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With a call that exceeds 188 decibels, the blue whale is often thought Updated on: 19 Jul 2021, 02:08
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With a call that exceeds 188 decibels, the blue whale is often thought to vocalise louder than any creature in the animal kingdom.

A) louder than any creature
B) louder than any other creature
C) more loudly than any creature
D) more loudly than any other creature
E) louder in comparison to any other creature

Source: Erica L. Meltzer, GMAT SC Guide 2021 edition, p.119.
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With a call that exceeds 188 decibels, the blue whale is often thought 19 Jul 2021, 02:01
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GMATNinja, I chose B over D because "vocalise" seems to be functioning as a noun (it follows the preposition 'to') and therefore we cannot use the adverb "loudly" to modify it. Can you please explain why D would be correct here?
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Could anyone please let me know why 'D' is the right answer? I had chosen 'E'. Thanks.
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Could anyone please let me know why 'D' is the right answer? I had chosen 'E'. Thanks.
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Hello Vishal90,

We hope this finds you well.

Having gone through the question and your query, we believe we can help resolve your doubt.

Option E is inferior to Option D, as it uses the needlessly wordy phrase "in comparison to", leading to awkwardness and redundancy. Moreover, Option D incorrectly uses "comparison to" to compare two similar things -- "the blue whale" and "any other creature"; please remember, "compared/comparison with" is used for comparing similar things and "compared/comparison to" is used for comparing different things.

To understand the concept of "Compared With" versus "Compared To" on GMAT, you may want to watch the following video (~1 minute):



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GMATNinja could you help out with this
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Can anyone explain in detail, the difference between option B and option D?
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Can anyone explain in detail, the difference between option B and option D?
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Why not B, why D?
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In B, just after vocalise, louder is used.
But vocalise is a used as a verb here, and it should be modified by an adverb. louder is the adjectival comparative form of loud.
The adverbial comparative form is more loudly, hence D is the correct choice here.
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Why not B, why D?
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A noise can be LOUDER than another noise.

Or a thing can be 'louder' than another thing.

One thing can do some thing MORE LOUDLY than another thing.


Here, we're talking about how 'loudly' whales vocalize, compared to how loudly other animals vocalize.

Whales do so 'more loudly.'

Whales might be considered 'louder' than other animals because they vocalize 'more loudly.'
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'Vocalize' is used as a verb in the sentence. Thus, we need to use an adverb. Now, we are left with C and D. Since, we are comparing whale's ability to other creatures not including it.
IMO D
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