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04 Jul 2019, 00:39
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The players from the Seattle team received larger contracts than the other team.
(A) than the other team.
(B) than the other team’s.
(C) than those that are offered by other teams.
(D) than those that is received by other teams.
(E) than those received by the other team.
(A) than the other team.
(B) than the other team’s.
(C) than those that are offered by other teams.
(D) than those that is received by other teams.
(E) than those received by the other team.
08 Jul 2019, 03:40
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OFFICIAL EXPLANATION:
(Comparing Apples/Oranges) Whenever a phrase indicating comparison (such as “more than,” “less than,” “as good as,” “better than”) is found in a sentence, you should feel alerted about a possible error of comparing an apple with an orange. Indeed the given sentence has this error, because it seeks to compare “the larger contracts” (of the Seattle team) with “the other team.” (instead of the contracts of the other team).
So, (A) is wrong.
(B) also has the same error, and can bee discarded.
(C) and (D) both correct this error, but have the error of tense by introducing the present tense in the predicates (‘are’ and ‘is’) while the verb in the non-underlined part “received” is in the past tense.
(E) completes a cogent, unambiguous and grammatically sentence, and is the answer.
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28 Jul 2019, 10:38
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The players from the Seattle team received larger contracts than the other team.
(B) than the other team’s (players).
(E) than those received by the other team.
those refers to contacts - correct - but shouldn't be the players of the seattle team be compared to the players of the other team and not the team itself?
I think B does precisely that.
Am i getting something wrong here? Even if we comparing the contracts received by the......
Oh i see, the contracts in B is being compared to the other team's players. But even so, shouldn't E be written as --- (E) than those received by the other team's players?
Bunuel GMATNinja
(B) than the other team’s (players).
(E) than those received by the other team.
those refers to contacts - correct - but shouldn't be the players of the seattle team be compared to the players of the other team and not the team itself?
I think B does precisely that.
Am i getting something wrong here? Even if we comparing the contracts received by the......
Oh i see, the contracts in B is being compared to the other team's players. But even so, shouldn't E be written as --- (E) than those received by the other team's players?
Bunuel GMATNinja
