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The granddaddy of manufacturers, the Shutters Company, headquartered in Milton, is nearly 50 years as old as any of its supposed predecessors.

A. as old as any of its supposed
B. older than any of its supposed
C. as old as their supposed
D. older than any of their supposedly
E. as old as its supposedly
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Re: The granddaddy of manufacturers, the Shutters Company, headquartered [#permalink] New post   18 May 2022, 09:17
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Neither of the choices is correct. Shutter company is singular, all the choices have "their", atleast one correct choice should have "its".
If (B) changes "their" to "its", it will be correct.
Bunuel pls check the OE.

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Re: The granddaddy of manufacturers, the Shutters Company, headquartered [#permalink] New post   21 May 2022, 00:56
I think its B

1) Supposed should modify the noun - predecessors
2) *Older than* clarifies the meaning of the sentence better than *As old As* does.
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Re: The granddaddy of manufacturers, the Shutters Company, headquartered [#permalink] New post   04 Jun 2022, 23:30
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Bunuel wrote:
The granddaddy of manufacturers, the Shutters Company, headquartered in Milton, is nearly 50 yeas as old as any of their supposed predecessors.

A. as old as any of their supposed
B. older than any of their supposed
C. as old as their supposed
D. older than any of their supposedly
E. as old as their supposedly


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The best answer is B. Choices A, C and E do not state the comparison logically. The expression as old as indicates equality of age, but the sentence indicates that the Shutters Company predates other companies. Older than makes the point of comparison clear.
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Re: The granddaddy of manufacturers, the Shutters Company, headquartered [#permalink] New post   05 Jun 2022, 04:47
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Kepalabergetar123 wrote:
My guess is B
1. The term 'predecessors' should modify the noun 'supposed'
2. The phrase older than* clarifies the meaning of the sentence better than the phrases old as.


Hello Kepalabergetar123,

We hope this finds you well.

To provide a bit of clarity here, there seems to be a bit of confusion in your first point.

"supposed" is an adjective, not a "noun"; "predecessors" is the noun.

Options D and E incorrectly use the adverb "supposedly" to modify the noun "predecessors", while Option B correctly uses the adjective "supposed" to do so; remember, an adverb can only be used to modify a verb or an adjective; adjectives are needed to modify nouns.

We hope this helps.
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