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Tsunami-related property damage rose 3.1 percent in the 12 months that ended in March, considerably more than it did in the previous year.

(A) more than it did
(B) more than they did
(C) more than it was
(D) greater than
(E) greater than it was
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Re: Tsunami-related property damage rose 3.1 percent in the 12 months that [#permalink] New post   19 Apr 2021, 07:45
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Tsunami-related property damage rose 3.1 percent in the 12 months that ended in March, considerably more than it did in the previous year.

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


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In the underlined portion, "it" is an abbreviation for "tsunami-related property damage" and "did" is shorthand for "rose", so the underlined portion needs to communicate, "more than property damage rose". That's correct: "considerably more than property damage rose in the previous year".

Go through the other four answers to find the errors: (B) uses "they" instead of "it" to refer to the singular "property damage". (C) and (E) use "was" instead of "did", while "did" is correct in representing an active verb. (D) has no subject, making it unclear what is greater than in the previous year. Choice (A) is correct.
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Re: Tsunami-related property damage rose 3.1 percent in the 12 months that [#permalink] New post   19 Apr 2021, 00:04
Tsunami-related property damage rose 3.1 percent in the 12 months that ended in March, considerably more than it did in the previous year.

(A) more than it did Incorrect

damage is not countable, so more uses wrong
it refers to what? Tsunami or Tsunami-related property damage

(B) more than they did Incorrect

more uses wrong
they plural, whereas Tsunami-related property damage singular

(C) more than it was Incorrect

more uses wrong

(D) greater than Incorrect

what in previous year?

(E) greater than it was Correct

I think Answer E
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Re: Tsunami-related property damage rose 3.1 percent in the 12 months that [#permalink] New post   19 Apr 2021, 00:45
answer A
act is compared .. it refers to property damage

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Re: Tsunami-related property damage rose 3.1 percent in the 12 months that [#permalink] New post   20 Jun 2021, 02:00
property is a countable noun, damage is not. Should we consider property damage to be a countable noun?
This is the pain point of this question.
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Re: Tsunami-related property damage rose 3.1 percent in the 12 months that [#permalink] New post   04 Jul 2021, 09:41
RamseyGooner wrote:
property is a countable noun, damage is not. Should we consider property damage to be a countable noun?
This is the pain point of this question.

Tsunami-related property damage is the noun here. It is singular in form so 'it' has to be used.
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