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More concrete and glass structures were constructed in the [#permalink] New post   27 Nov 2003, 12:42
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More concrete and glass structures were constructed in the decade of the 1960's .

a.as any other did
b.than in any other
c.as any other
d.than another period
e.than in any other period

I know what will you hit on.. just give me why one should be chosen over the other :wink:



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Re: More concrete and glass structures were constructed in the [#permalink] New post   27 Nov 2003, 13:12
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More concrete and glass structures were constructed in the decade of the 1960's <as any other did>.

a.as any other did
b.than in any other
c.as any other
d.than another period
e.than in any other period

I know what will you hit on.. just give me why one should be chosen over the other :wink:


weird SC

More ..than is the correct idiom.

We have B ,D and E

now we are down to a correct comparison.. .decade and decade...

D is wrong..another is incorrect usage...we need to compare one decade to all others..

E does not need period at the end..its may not be correct..since period

does not automatically mean a decade.

i would go for B, though i have my issues with this SC.

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Re: More concrete and glass structures were constructed in the [#permalink] New post   27 Nov 2003, 13:41
thanks, preat

i got your point .. it 's B.
one more thing, as 'period' is nowhere mentioned in the opening sentence, its usage in the last can't be related.
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Re: More concrete and glass structures were constructed in the [#permalink] New post   04 Dec 2003, 08:53
If it is B, then we assume that:

More concrete and glass structures were constructed in the decade of the
1960's than in any other DECADE.

E eschews this questionable assertion.
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Re: More concrete and glass structures were constructed in the [#permalink] New post   04 Dec 2003, 11:56
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If it is B, then we assume that:

More concrete and glass structures were constructed in the decade of the
1960's than in any other DECADE.

E eschews this questionable assertion.


I think, this is what the sentence is trying to prove.
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Re: More concrete and glass structures were constructed in the [#permalink] New post   04 Dec 2003, 14:38
stolyar wrote:
If it is B, then we assume that:

More concrete and glass structures were constructed in the decade of the
1960's than in any other DECADE.

E eschews this questionable assertion.


explain more...

what is questionable..what should be the correct idea ...what is not in

B..what is correct inE
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Re: More concrete and glass structures were constructed in the [#permalink] New post   05 Dec 2003, 02:29
i think its E. coz B says..."than in any other "...any other what..is it
concrete or glass structures or decade. E corrects the ambiguity,

official ans?
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Re: More concrete and glass structures were constructed in the [#permalink] New post   05 Dec 2003, 02:37
mbamantra wrote:
i think its E. coz B says..."than in any other "...any other what..is it
concrete or glass structures or decade. E corrects the ambiguity,

official ans?


ok..what does period mean...it should logically mean a decade

Does "period" suggest a decade?

i guess this could be an example of ellipsis.

akamai..could you please comment ?

i still like B.

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Re: More concrete and glass structures were constructed in the [#permalink] New post   05 Dec 2003, 04:43
may be u r right. i m a lil confused. ETS says, don't add unnecessary words. period may be unnecessary. official ans??

hey where r u getting these qs from? gmatplus?.
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Re: More concrete and glass structures were constructed in the [#permalink] New post   05 Dec 2003, 04:47
mbamantra wrote:
may be u r right. i m a lil confused. ETS says, don't add unnecessary words. period may be unnecessary. official ans??

hey where r u getting these qs from? gmatplus?.


i did not post this SC. :)

dj, whats the official answer
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Re: More concrete and glass structures were constructed in the [#permalink] New post   21 Aug 2010, 09:10
picked E . I wonder what all we need to take care of in SC.....whenever I feel that I am inching towards 85% accuracy , comets in form of these questions push it back to 75 -80 ...keep fighting man...keep fighting
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Re: More concrete and glass structures were constructed in the [#permalink] New post   21 Aug 2010, 12:37
This is an excellent question!

I chose E as well! :(
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Re: More concrete and glass structures were constructed in the [#permalink] New post   23 Aug 2010, 02:03
damn fell into the trap :(
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Re: More concrete and glass structures were constructed in the [#permalink] New post   23 Aug 2010, 10:32
dj wrote:
i got your point .. it 's B.
one more thing, as 'period' is nowhere mentioned in the opening sentence, its usage in the last can't be related.



why can't period cannot be used in the sentence? i picked E as well thinking in B we are assuming it is still in terms of decade.



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