Energized by its new coaching staff, the team already won tw

Question

Energized by its new coaching staff, the team  already won twice as many games this year as did last year, even though  several games still remain to be played this year.

A)already won twice as many games this year as did last year, even though

B)has already won twice as many games this year as last year, even if

C)already won twice as many games this year as it did last year, even if

D)has already won twice as many games this year as did last year, even though

E)has already won twice as many games this year as last year, even though

sayantanc2k · Accepted Answer

The subject "it" is missing from the second parallel element: .." as  it  did last year". Omitting the subject, but not the verb is awkward. Either keep both, or omit both. (Omitting both is preferred, if the meaning is not obscured.)

shekyonline · Answer

Energized by its new coaching staff, the team already won twice as many games this year as last year, even though several games still remain to be played this year.

A)already won twice as many games this year as did last year, even though

B)has already won twice as many games this year as last year, even if

C)already won twice as many games this year as it did last year, even if

D)has already won twice  as many games this year   as did last year , even though
=> who has won?
The team

The team has won as   many games this year  as  last year .

When we write-

The team has won as   many games this year  as   DID  last year .

Sounds like-

The team has won as   many games this year  as  last year DID .

Last year did not win any games. It was the team which won games in last year. 
 
So it changes the meaning and hence,  Wrong.

E)has already won twice as many games this year as last year, even though

Correct .

fameatop · Answer

Energized by its new coaching staff, the team  already won twice as many games this year as last year, even though  several games still remain to be played this year.

A)already  won  twice as many games this year as  did  last year, even though
 I believe DID is a typo here. 
Even if DID is present, Main sentence is a Fragment rather than a Independent clause. Incorrect

B)has already won twice as many games this year as last year,  even if 
 Use of EVEN IF creates a conditional sentence that is not at all required. Incorrect

C)already  won  twice as many games this year as it did last year,  even if 
 Use of EVEN IF creates a conditional sentence that is not at all required. Main sentence is a Fragment rather than a Independent clause. Incorrect

D)has already won twice as many games this year as did last year, even though
 Correct comparison between the no of games won this year and no of games won last year. Correct

E)has already won twice as many games this year as last year, even though
 Incorrect comparison between the no of games won this year and last year. Incorrect

sleepynut · Answer

Hi experts,
I searched the internet and found that the correct answer is E
Please refer to the following link :
https://www.manhattanprep.com/gmat/foru ... 24229.html

Please help me understand why (E) is preferred,not (D).

[edit**] (D) has already won twice as many games this year as [the team] did(won) last year, even though

Thanks

arvind910619 · Answer

Imo E
The act of winning is still going on so we use present perfect tense .
Now we are comparing games won last to games won this year so we have set up correct comparison.

the part of the sentence "won twice as many games this year as   they did   last year"
  We can keep the highlighted part in the sentence fully or we can drop it altogether as in E

rsrighosh · Answer

I have my share of thought but I am not sure whether this is going in the right direction.
I would like to have an expert opinion on this.  egmat   daagh  can you guys help?

Let us take an example:-
 John has more love for money than has his wife. 
This clearly explains that John loves money more than his wife loves money.
Here in this sentence "has his wife" clearly indicates that wife is the doer which does make sense.

In the below statement in option D
  D)has already won twice as many games this year as did last year, even though  
The literal meaning of the sentence is Team has won twice as many games as l ast year won games 
Here "last year" becomes the doer. This gives out an utter rubbish meaning as "last year" is not a person and cannot be a doer.

this is corrected in option E
  E)has already won twice as many games this year as last year, even though  
Here comparison is between "this year vs last year" which totally is a sensible comparison.

mag3184 · Answer

Can somebody kindly explain the differences between D and E? Thank you!

CrackverbalGMAT · Answer

Hi

The only difference between options (D) and (E) is the presence of the verb "did" in option (D), which is not present in option (E).

has already won twice as many games this year as  did  last year, even though

This verb usage in option (D) is incorrect as it has no subject associated with it - who "did"?

Therefore option (E) is the correct answer choice. Hope this clarifies.

austin316 · Answer

Consider this:

A recent poll found that nearly twice as many Americans believe that there is "too much government regulation of business and industry" as believe there is "too little".

This construction is correct. Unhiding the ellipsis - A recent poll found that nearly twice as many Americans believe that there is "too much government regulation of business and industry" as (Americans) believe (that) there is "too little".

Since, the comparison is between the number of games won last year (present) vs number of games won this year (past), the verb "did" needs to be specified. This is the rule which has been reiterated by experts! Why do we need to mention the subject again? Isn't it obvious? What's not obvious is the verb - we must specify "did".

OE should be D) and not E).

austin316 · Answer

i think the OE should be D). 
When comparing two actions, if there is a change in tense, the verb must be specified. 
Therefore, the verb "did" has to be specified, and the subject "team" is ellipsed. 
Pls correct me if I am wrong.

Ritik25 · Answer

Yeah, similar reasoning. Not sure why its E, really.

kop18 · Answer

I believe that the main difference between D and E is what comparison between and hence, the usage of "did".

We are comparing the number of games played this year to those played the last year. The comparison here is between nouns - no of games. 
We often see these comparisons on our quants word problems - "P has twice as many ice creams as Q". What is being compared here? - it is the no of ice creams. Since the comparison is between the nouns, I believe the usage of "did" is wrong. We use "did" when we compare two actions. For example - Team played twice as well as Team B did. We are comparing the act of playing here and hence the usage of "did" is correct.

Please can some analyze my explanation and let me know if I am thinking in the right way? 
 chetan2u   AndrewN   GMATNinja

AndrewN · Answer

Hello,  kop18 . Probably the best way to approach a comparison is to not tell it what it needs to be. Although your understanding of comparisons seems sound, I would urge you  not to think too rigidly . I see no fundamental problem with either comparison in answer choices (D) and (E).

(D)  the team has already won twice as many games this year as  it  won last year

(E)  the team has already won twice as many games this year as   last year

The former comparison is explicit, the latter implied, nothing more. But (D) fails because it lacks the subject  it  or  the team  in the latter half of the comparison, and if a verb appears there, so too should the subject. By way of comparison, I could not write,  I worked as much this week as worked last week —there is a glaring hole in the latter part of the comparison—but I could truncate the comparison to  I worked as much this week as last . A more explicit version would include  I did  or  I worked , as well as  week , but none are required to make the comparison meaningful.

Best of luck with your studies.

- Andrew

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