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01 Jul 2020, 03:39
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The worst budget cuts in the company's history occurred between 1983 and 1984, when five times as many permanent positions were cut to part time than were continued at the previous year's schedule.
A) were cut to part time than
B) had been cut to part time than
C) were cut to part time as
D) were being cut to part time as those which
E) cut to part time were as those
A) were cut to part time than
B) had been cut to part time than
C) were cut to part time as
D) were being cut to part time as those which
E) cut to part time were as those
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The worst budget cuts in the company's history occurred between 1983 and 1984, when five times as many permanent positions were cut to part time than were continued at the previous year's schedule.
A) were cut to part time than (past subjunctive , Comparisons of inequality or difference use than, not the case here) (wrong)
B) had been cut to part time than ( past subjunctive absent) (wrong)
C) were cut to part time as (past subjunctive , Comparisons of equality or similarity use as, and here the positions are similar to each other) (Correct)
D) were being cut to part time as those which ( not one or group of person is targeted here) (wrong)
E) cut to part time were as those (past subjunctive absent) (wrong)
Answer is C
A) were cut to part time than (past subjunctive , Comparisons of inequality or difference use than, not the case here) (wrong)
B) had been cut to part time than ( past subjunctive absent) (wrong)
C) were cut to part time as (past subjunctive , Comparisons of equality or similarity use as, and here the positions are similar to each other) (Correct)
D) were being cut to part time as those which ( not one or group of person is targeted here) (wrong)
E) cut to part time were as those (past subjunctive absent) (wrong)
Answer is C
03 Jul 2020, 06:14
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When a sentence is partially underlined, it helps to check the first word and last word of the underlined portion first. One of the words may help us pinpoint the error and eliminate options.
In this question, the last word of the underlined portion is ‘than’, which is a comparative word. If we run our eyes down the last words of all the options, we see that Option B also ends the same way. Option C ends in ‘as’, which is another comparative word. Options D and E do not end with either of the words, but the word ‘as’ is present in both the options.
It is mostly likely that the clue to using the correct comparative word lies somewhere in the non-underlined part of the sentence, very often just before the underlined portion. In this sentence, the clue is the phrase “as many permanent positions”. If a comparative structure begins with ‘as’, it has to be followed by ‘as’ and not ‘than. So, Options A and B can be ruled out.
Option D is longer than all the other options, but this need not necessarily be a reason for elimination on the GMAT. However, Option D also has the unnecessary usage of the past continuous tense – “were being”.
Option E does not state the comparison correctly because the verb ‘were’ is repeated unnecessarily. “five times as many permanent positions cut to part time were as those were continued at the previous year's schedule”
Therefore, C is the best option. “five times as many permanent positions were cut to part time as were continued” This option completes the comparison between the number of permanent positions cut to part time and the number of permanent positions continued.
Jayanthi Kumar.
