tejal777 wrote:
514. Most Corporations pay at least twice as much to full-time employees, if the value of benefits, sick days,
and paid vacation days are included in earnings, than to part-time employees, whose hourly wages are often higher than those of their full-time colleagues.
(A) are included in earnings, than
(B) are included in earnings, as
(C) is included in earnings, than they pay
(D) is included in earnings, as is paid
(E) is included in earnings, as they pay
ok i gave it a glance n' got this one wrong.
Pls somebody explain I chose ARE over IS b'coz three sublects are joined with an "and"..doesnt this requre a plural verb?
This is what GMAT does. It plays tricks with you.
First of all, there is some modification in question. the underlined part starts from a differently. Here is the question :
Most Corporations pay at least twice as much to full-time employees, if the value of benefits, sick days, and paid vacation days
are included in earnings, than to part-time employees, whose hourly wages are often higher than those of their full-time colleagues
Now, to solve this one, the first thing you need to look is for the idiom "as much.... as" to complete. Lets look at the options. Clearly, we can eliminate A & C.
Now, next would be to look at the verbs. Here, the GMAT tricks with giving both "are" and "is in option. The way to find the best answer is to see subject verb agreement. Here, the verb is for subject "value" which is singular. Hence, Option B is eliminated.
Option D unnecessarily changes the tense to a perfect tense.
Option E maintains the tense (simple past) as well the numbers part (Many Corporations) by rightly using "
they pay".
Long one eh! Hope it helps.