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Pachyderms, in terms of sheer intelligence, compare very well with dolphins, apes, and people, perhaps because inside their craniums sit 257 billion neurons, about three times the number contained within the human skull.
A. three times the number
B. thrice as many
C. three times of numbers
D. as much as three times
E. thrice that is
A. three times the number
B. thrice as many
C. three times of numbers
D. as much as three times
E. thrice that is
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Could anyone help me understand why Option B is incorrect and Option A is correct?
19 Jan 2023, 06:18
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A quick glance at the options suggests that the question is related to the idioms.
A. Pachyderms, in terms of sheer intelligence, compare very well with dolphins, apes, and people, perhaps because inside their craniums sit 257 billion neurons, about three times the number contained within the human skull. - "257 billion neurons" is compared with "three times the number..". Both are parallel, therefore the answer choice is correct
B. Pachyderms, in terms of sheer intelligence, compare very well with dolphins, apes, and people, perhaps because inside their craniums sit 257 billion neurons, about thrice as many contained within the human skull. "257 billion neurons" is compared with "thrice as many..". Idiom is incorrectly used. The correct idiom is 'X as many as Y', therefore, the correct version of the option would have been "thrice as many as.."
C. Pachyderms, in terms of sheer intelligence, compare very well with dolphins, apes, and people, perhaps because inside their craniums sit 257 billion neurons, about three times of numbers contained within the human skull. - "three times of numbers" is an incorrect idiom
D. Pachyderms, in terms of sheer intelligence, compare very well with dolphins, apes, and people, perhaps because inside their craniums sit 257 billion neurons, about as much as three times contained within the human skull. - "as much as three times" is an incorrect idiom since "much" is used for non-quantifiable nouns. For quantifiable nouns, "many" is used
E. Pachyderms, in terms of sheer intelligence, compare very well with dolphins, apes, and people, perhaps because inside their craniums sit 257 billion neurons, about thrice that is contained within the human skull. - "thrice that is" is an incorrect idiom
