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Topic: OG SC #94 Any Ideas?
PostWed Oct 03, 2007 7:04 pm
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94. Last year, land values in most parts of the pinelands rose almost so fast, and in some parts even faster than what they did outside the pinelands.

A) so fast, and in some parts even faster than what they did
B) so fast, and in some parts even faster than, those
C) so fast, and in some parts even faster than, those
D) as fast as, and in some parts even faster than, those
E) as fast as, and in some parts even faster than what they did.

My pick is E). My translation of the sentence is pinelands land values rose as fast, even faster than land values rose outside the pinelands.
What they did = land values rose

The correct answer is D). With D) in the sentence, my translation is pinelands land values rose as fast, even faster than land values outside the pinelands.
Those = land values

It seems to me that the rising of land values at one place is being compared with the land values at another place. In my opinion, the comparison isn't logically sounds.

Any ideas will be greatly appreciated!
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PostWed Oct 03, 2007 8:55 pm
D is correct.
THOSE refers to Landvalues and hence comparison is correct.
In E "what they did" is not required.
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PostWed Oct 03, 2007 11:20 pm
Insert E into original sentence:

"Last year, land values in most parts of the pinelands rose almost as fast as, and in some parts even faster than what they did outside the pinelands. "

Notice there is a missing comma after "than." That's the first mistake. Now, imagine the comma were there and remove that modifying clause:

"Last year, land values in most parts of the pinelands rose almost as fast as what they did outside the pinelands. "

Now remove preposition "of":

"Last year, land values rose almost as fast as what they did outside the pinelands."

Does this sentence sound correct to you still?
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PostThu Oct 04, 2007 6:56 am
Thanks both of you for the detailed explanation.
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PostThu May 21, 2009 3:25 am
Correct idiom is:

as fast as
OR
so fast that

Also, D has the correct structure wherein if the sentence within the comma is removed, it still makes a complete sentence.

Therefore D is the right answer.
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PostThu May 21, 2009 5:24 am
"Than" is the clue word for comparison.
-- and in some parts even faster than-is the middleman.

Land values of the pinelands….compared with…..land values outside the pinelands.

Land values---Plural. So we have to use "those".

they refer to "pinelands" not to "land values".
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PostSat May 23, 2009 4:15 am
I understand that THOSE is needed

but dont we need a VERB in the second part?

Something like :
Last year, land values in most parts of the pinelands rose almost as fast as, and in some parts even faster than, DID those outside the pinelands.

I still think that the rising of Land Values at different places is compared Sad

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PostThu Nov 19, 2009 1:45 am
Jinger wrote:
94. Last year, land values in most parts of the pinelands rose almost so fast, and in some parts even faster than what they did outside the pinelands.

A) so fast, and in some parts even faster than what they did
B) so fast, and in some parts even faster than, those
C) so fast, and in some parts even faster than, those
D) as fast as, and in some parts even faster than, those
E) as fast as, and in some parts even faster than what they did.

My pick is E). My translation of the sentence is pinelands land values rose as fast, even faster than land values rose outside the pinelands.
What they did = land values rose

The correct answer is D). With D) in the sentence, my translation is pinelands land values rose as fast, even faster than land values outside the pinelands.
Those = land values

It seems to me that the rising of land values at one place is being compared with the land values at another place. In my opinion, the comparison isn't logically sounds.

Any ideas will be greatly appreciated!
Last year, land values in most parts of the pinelands rose almost so fast, and in some parts even faster than what they did outside the pinelands.

as...as is a comparision singnal. Here we are comparing values of lands that are in the pinelands with values of landsthat are outside the pinelands.


as...(adjective)...as always signals that sentence is comparing one thing with another.

as many as
as much as
as fast as
as few as
as short as
as high as
as little as


Many and Few - countable nouns
little and much - uncountable nouns
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