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12 Mar 2019, 12:43
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The tango club, which appeared moribund five years ago, has picked up a new step; its numbers are now three times more than when the club president decided to bring in a live band.
A. step; its numbers are now three times more than
B. step; its numbers are now three times greater than
C. step, their numbers now threefold that which they had been
D. step; now with numbers three times greater than
E. step, now with three times the number they had
Source: McGraw-Hill's GMAT
A. step; its numbers are now three times more than
B. step; its numbers are now three times greater than
C. step, their numbers now threefold that which they had been
D. step; now with numbers three times greater than
E. step, now with three times the number they had
Source: McGraw-Hill's GMAT
12 Mar 2019, 17:15
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At first glance, this is likely testing: semicolons, quantity idioms, subject-verb agreement.
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"Its" is correctly identifying "tango club" but when we compare things using the word NUMBERS, we use GREATER THAN/LESS THAN not MORE THAN/LESS THAN. Incorrect.
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"Its" is correct. "Numbers" and "greater than" match. Let's keep checking.
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I read this and my mind was like: what? B still sounds better. But more formally, "their" should be "its".
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We have a dependent clause trying to be an independent clause.
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Same as D.
Correct answer remaining: B.
16 Jun 2022, 07:33
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