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07 Aug 2016, 20:36
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The Manhattan prep book states that you can omit certain words in comparisons.
For example: "I walk faster than Brian [walks]"
However, the following is wrong according to Gmatprep:
"A recent review of pay scales indicates that CEO's now earn an average of 419 times more pay than blue-collar workers [earn], compared to a ratio of 42 times in 1980.
Most people on discussion boards have stated that the first part of the sentence is wrong, but I'm not seeing it. Why can't [earn] be the omitted word in this case? Or perhaps the error resides in the second part of the sentence?
Thanks!
For example: "I walk faster than Brian [walks]"
However, the following is wrong according to Gmatprep:
"A recent review of pay scales indicates that CEO's now earn an average of 419 times more pay than blue-collar workers [earn], compared to a ratio of 42 times in 1980.
Most people on discussion boards have stated that the first part of the sentence is wrong, but I'm not seeing it. Why can't [earn] be the omitted word in this case? Or perhaps the error resides in the second part of the sentence?
Thanks!
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08 Aug 2016, 00:18
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Hello there,
I would think the difference comes because of the comparison being between the objects of the verb in the two clauses separated by 'than':-
Joe lifts weights.
Joe lifts more weights than those lifted by Tom
OR
a) Joe lifts more weights than does Tom
b) Joe lifts more weights than Tom - both correct as omitted versions of the 2nd clause
In the first case the comparison is noun to noun.
In the second the comparison is clause to clause.
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In the example you have cited, the object is the subject itself.
I walk fast.
I walk faster than Brian [walks]
OR
I walk faster than Brian does
Thus I would correct the original sentence as:-
A recent review of pay scales indicates that CEO's now earn an average of 419 times more pay than blue-collar workers, compared to a ratio of 42 times in 1980 -> WRONG
A recent review of pay scales indicates that CEO's now earn an average of 419 times more pay than that of blue-collar workers, compared to a ratio of 42 times in 1980.
Would appreciate comments.
I would think the difference comes because of the comparison being between the objects of the verb in the two clauses separated by 'than':-
Joe lifts weights.
Joe lifts more weights than those lifted by Tom
OR
a) Joe lifts more weights than does Tom
b) Joe lifts more weights than Tom - both correct as omitted versions of the 2nd clause
In the first case the comparison is noun to noun.
In the second the comparison is clause to clause.
---------------
In the example you have cited, the object is the subject itself.
I walk fast.
I walk faster than Brian [walks]
OR
I walk faster than Brian does
Thus I would correct the original sentence as:-
A recent review of pay scales indicates that CEO's now earn an average of 419 times more pay than blue-collar workers, compared to a ratio of 42 times in 1980 -> WRONG
A recent review of pay scales indicates that CEO's now earn an average of 419 times more pay than that of blue-collar workers, compared to a ratio of 42 times in 1980.
Would appreciate comments.
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