Not only is the tensile strength of bamboo higher than that of mild

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Not only  is the tensile strength of bamboo higher than that of mild steel, it  withstands compression twice as well as concrete does.

A. is the tensile strength of bamboo higher than that of mild steel, it
B. is bamboo’s tensile strength higher than mild steel’s, it
C. does bamboo have higher tensile strength than mild steel, it also
D. bamboo has higher tensile strength than mild steel, it also
E. does bamboo have higher tensile strength than that of mild steel, but it

$!vakumar.m · Answer

Not only  is the tensile strength of bamboo higher than that of mild steel, it  withstands compression twice as well as concrete does.
The sentence describes two properties/features that is possessed by bamboo/s.
Not only X also Y is the proper structure. A, B and E can be ruled out.

C. does bamboo have higher tensile strength than mild steel, it also - proper parallelism exists - option C is superior to D
D. bamboo has higher tensile strength than mild steel, it also

Answer C

brt · Answer

Not only is the tensile strength of bamboo higher than that of mild steel, it withstands compression twice as well as concrete does.

A. is the tensile strength of bamboo higher than that of mild steel, it
B. is bamboo’s tensile strength higher than mild steel’s, it
C. does bamboo have higher tensile strength than mild steel, it also
D. bamboo has higher tensile strength than mild steel, it also
E. does bamboo have higher tensile strength than that of mild steel, but it

Because of not only and but also or it also idiomatic construction we can eliminate ans A, B and E. From C and D I feel the ans is D because it also refers that the subject is singular......it considers bamboo to be singular and takes the verb has instead of have because with I, you,we and they we use have while with he,she and it we use has.

Shadyshades · Answer

I didn't find option D wrong but if you look at option C, it's perfectly correct.

Not only   does bamboo  have higher tensile strength than mild steel, it  also  withstands compression twice as well as  concrete does .

anish777 · Answer

I did not understand why option C was chosen over option D. I get the other options were omitted because of the sentence structure : not only X also Y. But between this two options, why C was chosen over D ?

ExpertsGlobal5 · Answer

Hello  anish777 ,

We hope this finds you well.

To answer your query, the construction "not only bamboo has higher tensile strength than mild steel" conveys the meaning - there are things other than bamboo that have higher tensile strength than mild steel, leading to an overall incoherent meaning.

We hope this helps.
All the best!
Experts' Global Team

khaprepm · Answer

Isn't in option C tensile strength of Bamboo is only compared with Mild Steel? Comparison should be between tensile strength of Bamboo to tensile strength of Mild Steel.

ExpertsGlobal5 · Answer

Hello  khaprepm ,

We hope this finds you well.

To answer your query, in making comparisons, repeated verbs and verb phrases may be omitted for the sake of conciseness; as such, this comparison should be read as "bamboo have higher tensile strength than mild steel (has tensile strength)"; the comparison is between the tensile strengths of bamboo and mild steel.

We hope this helps.
All the best!
Experts' Global Team

Jarvis07 · Answer

Hi. Thanks for this explanation Experts' Global Team.
But after reading this explanation, I feel whatever I have learned so far about comparisions is falling apart.
If we can ommit words for the sake of conciseness, I think we can we can make any of the comparision questions work. From what I can remember, at least 50% of comparision questions are eliminated because of absence of a single words such as 'that', 'those' etc, which are essentially added for the right comparision.
I am pretty sure I am missing something here, but not sure what.
Could you please help? 
Also, if we had another helping verb than 'has/have', such as is, would this still follow (eg, does this sentence work:   Not only is bamboo a cheaper material than mild steel, it also withstands compression twice as well as concrete does  ) ?

poojaarora1818 · Answer

Here, options A, B & E are omitted because of the wrong idiomatic construction it. "Not only" must follow either "but also" or "it also".
So, we are left with options C & D. In option D, "Bamboo" is plural so the usage of "has" is incorrect. We are left with the option C which is the correct one.

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