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Manufacturing output in the nation of Okroshkia rose 4.9 percent in the year that ended in February, far  more than they did  in 12 months that ended in the previous quarter.

(A) more than they did 
(B) more than they were 
(C) more than it did
(D) higher than 
(E) higher than it was

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abhishekdadarwal2009 · Answer

Manufacturing output in the nation of Okroshkia rose 4.9 percent in the year that ended in February, far more than they did in 12 months that ended in the previous quarter.

(A) more than they did  
The subject is Manufacturing output and it is singular and cannot be they
 (B) more than they were  
They is incorrect usage as a pronoun for manufacturing output,as output is singular
 (C) more than it did 
Correct comparison and correct s-v agreement.
 (D) higher than  
Higher is not correct because more higher in the whole year is not correct.
 (E) higher than it was 
Higher than it was is not correct because the comparison is between the rise in the last 12 months and current rise.

akadiyan · Answer

Option A: Wrong
 This option can be eliminated based on plural word ‘they’ . The output is singular and so ‘it’ is right choice of word.

Option B: Wrong
Same reason as option A

Option C: Correct
This option corrects the plural ‘they’ issue and also neatly takes care of comparison by using ‘it did’ which compares the output rate of increase in 2 different period.

Option D: Wrong
‘Far higher than’ in 12 months. This one has comparison issue.

Option E: Wrong
‘Higher than it was in 12 months’ - we are comparing the rise in 2 different periods and not the exact value at a particular time.

Answer : C

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prashanths · Answer

Manufacturing output in the nation of Okroshkia rose 4.9 percent in the year that ended in February, far more than they did in 12 months that ended in the previous quarter.

(A) more than they did 
Manufacturing output is a singular subject, so the pronoun should be 'it' instead of 'they'.

(B) more than they were 
Same issue as A.

(C) more than it did
Correct - also replicates the verb form with 'it did'

(D) higher than 
Incorrectly Compares 'output rose 4.9%' with '12 months'. Should have been 'higher than it did'

(E) higher than it was
The verb rose has to be replicated with 'it did' and not 'it was'

Option C

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gmatenthureturns · Answer

C

Pronoun "they' cant refer to output, has to be "it". A and B are out.

Also, I think, to compare percentage of output, "more" is more suitable than "higher"

umarovaalbina · Answer

Manufacturing output in the nation of Okroshkia rose 4.9 percent in the year that ended in February,  far more than they did  in 12 months that ended in the previous quarter.

(A) more than they did -  incorrect. Output rose - it, not they 
(B) more than they were -  incorrect. the same mistake as in A 
(C) more than it did -   correct  
(D) higher than -  Incorrect. We need a verb after  
(E) higher than it was  - incorrect, rose - so did, not was

hiranmay · Answer

Manufacturing output in the nation of Okroshkia rose 4.9 percent in the year that ended in February, far  more than they did  in 12 months that ended in the previous quarter.

simple sentence: output rose 4.9% in the year, far more than  output rose  in 12 months. --> last "output rose" can be replaced by "it did" to avoid the repetation
 
(A) more than  they  did -->there is no plural noun refer to "they" 
(B) more than  they  were --> same as A
(C) more than  it did  -->  correct : align w/ analysis
(D)  higher  than --> (1) we need a action clause to compare after than, (2) % should be "more" not "higher"
(E)  higher  than it  was  --> (1) "output did(refers to rose)" is correct, not "output was". (2) % should be "more" not "higher"

Srijan2609 · Answer

Let's get straight to the options

A) more than they did

IT IS A CLEAR CASE OF INCORRECR S-V PAIR

THEY CANT REFER TO MANUFACTURING OUTPUT

B) more than they were

SAME ERROR AS ABOVE IN OPTION A

(C) more than it did

This looks correct as SV pair are correct and comparison is correct and concise. 
Keep B

D) higher than

HERE I AM.NOT.COMFORTABLE WITH THE COMPARISON , HIGHER THAN WHAT ???

PLUS HERE MORE IS BETTER WHEN CLEAR COMPARISON TAKES PLACE

HIGHER GIVES DEGREE

(E) higher than it was

SAME REASON AS E ( HIGHER VS MORE )

MY TAKE.IS C .

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Vinit1 · Answer

Manufacturing output in the nation of Okroshkia rose 4.9 percent in the year that ended in February, far  more than they did  in 12 months that ended in the previous quarter.

Mistake - pronoun they is referring to OUTPUT. pronoun used should be it. otherwise seems fine.

Eliminated options are prefixed with X

X(A) more than they did
>>they is incorrect pronoun

X(B) more than they were
>>they is incorrect pronoun. Also were is incorrect for rise.

(C) more than it did
>> this looks correct. it did appropriately refers to rise of output.

X(D) higher than
>>did is required

X(E) higher than it was
>> was is incorrect. did should be used to refer to rise of output.

Kinshook · Answer

Manufacturing output in the nation of Okroshkia rose 4.9 percent in the year that ended in February, far  more than they did  in 12 months that ended in the previous quarter.

(A) more than they did 
 they  is a wrong pronoun for  Manufacturing output. Incorrect 
(B) more than they were 
 they  is a wrong pronoun for  Manufacturing output. Incorrect 
(C) more than it did
 it  is correct pronoun for  Manufacturing output  Manufacturing output rose 4.9 percent in the year... more than it did in 12 months that ended in the previous quarter is also correct usage.  Correct 
(D) higher than 
Manufacturing output rose 4.9 percent in the year... higher than in 12 months that ended in the previous quarter is not a correct comparison.  Incorrect 
(E) higher than it was
Manufacturing output rose 4.9 percent in the year... higher than it was in 12 months that ended in the previous quarter is not a correct comparison.  Incorrect

IMO C

JonShukhrat · Answer

1. Split  :  more  /  higher

C.   Output rose 4.9 percent this year,   far more than it did last year  .

Usually adverbial modifiers at the end of a sentence that are separated by a comma (the blue part above) describe the closest verb  rose  and its subject  output  in the preceding sentence:

Output rose... far more than it did...

Here  more  is an adverb that describes the verb  rose . In order to describe a verb we use  much ,  little ,  more , and  less . How much did output rise this year? It rose more than it did last year. Thus we will say:

Output rose 4.9 percent this year, far more than output (it) rose (did) last year.

D.   Output rose 4.9 percent this year,   far  higher  than last year  .  (D)

Since the blue part is an adverbial modifier, it must correctly describe the verb  rose . We normally say –  rose more than  or  rose less than . It doesn’t make sense to say –  rose  higher  than  or  rose  lower  than .

Someone may ask – “Isn’t it possible for  higher  to describe  percent  here because we use  higher  or  greater  with percents, but not  more ?” The answer is NO, firstly because there is no good reason here for a noun modifier  higher  to stay so away from a noun  percent . Secondly, if we want to use  higher  correctly, we need a noun in the second part of the comparison:

4.9 percent is far higher than the percent for last year. 
 4.9 percent is slightly lower than the percent for last year.

Note: If we had  more  instead of  higher  in D, it would be a correct sentence:

Output rose 4.9 percent this year, far more than (output rose) last year.

What is in brackets would be omitted but meant. Since this is not the case, D and E are out.

2. Split  :  they did  /  they were  /  it did  /  it was

A.   they  can’t refer to  output . Therefore, A and B are out.

E.   was  cannot refer to  rose . We need  did . When someone asks –  Did you say the sun rose already?  We answer –  Yes, it did . Saying  Yes it was  would be incorrect. E is out.

Hence  C

Hakaishin · Answer

(A) more than  they  did

wrong due to SVA.

(B) more than  they  were

Wrong due to SVA.

(C) more than it did

Correct Answer.

(D) higher than 
This option requires 'it' and 'higher' is also incorrect.

(E) higher than it was

The output is 'more' than last year not 'higher' than last year. wrong.

ANSWER:C

Gilmour92 · Answer

Here, the subject is "Manufacturing output" and the verb is "rose". The part of the sentence after the comma (far more than they did in 12 months that ended in the previous quarter) is the verb modifier.

(A) more than they did - Output is singular, so "they" is wrong. The correct usage should be "it".

(B) more than they were - Same issue with "they". Also, "were" is totally wrong as it logically doesn't refer to the same action of "rose".

(C) more than it did - Correct

(D) higher than - obscures the meaning as we are not sure whether it is this nation's rise in output in the past or something else.

(E) higher than it was - "was" is wrong for the same reason as option B.

nick1816 · Answer

(A) more than  they  did .... Need a singular pronoun 
(B) more than  they were  .....Same pronoun error as that in option A. Also, we need 'did' rather than 'were' because the verb used earlier is 'rose'.
(C) more than it did.... Correct
(D) higher than....wrong comparison 
(E) higher than it  was .....we need 'did' rather than 'were' because the verb used earlier is 'rose'.

IMO C

somesh86 · Answer

Manufacturing output in the nation of Okroshkia rose 4.9 percent in the year that ended in February, far  more than they did  in 12 months that ended in the previous quarter.

(A) more than they did -->   Pronoun error. Here they is supposed to refer to 'Manufacturing output' which is singular.  
(B) more than they were -->   Pronoun error. S-V error. Here they is supposed to refer to 'Manufacturing output' which is singular. Also were is plural and should be singular as 'Manufacturing output' is singular.  
(C) more than it did -->   Correct. The pronoun and the S-V errors are corrected here.  
(D) higher than -->   Comparison error. It rose higher than what in 12 months that ended in the previous quarter? The element to be compared with is missing here.  
(E) higher than it was -->   Comparison error. Verb error. The rise in the manufcturing output from 1 year needs to be compared with the corresponding rise in another year. But here the rise in one year is being compared with the corresponding 'Manufacturing Output' from another year in stead of the rise in output from another year.

aarkay · Answer

Error: Plural pronoun 'they' is referring to singular noun Manufacturing output.

(A) more than they did 
 Incorrect. For the above stated reason.

(B) more than they were 
 Incorrect. Plural pronoun as in A. Correct verb is 'did' not 'was/were'

(C) more than it did
 Correct.

(D) higher than 
 Incorrect. Comparison error. Rise in the output is compared with 12 months, making it illogical.

(E) higher than it was
 Incorrect. 'higher than it did' would have been correct choice

Ans: C

GKomoku · Answer

Manufacturing output in the nation of Okroshkia rose 4.9 percent in the year that ended in February, far more than they did in 12 months that ended in the previous quarter.

(A) more than they did
Manufacturing output is a singular subject, so the pronoun should be 'it' instead of 'they'.

(B) more than they were
Same issue as A.

(C) more than it did
Correct - also replicates the verb form with 'it did'

(D) higher than
Incorrectly Compares 'output rose 4.9%' with '12 months'. Should have been 'higher than it did'

(E) higher than it was
The verb rose has to be replicated with 'it did' and not 'it was'

Option C

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of comparison. So what entities is being compared here? heart of the comparison.PNG But 'they' doesn't agree in number with "Manufacturing output" . So we have pronoun-antecedent agreement error. Before to move on POE, let's analyze some splits here: greater vs more.PNG For me this split between 'higher' and 'more' is not 100% decision point, both of the could be correct depending on the context, so let's move to more critical decision points. 'did' vs 'was/were' The main action verb in out sentence is 'rose' so we can replace it with 'did' but not with 'was/were" POE: (A) more than they did (B) more than they were ( 'they' doesn't agree in number with "Manufacturing output" , 'were' cannot replace 'rose') (C) more than it did (D) higher than (comparison fails here, now we are comparing "Manufacturing output in the nation of Okroshkia rose 4.9 percent in the year" with "in 12 months that ended in the previous quarter" illogical comparison) (E) higher than it was ('was' cannot replace 'rose') C.PNG C is the answer

baru · Answer

Manufacturing output in the nation of Okroshkia rose 4.9 percent in the year that ended in February, far more than they did in 12 months that ended in the previous quarter.

Meaning :
Manufacturing output rose , far more than 'pronoun of manufacturing output' did in 12 months 
Here manufacturing output is a single entity represented such as in a graph or something 
 So expected pronoun entity is 'it'

(A) more than they did - Incorrect 
 pronoun they - antecedent is not clear

(B) more than they were -Incorrect 
were is used for plural in past tense

(C) more than it did-Correct 
Proper use of pronoun it - referring the entity in rise

(D) higher than -incorrect
when u compare 2 entities in total lets say like rise in A is higher than rise in B , but when u compare 1 entity rise I think more is preferred

(E) higher than it was-Incorrect 
incorrect for the same reason mentioned in d

Mizar18 · Answer

This one is about comparisons, so you must detect which entity is being compared.

Meaning:

Here we are talking about a Manufacturing output that rose in a period, and this manufacturing output rose far more than it did in other period.

So, once we have grasped the meaning of the sentence we can do the error analysis

Error analysis:

From the original sentence we have that  they  does not make sense with the antecedent: output, so we must find an option that corrects this pronoun.

(A) more than they did -  mistake of error analysis 
(B) more than they were -  same mistake of error analysis / additionally, were is also incorrect 
(C) more than it did -  this answer choice corrects the pronoun, so looks fine 
(D) higher than -  lack of comparison clarity 
(E) higher than it was -  was is incorrect since we are talking about the verb form "rose", so we need "did" to do a proper comparison

So  (C) is our answer.

nazirnazirova · Answer

Manufacturing output in the nation of Okroshkia rose 4.9 percent in the year that ended in February, far more than they did in 12 months that ended in the previous quarter.

(A) more than they did 
(B) more than they were 
(C) more than it did
(D) higher than 
(E) higher than it was

Since "ouput" is singular, we can safely eliminate A and B because of pronoun mismatch (they). C, D, E are left. Let's focus on D and E. According to parallelism rules, we need to have boh elements in parallel forms. So "output rose x percent" is compared with previous years output. But this is wrong. We need to compare rise of output by x percent in period X to rise of output by y percent in Y period. Thus C wins, "it" refers to "output" and "did" to "rose" - parallelism maintained. 
C for me.

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