another one - apologies for this mass call for help!
Q16:
Soaring television costs accounted for more than half the spending in the presidential campaign of 1992, a greater proportion than it was in any previous election.
- a greater proportion than it was
- a greater proportion than
- a greater proportion than they have been
- which is greater than was so
- which is greater than it has been
Vote for (B)
i voted for a, that is wrong too. ans is c.
can anyone explain, maybe erin?
"soaring TV costs (plural) accounted for greater proportion in 1992 than in any other year"
B it is.
Originally Posted by cinghal1
Hence, (B)
- a greater proportion than it was => wrong because not parallel
- a greater proportion than
- a greater proportion than they have been => wrong because "any previous ..." mentions past tense not present perfect one
- which is greater than was so => wrong because "which" is next to "campaign of 1992" = wrongly modify
- which is greater than it has been => same (D)
hmm, a shift is allowed in the reference to the proportion b/w TV costs and total expenses in the campain from one year to another; but not the elements (as refered to by the pronoun "they")
Pls check the legendary Erin's explanation: http://www.urch.com/forums/gmat-sent...osts+accounted (sc ets tv costs)
couldnt fine erin's expl on that post
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"they" is a must to segregate between "soaring television costs" and "presidential campaign".
hence i would go for C.
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sorry, pls here the explanation by the legendary Erin: http://www.sentencecorrection.com/fo...levision+costs
So according to Erin, B is the best. Answer key says OA is C, where as many believe A is good.
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