentence:
5) Analysts expect automakers to set dividends more conservatively than they have been setting <recently> - correct
5A) Analysts expect automakers to set dividends more conservatively than they have been setting <recently> - correct
6) union members are less likely than nonunion members <are >to be enrolled in lower-end insurance plans
7) the Dutch economy has grown faster than <have> the economies of Britain, France, or Germany
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Here are some GMATPrep questions testing this topic
Despite recent increases in sales and cash flow that have propelled automobile companies' common stocks to new highs, several industry analysts expect automakers, in order to conserve cash, to set cash more conservatively than they were.
A) to set dividends more conservatively than they were
B) to set dividends more conservatively than they have been
C) to be more conservative than they have been in setting dividends
D) that they will be more conservative than they were in setting dividends
E) that they will be more conservative than they have been to set dividends
C
Conservatively vs conservative - adverb and adjective respectively
set dividends (verbal phrase) - needs adverb
they will be more conservative - they needs adjective
Conservatively vs conservative - adverb and adjective respectively
set dividends (verbal phrase) - needs adverb
they will be more conservative - they needs adjective
Plants are more effi cient at acquiring carbon than are fungi, in the form of carbon dioxide, and converting it to energy-rich sugars.
(A) Plants are more effi cient at acquiring carbon than are fungi,
(B) Plants are more effi cient at acquiring carbon than fungi,
(C) Plants are more effi cient than fungi at acquiring carbon,
(D) Plants, more effi cient than fungi at acquiring carbon,
(E) Plants acquire carbon more effi ciently than fungi,
C
efficient - adjective modifying plants
efficient - adjective modifying plants
More than 300 rivers drain into Siberia's Lake Baikal, which holds 20 percent of the world's fresh water, more than all the North American Great Lakes combined.
A. More than 300 rivers drain into Siberia's Lake Baikal, which holds 20 percent of the world's fresh water, more than all the North American Great Lakes combined.
B. With 20 percent of the world's fresh water, that is more than all the North American Great Lakes combined, Siberia's Lake Baikal has more than 300 rivers that drain into it.
C. Siberia's Lake Baikal, with more than 300 rivers draining into it, it holds more of the world's fresh water than all that of the North American Great Lakes combined, 20 percent.
D. While more than 300 rivers drain into it, Siberia's Lake Baikal holds 20 percent of the world's fresh water, which is more than all the North American Great Lakes combined.
E. More than all the North American Great Lakes combined, Siberia's Lake Baikal, with more than 300 rivers draining into it, holds 20 percent of the world's fresh water.
A
I am not sure what "more than ...." is modifying
I am not sure what "more than ...." is modifying
Authoritative parents are more likely than permissive parents to have children who as adolescents are self-confident, high in self-esteem, and responsibly independent.
A.Authoritative parents are more likely than permissive parents to have children who as adolescents are self-confident, high in self-esteem, and responsibly independent.
B.Authoritative parents who are more likely than permissive parents to have adolescent children that are self-confident, high in self-esteem, and responsibly independent.
C.Children of authoritative parents, rather than permissive parents, are the more likely to be self-confident, have a high self-esteem, and to be responsibly independent as adolescents.
D.Children whose parents are authoritative rather than being permissive, are more likely to have self-confidence, a high self-esteem, and be responsibly independent when they are an adolescent.
E.Rather than permissive parents, the children of authoritative parents are the more likely to have self-confidence, a high self-esteem, and to be responsibly independent as an adolescent
A
likely and rather than - can they be used together as in CDE?
likely and rather than - can they be used together as in CDE?
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