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by [email protected] » Wed Sep 19, 2007 8:05 am
Q14:
In 1914 a total of 469,000 cars and trucks were produced in the United States, but in 1929 almost twice the numbers of tucks alone came off the assembly lines.
A. the numbers of tucks alone
B. that number of trucks alone
C. the number of trucks by themselves
D. as many trucks themselves
E. as many trucks by themselves
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by raulverde » Wed Sep 19, 2007 9:02 am
To my view, B should be the answer.

OA please
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by [email protected] » Wed Sep 19, 2007 9:03 am
OA is B
Would you please explain why that is necessary here
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by raulverde » Wed Sep 19, 2007 9:09 am
Saurabh ,
On reading the sentence carefully we find that ... the number being referred to is 469,000. Hence we use "that".

HTH
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by archileo73 » Thu Sep 20, 2007 9:47 am
A. the numbers of tucks alone : numbers > number
B. that number of trucks alone
C. the number of trucks by themselves: by themselves > wordy and not idiomatic
D. as many trucks themselves: as many as > as omitted
E. as many trucks by themselves: as many as > as omitted
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by john83.amar » Mon Sep 01, 2014 6:13 am
I would go for B
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