RAHKARP27071989
Hi
chetan2u,
Just saw that u have already given your reasoning to eliminate C and E.( Redundant usage of 'of')
Is my reasoning also correct...??Hi,
Quote:
E) The number of birds that will migrate to the south this year will be twice that of last year’s
That = The number of birds that will migrate to the south
=> The number of birds that will migrate to the south this year will be twice the number of birds that will migrate to the south of last year’s
The phrase--> the number of birds that will migrate to the south of last year’s
Here we have both-- Future tense and its also mentioning "Last Year". Therefore ELIMINATED
The coloured portion will not be correct..
the auxiliary verb 'will' modifies/ talks of this year and cannot be faulted..
However 'as' is supposed to talk of an action, and since will is used for this year, we have to have a verb after as..
and word 'did' suitably gets that..
the reason for eliminating E and C is the usage of possessive form.. that
of last year
's..
The sentence could have been correct if it read..
The number of birds that will migrate to the south this year will be twice that of last year...
lets see the other choices..
A) Twice the birds as last year will migrate to the south this year.
Twice the birds in itself does not sound correct, It would be better to say twice the number of birds and also it is errorneously paralleling with last year..
However 'as' is supposed to talk of an action, and since will is used for this year, we have to have a verb after as..
and word 'did' suitably gets that..
B) This year, double the number of birds as last year will migrate to the south.
same as A... Also twice is better than double..
D) This year, twice as many birds will migrate to the south as did last year.
this is correct. it uses idiom as many as correctly