More concrete and glass structures were constructed in the

Question

More concrete and glass structures were constructed in the decade of the 1960's .

a.as any other did
b.than in any other
c.as any other
d.than another period
e.than in any other period

I know what will you hit on.. just give me why one should be chosen over the other :wink:

Praetorian · Answer

weird SC

More ..than is the correct idiom.

We have B ,D and E

now we are down to a correct comparison.. .decade and decade...

D is wrong..another is incorrect usage...we need to compare one decade to all others..

E does not need period at the end..its may not be correct..since period 

does not automatically mean a decade.

i would go for B, though i have my issues with this SC.

thanks

praetorian

dj · Answer

thanks, preat

i got your point .. it 's B. 
one more thing, as 'period' is nowhere mentioned in the opening sentence, its usage in the last can't be related.

stolyar · Answer

If it is B, then we assume that:

More concrete and glass structures were constructed in the decade of the 
1960's than in any other DECADE.

E eschews this questionable assertion.

dj · Answer

I think, this is what the sentence is trying to prove.

Praetorian · Answer

explain more...

what is questionable..what should be the correct idea ...what is not in 

B..what is correct inE

mbamantra · Answer

i think its E. coz B says..."than in any other "...any other what..is it
concrete or glass structures or decade. E corrects the ambiguity,

official ans?

Praetorian · Answer

ok..what does period mean...it should logically mean a decade

Does "period" suggest a decade?

i guess this could be an example of ellipsis.

akamai..could you please comment ?

i still like B.

thanks
praetorian

mbamantra · Answer

may be u r right. i m a lil confused. ETS says, don't add unnecessary words. period may be unnecessary. official ans??

hey where r u getting these qs from? gmatplus?.

Praetorian · Answer

i did not post this SC.

dj, whats the official answer

gauravnagpal · Answer

picked E . I wonder what all we need to take care of in SC.....whenever I feel that I am inching towards 85% accuracy , comets in form of these questions push it back to 75 -80 ...keep fighting man...keep fighting

ramana · Answer

This is an excellent question! I chose E as well!

psychomath · Answer

damn fell into the trap

FQ · Answer

why can't period cannot be used in the sentence? i picked E as well thinking in B we are assuming it is still in terms of decade.

More concrete and glass structures were constructed in the

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