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05 Apr 2013, 03:31
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The Dancing Doll line sold slightly more than $3.5 million worth of toys last year, 40% more than the Teeny Tiny Trucks line did and nearly 3 times as much as the Basic Blocks line's sales.
A. the Teeny Tiny Trucks line did and nearly 3 times as much as the Basic Blocks line's sales
B. the Teeny Tiny Trucks did and nearly 3 times what the Basic Blocks' sales were
C. the Teeny Tiny Trucks line sold and nearly 3 times as much as Basic Blocks' sales.
D. the Teeny Tiny Trucks line and nearly 3 times more than Basic Blocks' sales
E. the Teeny Tiny Trucks line and nearly 3 times more than the Basic Blocks line
A. the Teeny Tiny Trucks line did and nearly 3 times as much as the Basic Blocks line's sales
B. the Teeny Tiny Trucks did and nearly 3 times what the Basic Blocks' sales were
C. the Teeny Tiny Trucks line sold and nearly 3 times as much as Basic Blocks' sales.
D. the Teeny Tiny Trucks line and nearly 3 times more than Basic Blocks' sales
E. the Teeny Tiny Trucks line and nearly 3 times more than the Basic Blocks line
Can someone please explain the difference between 3 times as much as and 3 times more than??
05 Apr 2013, 04:34
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The Dancing Doll line sold slightly more than $3.5 million worth of toys last year, 40% more than the Teeny Tiny Trucks line did and newarly 3 times as much as the Basic Blocks line's sales.
A. the Teeny Tiny Trucks line did and newarly 3 times as much as the Basic Blocks line's sales
B. the Teeny Tiny Trucks did and nearly 3 times what the Basic Blocks' sales were
C. the Teeny Tiny Trucks line sold and nearly 3 times as much as Basic Blocks' sales.
D. the Teeny Tiny Trucks line and nearly 3 times more than Basic Blocks' sales
E. the Teeny Tiny Trucks line and nearly 3 times more than the Basic Blocks line
To answer te question correctly, IMO, the point in not "the difference between 3 times as much as and 3 times more than".
We have to mantain the parallelism in the structure. The subject is the Dancing Doll line, and it must be compared to other "lines"; the passage says "40% more than" and we have to mantain that structure using "3 times more than" (and not 3 times as much for example) . Only E keeps these conditions intact. IMO E
A. the Teeny Tiny Trucks line did and newarly 3 times as much as the Basic Blocks line's sales
B. the Teeny Tiny Trucks did and nearly 3 times what the Basic Blocks' sales were
C. the Teeny Tiny Trucks line sold and nearly 3 times as much as Basic Blocks' sales.
D. the Teeny Tiny Trucks line and nearly 3 times more than Basic Blocks' sales
E. the Teeny Tiny Trucks line and nearly 3 times more than the Basic Blocks line
To answer te question correctly, IMO, the point in not "the difference between 3 times as much as and 3 times more than".
We have to mantain the parallelism in the structure. The subject is the Dancing Doll line, and it must be compared to other "lines"; the passage says "40% more than" and we have to mantain that structure using "3 times more than" (and not 3 times as much for example) . Only E keeps these conditions intact. IMO E
20 Apr 2013, 07:13
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In kaplan the explanation is............
The word than preceding the underlined portion of the sentence tells us that the underlined portion is a comparison.Items compared must be parallel to each other,both as items and grammatically.Here,the money the Dancing Doll(DD) line received from sales is compared to that received by the Teeny Tiny Trucks)TT and Basic Blocks (BB)lines,so all three quantities should be started the same way.
Only the mane of the toy line and the amount should change from item to item,and the verb sold does not need to be repeated for each item.
(A)includes did with the TT sales but no verb with the BB sales,these forms are not parallel
(B)is not parallel because it uses did with TT sales and were with BB sales
(C)includes sold withTT sales,but no additional verb with BB,so it can also be eliminated
(D)uses Basic Blocks` sales,which is not parallel to Dancing Dolls line and Tenny Tine line
(E)eliminates the verbs and make the comparison more parallel by using more than for one item and nearly three times as much as for other.It`s the correct answer.
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The word than preceding the underlined portion of the sentence tells us that the underlined portion is a comparison.Items compared must be parallel to each other,both as items and grammatically.Here,the money the Dancing Doll(DD) line received from sales is compared to that received by the Teeny Tiny Trucks)TT and Basic Blocks (BB)lines,so all three quantities should be started the same way.
Only the mane of the toy line and the amount should change from item to item,and the verb sold does not need to be repeated for each item.
(A)includes did with the TT sales but no verb with the BB sales,these forms are not parallel
(B)is not parallel because it uses did with TT sales and were with BB sales
(C)includes sold withTT sales,but no additional verb with BB,so it can also be eliminated
(D)uses Basic Blocks` sales,which is not parallel to Dancing Dolls line and Tenny Tine line
(E)eliminates the verbs and make the comparison more parallel by using more than for one item and nearly three times as much as for other.It`s the correct answer.
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