All about comparison: Theory and questions with OE and OA

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All about comparison: Theory and questions with OE and OA.

I have intensively learnt those theory and questions (including OE and OA) and my accuracy increases impressively. Now for comparison question, my accuracy is about 90%. Thus, I want to share with you guys these files.

The files include 55 comparison questions with extremely detailed explanation I searched and collected from experts of GMAT club and other forums.

Hope it helps you as it helped me.

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JarvisR · Answer

Thanks LucyDang for all the effort.

LucyDang · Answer

Thanks JarvisR for your encouragement!!

Good luck with your GMAT

Victz · Answer

In this comparison guide, I noticed the following examples: "He has more comics than me." "They have as much food as we." Why does one uses "me" while the other uses "we" instead of "us"?

AndrewN · Answer

Hello,  Victorz . The short answer is that they are both correct, but so, too, would be the counterpart to the first sentence. Consider:

1)  He has more comics than  I . 
 Rationale :  Than  is being used as a  conjunction , and the sentence conveys that someone has more comics than I  have . In the original sentence,  than  is being used as a  preposition  instead, making the noun that follows it the object of the preposition, thereby justifying the use of  me . This is a controversial subject, whether  than  is a conjunction (more traditional) or preposition, and context can typically steer the reader in one direction or the other. But in an isolated sentence, all we can say is that either interpretation is valid. Please refer to  this Grammar Girl article  on the topic.

2)  They have as much food as  us . 
 Rationale :  As... as  is an idiomatic phrase construct that joins like entities. As such, there is no part of speech it falls under. In the sentence at hand, we need to join  as much food  with a noun to create a proper comparison between nouns, and it would not make sense to say that they have as much food as  us have .  Us  is the object of a preposition,  not  a subject.

I hope that helps clarify your concerns. If you have further questions, feel free to ask. Good luck with your studies.

- Andrew

AxiGe · Answer

Am I blind? just can not find the link to the mentioned documents

Bunuel · Answer

I fixed that. Can you see the docs now?

AxiGe · Answer

Yes!!!

Thank you so much!

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