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Are we really saying (iii) | (iv) and (v) are wrong because the Right Hand side are verbs and not clauses ?
I certainly never said anything about comparing clauses and verbs, and all of your comparison sentences are fine. We can be flexible with comparisons involving verbs that don't take objects (what are called 'intransitive verbs' in grammar jargon), because there's no risk of confusing what is being compared. If you want to think about comparisons that are analogies of the one in the original sentence in this thread, you'd need to consider verbs that take objects, because it's in that situation where comparisons can become ambiguous: "Paul likes chocolate more than his manager", for example, could mean Paul likes chocolate more than he likes his manager, or it could mean that Paul likes chocolate more than his manager does. In those situations we often need to be careful about how we construct the comparison if we want to avoid ambiguity (which we want to avoid in GMAT SC).
In the original sentence, we're talking about "growing fish", so there's an object involved, and those comparisons need special attention. If you take answer C, which I think is the choice you were asking about, and interpret it in either of the possible ways one can interpret a comparison with an object (as above, in the Paul/chocolate/manager sentence), you get one of these two sentences:
original: Suppliers are growing fish twice as fast as growing them naturally
if we were comparing two subjects: Suppliers are growing fish twice as fast as growing them naturally (is growing fish)
if we were comparing the first subject in two respects: Suppliers are growing fish twice as fast as (they are) growing them naturally
Neither makes any sense. We want to compare how quickly suppliers are growing fish with how quickly fish grow naturally. Only answers D and E do that.
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To meet the rapidly rising market demand for fish and seafood, suppliers are growing fish twice as fast as their natural growth rate, cutting their feed allotment by nearly half and raising them on special diets.
(A) their natural growth rate, cutting their feed allotment
(B) their natural growth rate, their feed allotment cut
(C) growing them naturally, cutting their feed allotment
(D) they grow naturally, cutting their feed allotment
(E) they grow naturally, with their feed allotment
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(A) their natural growth rate, cutting their feed allotment
(B) their natural growth rate, their feed allotment cut
(C) growing them naturally, cutting their feed allotment
(D) they grow naturally, cutting their feed allotment
(E) they grow naturally, with their feed allotment
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The first and second choices illogically state that the suppliers are not only growing the fish but are also growing the natural growth rate of the fish.
The third choice elliptically states that suppliers are growing fish twice as fast as growing them naturally grows them, but when something grows naturally, it is illogical to say anything grows them. The appropriate contrast is between the rate at which the suppliers are growing the fish and the rate at which the fish grow when allowed to grow naturally on their own.
The fourth and fifth options both express that contrast appropriately. Of these two options, however, only the fourth uses a present participle (cutting) that is parallel to the other verbs in the sentence (growing and raising), and therefore the fourth choice is best.
The third choice elliptically states that suppliers are growing fish twice as fast as growing them naturally grows them, but when something grows naturally, it is illogical to say anything grows them. The appropriate contrast is between the rate at which the suppliers are growing the fish and the rate at which the fish grow when allowed to grow naturally on their own.
The fourth and fifth options both express that contrast appropriately. Of these two options, however, only the fourth uses a present participle (cutting) that is parallel to the other verbs in the sentence (growing and raising), and therefore the fourth choice is best.
To meet the rapidly rising market demand for fish and seafood, suppliers are growing fish twice as fast as they grow naturally, cutting their feed allotment by nearly half and raising them on special diets.
LINK In the 1980's the rate of increase of the minority population of the United States was nearly twice what it was in the 1970's.
An this case, you have a problem of redundancy:
A RATE can't be FAST.
* The rate can be high;
* The increase itself can be fast.
Similarly,
A height can't be tall (a person can be tall, or a height can be greater than...)
A bank account can't be rich (a person can be rich, or a bank account can contain a large amount of money)
etc.
LINK In the 1980's the rate of increase of the minority population of the United States was nearly twice what it was in the 1970's.
An this case, you have a problem of redundancy:
A RATE can't be FAST.
* The rate can be high;
* The increase itself can be fast.
Similarly,
A height can't be tall (a person can be tall, or a height can be greater than...)
A bank account can't be rich (a person can be rich, or a bank account can contain a large amount of money)
etc.
Hi DmitryFarber EMPOWERgmatVerbal KarishmaB! Can you help me with this question? The comparison is very confusing (their natural growth rate/ growing them naturally/ they grow naturally). Tks!
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To meet the rapidly rising market demand for fish and seafood, suppliers are growing fish twice as fast as their natural growth rate, cutting their feed allotment by nearly half and raising them on special diets.
(A) their natural growth rate, cutting their feed allotment
(B) their natural growth rate, their feed allotment cut
(C) growing them naturally, cutting their feed allotment
(D) they grow naturally, cutting their feed allotment
(E) they grow naturally, with their feed allotment
Similar Question : [as fast as] LINK
(A) their natural growth rate, cutting their feed allotment
(B) their natural growth rate, their feed allotment cut
(C) growing them naturally, cutting their feed allotment
(D) they grow naturally, cutting their feed allotment
(E) they grow naturally, with their feed allotment
Similar Question : [as fast as] LINK
The first and second choices illogically state that the suppliers are not only growing the fish but are also growing the natural growth rate of the fish.
The third choice elliptically states that suppliers are growing fish twice as fast as growing them naturally grows them, but when something grows naturally, it is illogical to say anything grows them. The appropriate contrast is between the rate at which the suppliers are growing the fish and the rate at which the fish grow when allowed to grow naturally on their own.
The fourth and fifth options both express that contrast appropriately. Of these two options, however, only the fourth uses a present participle (cutting) that is parallel to the other verbs in the sentence (growing and raising), and therefore the fourth choice is best.
The third choice elliptically states that suppliers are growing fish twice as fast as growing them naturally grows them, but when something grows naturally, it is illogical to say anything grows them. The appropriate contrast is between the rate at which the suppliers are growing the fish and the rate at which the fish grow when allowed to grow naturally on their own.
The fourth and fifth options both express that contrast appropriately. Of these two options, however, only the fourth uses a present participle (cutting) that is parallel to the other verbs in the sentence (growing and raising), and therefore the fourth choice is best.
To meet the rapidly rising market demand for fish and seafood, suppliers are growing fish twice as fast as they grow naturally, cutting their feed allotment by nearly half and raising them on special diets.
LINK In the 1980's the rate of increase of the minority population of the United States was nearly twice what it was in the 1970's.
An this case, you have a problem of redundancy:
A RATE can't be FAST.
* The rate can be high;
* The increase itself can be fast.
Similarly,
A height can't be tall (a person can be tall, or a height can be greater than...)
A bank account can't be rich (a person can be rich, or a bank account can contain a large amount of money)
etc.
LINK In the 1980's the rate of increase of the minority population of the United States was nearly twice what it was in the 1970's.
An this case, you have a problem of redundancy:
A RATE can't be FAST.
* The rate can be high;
* The increase itself can be fast.
Similarly,
A height can't be tall (a person can be tall, or a height can be greater than...)
A bank account can't be rich (a person can be rich, or a bank account can contain a large amount of money)
etc.
Hi DmitryFarber EMPOWERgmatVerbal KarishmaB! Can you help me with this question? The comparison is very confusing (their natural growth rate/ growing them naturally/ they grow naturally). Tks!
What is the crux of the sentence? That there is a high demand for fish so suppliers are growing fish fast. How fast? Twice as fast as they naturally grow. So if a fish in natural circumstances takes 2 months to become an adult, the suppliers are making them adults in 1 month.
Suppliers are growing fish twice as fast as their natural growth rate - A growth rate cannot be fast or slow. It is low or high. This growth rate can be higher than that, not faster.
Suppliers are growing fish twice as fast as growing them naturally - Growing them naturally sounds counter intuitive. We know that fish are often caught from the ocean where they grow naturally. That is their natural habitat. Then who is growing them? This doesn't make a lot of sense.
Suppliers are growing fish twice as fast as they grow naturally - Correct. The comparison is between how the suppliers are growing them and how they grow naturally. Suppliers are growing them twice as fast as they grow naturally.
