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Can anyone please explain how we use parallelism in this question to eliminate the wrong answers. I followed the same but could not see how (E) is better.

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Can anyone please explain how we use parallelism in this question to eliminate the wrong answers. I followed the same but could not see how (E) is better.

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I probably wouldn't think of this as a parallelism question, exactly. The more important thing here is to focus on the structure and logic of the comparison. (For more on parallelism, start with this video.)

Here, you can scrap (B) and (D) right away because of the phrase "more hours per month as". It should be "more hours per month than" -- as in, "these pilots are permitted to fly more hours than those pilots".

There's a lot of discussion in the thread about "as much as" vs "as many as". Please review the earlier posts if you haven't already, but here are some extra examples that might help:

    "Pilots of small turboprop aircraft (s.t.a.) are permitted to fly as many as 50 more hours per month than pilots at larger airlines do."

Most people are okay with this one -- we're referring to some NUMBER of hours (the difference in hours between the two groups), and we use "many" since hours are countable.

    "Pilots of s.t.a. are permitted to fly as many as 20 percent more hours per month than pilots at larger airlines do."

Changing "50" to "20 percent" doesn't change the meaning: we're still talking about some NUMBER of hours, and since hours are countable, "many" is fine.

So (A) and (C) are out, and (E) is our best option.
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Hello Everyone!

Let's tackle this question, one problem at a time, and narrow it down to the right answer quickly! To begin, let's take a quick scan over the options and highlight any major differences in orange:

Regulators are likely to end what are, in effect, long-standing exemptions permitting pilots of small turboprop aircraft at small carriers to fly as much as 20 percent more hours per month than pilots at larger airlines fly, with the consequence that some carriers could be forced to hire additional pilots.

A. as much as 20 percent more hours per month than pilots at larger airlines fly, with the consequence that
B. as many as 20 percent more hours per month as pilots at larger airlines, and
C. more hours per month, as much as 20 percent, than pilots at larger airlines; consequently
D. as much as 20 percent more hours per month as larger airlines’ pilots, so
E. as many as 20 percent more hours per month than pilots at larger airlines do, and consequently

After a quick scan over the options, there are a few things we can focus on to narrow down our choices:

1. as much as vs. as many as (Idioms)
2. than vs. as (Comparisons/Idioms)
3. how each option ends (Meaning/Punctuation/Conjunctions)

Let's start with #1 on our list: as much as vs. as many as. This is a common grammar issue people often get mixed up, so here is a quick lesson on when to use "as much as" versus "as many as":

as much as = non-countable nouns & percentages
That pair of shoes costs as much as my last month's rent!
The failure rate for this class can be as much as 25 percent.

as many as = countable nouns
There will be as many as 250 people at our graduation party.
My coworkers work as many as 15 percent more hours than I do each week.

So let's take a closer look at our options and eliminate the ones that don't use the correct idiom:

A. as much as 20 percent more hours per month than pilots at larger airlines fly, with the consequence that
B. as many as 20 percent more hours per month as pilots at larger airlines, and
C. more hours per month, as much as 20 percent, than pilots at larger airlines; consequently
D. as much as 20 percent more hours per month as larger airlines’ pilots, so
E. as many as 20 percent more hours per month than pilots at larger airlines do, and consequently

We can eliminate options A, C, & D because they don't use the correct "as many as" to refer to "hours," which are countable.

Now that we have it narrowed down to only 2 options, let's take a closer look at each one to find any other problems. Remember, we can look at "than/as" and how each option ends to determine if they create a clear and concise statement!

B. as many as 20 percent more hours per month as pilots at larger airlines, and
This is INCORRECT for a couple reasons. First, when comparing two items, we must use "X is more than Y," and not "X is more as Y." Second, the comparisons aren't parallel. This sentence compares the hours pilots at smaller carriers fly to pilots at larger airlines. Comparing hours flown to pilots isn't parallel - we must compare hours to hours!

E. as many as 20 percent more hours per month than pilots at larger airlines do, and consequently
This is CORRECT! It uses the correct idioms "as many as" and "X is more than Y." It also compares the hours that pilots at smaller carriers fly to the hours pilots at larger airlines fly, which is parallel.

There you have it - option E is the correct choice! If you can become familiar with common idioms and comparison rules, these types of questions are much easier to tackle on the GMAT exam when you spot them!


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Hi,I'm confused with the use of "do".
I felt the that the verb is missing in the portion before than(pilots of small turboprop aircraft at small carriers to as many as 20 percent more hours per month).

Can you please help?
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Hi,I'm confused with the use of "do".
I felt the that the verb is missing in the portion before than(pilots of small turboprop aircraft at small carriers to as many as 20 percent more hours per month).

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Hi ahamd,

That do doesn't refer to a complete verb here. Instead, it refers back to a verb form (to fly).

1. ... exemptions permitting pilots of small turboprop aircraft at small carriers to fly as many as 20 percent more hours per month than pilots at larger airlines do...
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Hi,I'm confused with the use of "do".
I felt the that the verb is missing in the portion before than(pilots of small turboprop aircraft at small carriers to as many as 20 percent more hours per month).

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Hi ahamd,

That do doesn't refer to a complete verb here. Instead, it refers back to a verb form (to fly).

1. ... exemptions permitting pilots of small turboprop aircraft at small carriers to fly as many as 20 percent more hours per month than pilots at larger airlines do...
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Hi AjiteshArun,
Thanks for your kind response.
If you can help me with one more clarification ,it will be a great help
Can we say that "to" is silent before "do" as "to" is already used before fly?
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Hi,I'm confused with the use of "do".
I felt the that the verb is missing in the portion before than(pilots of small turboprop aircraft at small carriers to as many as 20 percent more hours per month).

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Hi ahamd,

That do doesn't refer to a complete verb here. Instead, it refers back to a verb form (to fly).

1. ... exemptions permitting pilots of small turboprop aircraft at small carriers to fly as many as 20 percent more hours per month than pilots at larger airlines do...

Hi AjiteshArun,
Thanks for your kind response.
If you can help me with one more clarification ,it will be a great help
Can we say that "to" is silent before "do" as "to" is already used before fly?
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Hello Ahmad,

No, "to" here is not needed befire do, as "do" refers to "fly". Remove everything between these sentences "permitting pilots to fly as many as...more than...larger airlines fly(do)"

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Thanks for your kind response.
If you can help me with one more clarification ,it will be a great help
Can we say that "to" is silent before "do" as "to" is already used before fly?
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Hi ahamd,

As joe123x points out, there's no to before do. Do can refer to the verb form inside an infinitive. Here's an example:

1. I want you to eat more vegetables than I do.

1a. I want you to eat more vegetables than I want (you to eat vegetables).

1b. I want you to eat more vegetables than I to eat (vegetables).

1c. I want you to eat more vegetables than I eat (vegetables).
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In option E, Is "as many as....THAN" considered correct? I believe "as" instead of "than" would've been ideal.
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It's important to notice the word MORE in there. It's "AS MANY AS 20% more hours." 20% more than what? More than other pilots fly.
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Regulators are likely to end what are, in effect, long-standing exemptions permitting pilots of small turboprop aircraft at small carriers to fly as much as 20 percent more hours per month than pilots at larger airlines fly, with the consequence that some carriers could be forced to hire additional pilots.

My understanding of the passage goes like this.

Regulators(the person that regulates something) are likely to stop long-standing exemptions, which have been provided for pilots of small turboprops aircraft.
but the question is Why Regulators are likely to stop...….?

to fly as many as 20 percent more hours per month than pilots at larger airlines do,

this leads to some carriers could be forced to hire additional pilots.

Dear DmitryFarber, correct me if my understanding was wrong.
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Thank you for your helpful explanation. To clarify my understanding of the sentence structure for the correct answer (E), is the ",and consequently" an example of a comma conjunction independent clause?
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Hello woohoo921,

We hope this finds you well.

To answer your query, yes; your understanding is correct: here, "and consequently" is a conjunctive phrase, and it is used alongside the comma to join two independent clauses.

We hope this helps.
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If the sentence is simplified, is it not:
Regulators are likely to end exemptions, and consequently some carriers could be forced to hire additional pilots.

I have a doubt in the and parallelism.

Is 'likely to' parallel to 'consequently' or is the clause ' Regulators are likely to end exemptions' parallel to the clause ' consequently some carriers could be forced to hire additional pilots.'

if it is the latter (clause and clause), are there any rules for parallelism that we can look out for?


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If the sentence is simplified, is it not:
Regulators are likely to end exemptions, and consequently some carriers could be forced to hire additional pilots.

I have a doubt in the and parallelism.

Is 'likely to' parallel to 'consequently' or is the clause ' Regulators are likely to end exemptions' parallel to the clause ' consequently some carriers could be forced to hire additional pilots.'

if it is the latter (clause and clause), are there any rules for parallelism that we can look out for?
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Hi Dumsy_1711,

Consequently is an adverb (modifier). We can use it (for example) to clarify the logical relationship between two clauses joined by an and.

1. Regulators are likely to end exemptions, and {consequently} some carriers could be forced to hire additional pilots.

We can put commas around consequently (this makes it easier to see that consequently isn't part of the second element joined by the and):

2. Regulators are likely to end exemptions, and, consequently, some carriers could be forced to hire additional pilots.
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Is there a mistake in A also in the part where "with the consequence that" is used.

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Hello Varane,

We hope this finds you well.

To answer your query, the use of the phrase "with the consequence that" is not an error in Option A.

The phrase "with the result/consequence that" can be linked by a comma to a clause to refer to the outcome of the action described in the clause.

We hope this helps.
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Hi ExpertsGlobal5,

May be, my understanding is incorrect, but use of "WITH" seems incorrect. I was going through a post by Magoosh, wherein they described the uses of with. WITH is used to modify noun or action, but in this stimulus, "WITH" is connecting two different ICs.
Also, use of with is said to be incorrect if "action is done by a different agent.

Magoosh link: https://magoosh.com/gmat/with-noun-part ... orrection/

Please correct me if my understanding is wrong🙏🙏

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