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PostPosted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 6:16 pm    Post subject: 100 sc #404 Reply with quote
404. In the 1980’s the rate of increase of the minority population of the United States was nearly twice as fast as the 1970’s.
(A) twice as fast as
(B) twice as fast as it was in
(C) twice what it was in
(D) two times faster than that of
(E) two times greater than


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The correct answer is C) but why B) is wrong? Crying or Very sad
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 10:32 pm    Post subject: Re: 100 sc #404 Reply with quote
magical cook wrote:
404. In the 1980’s the rate of increase of the minority population of the United States was nearly twice as fast as the 1970’s.
(A) twice as fast as
(B) twice as fast as it was in
(C) twice what it was in
(D) two times faster than that of
(E) two times greater than


Hi,

The correct answer is C) but why B) is wrong? Crying or Very sad


B says "rate of increase ... was twice as fast as ...". This is an incorrect
construction and is wordy as well. If "rate of increase" were replaced by
increase, I guess you could say twice as fast in the second part of the
sentence.

C correctly uses "rate of increase ... was twice what it was"
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