According to analysts, an alliance between three major personal computer companies and most of the nation's largest local telephone companies would enable customers to receive internet data over regular telephone lines with speeds much higher than is currently possible.
A. with speeds much higher than is
B. with speeds that are much higher than are
C. at much higher speeds as are
D. at much higher speeds than that
E. at speeds much higher than are
OA: Later
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My pick is B. that introduces the necessary clause here for comparison and parallel too.gmat_perfect wrote:According to analysts, an alliance between three major personal computer companies and most of the nation's largest local telephone companies would enable customers to receive internet data over regular telephone lines with speeds much higher than is currently possible.
A. with speeds much higher than is
B. with speeds that are much higher than are
C. at much higher speeds as are
D. at much higher speeds than that
E. at speeds much higher than are
OA: Later
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At highr speeds is correct rather than with higher speeds
gmat_perfect wrote:According to analysts, an alliance between three major personal computer companies and most of the nation's largest local telephone companies would enable customers to receive internet data over regular telephone lines with speeds much higher than is currently possible.
A. with speeds much higher than is - Incorrect - 'at' is correct and not 'with'
B. with speeds that are much higher than are - Incorrect - Same as A
C. at much higher speeds as are - Incorrect - higher than is correct and not higher as
D. at much higher speeds than that - Incorrect - we need verb in later part
E. at speeds much higher than are - Correct
OA: Later
I also believe that E should be the correct answer choice.
Reason:
A. with speeds much higher than is - Incorrect - 'Subject is plural'
B. with speeds that are much higher than are - May Be but - Redundancy / ambiguous
C. at much higher speeds as are - Incorrect - 'higher than' is correct and not 'higher as'
D. at much higher speeds than that - Incorrect - 'we need verb in later part'
E. at speeds much higher than are - Correct
Comparing between B and E....... clearly E wins
Reason:
A. with speeds much higher than is - Incorrect - 'Subject is plural'
B. with speeds that are much higher than are - May Be but - Redundancy / ambiguous
C. at much higher speeds as are - Incorrect - 'higher than' is correct and not 'higher as'
D. at much higher speeds than that - Incorrect - 'we need verb in later part'
E. at speeds much higher than are - Correct
Comparing between B and E....... clearly E wins
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gmat_perfect wrote:According to analysts, an alliance between three major personal computer companies and most of the nation's largest local telephone companies would enable customers to receive internet data over regular telephone lines with speeds much higher than is currently possible.
A. with speeds much higher than is - Speeds is plural - OUT
B. with speeds that are much higher than are Wordy, construction does not convey the intended meaning
C. at much higher speeds as are - usage of as here is wrong
D. at much higher speeds than that order of words "much higher speeds" is wrong.
E. at speeds much higher than are - Winner
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gmat_perfect wrote:According to analysts, an alliance between three major personal computer companies and most of the nation's largest local telephone companies would enable customers to receive internet data over regular telephone lines with speeds much higher than is currently possible.
A. with speeds much higher than is - speeds - plural
B. with speeds that are much higher than are - You dont 'receive internet data with high speeds'. You 'receive internet data at high speeds'
C. at much higher speeds as are - use of 'as' is wrong here
D. at much higher speeds than that - use of 'than that' is wrong here
E. at speeds much higher than are - correct. 'at' is used. 'are' is used for plural speeds.
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OA is E.gmat_perfect wrote:According to analysts, an alliance between three major personal computer companies and most of the nation's largest local telephone companies would enable customers to receive internet data over regular telephone lines with speeds much higher than is currently possible.
A. with speeds much higher than is
B. with speeds that are much higher than are
C. at much higher speeds as are
D. at much higher speeds than that
E. at speeds much higher than are
OA: Later
Thanks to every one for repply.
I have some questions:
1. In the option A, if we used "ARE" in stead of "IS", would it be correct?
2. What is the exact cause for which option D is wrong?
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gmat_perfect wrote:gmat_perfect wrote:According to analysts, an alliance between three major personal computer companies and most of the nation's largest local telephone companies would enable customers to receive internet data over regular telephone lines with speeds much higher than is currently possible.
A. with speeds much higher than is
B. with speeds that are much higher than are
C. at much higher speeds as are
D. at much higher speeds than that
E. at speeds much higher than are
1. In the option A, if we used "ARE" in stead of "IS", would it be correct?
No, the subject is speeds: the speeds ARE currently possible. Also, the correct idiom is that you travel not with a given speed but at a given speed.
2. What is the exact cause for which option D is wrong?
the pronoun that is singular, but it's referring to speeds, a plural noun.
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GMATGuruNY wrote:gmat_perfect wrote:Thanks a lot. I got it.gmat_perfect wrote:According to analysts, an alliance between three major personal computer companies and most of the nation's largest local telephone companies would enable customers to receive internet data over regular telephone lines with speeds much higher than is currently possible.
A. with speeds much higher than is
B. with speeds that are much higher than are
C. at much higher speeds as are
D. at much higher speeds than that
E. at speeds much higher than are
1. In the option A, if we used "ARE" in stead of "IS", would it be correct?
No, the subject is speeds: the speeds ARE currently possible. Also, the correct idiom is that you travel not with a given speed but at a given speed.
2. What is the exact cause for which option D is wrong?
the pronoun that is singular, but it's referring to speeds, a plural noun.
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According to analysts, an alliance between three major personal computer companies and most of the nation’s largest local telephone companies would enable customers to receive internet data over regular telephone lines with speeds much higher than is currently possible.
Two issues with the sentence as is IMO.
1. Idiomatic error: It is correct to say receive...at high speed when describing the speed in which the data is transferring, on the other hand, receive ...with means in addition to.
2. Subj - verb : Speeds much higher than are is correct.
Two issues with the sentence as is IMO.
1. Idiomatic error: It is correct to say receive...at high speed when describing the speed in which the data is transferring, on the other hand, receive ...with means in addition to.
2. Subj - verb : Speeds much higher than are is correct.
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2. What is the exact cause for which option D is wrong?
the pronoun that is singular, but it's referring to speeds, a plural noun.
1. What role "that " is playing in option D
2. If we replace "that" with "those" in answer choice D, it becomes correct answer choice ?
3. D does not miss the verb ?
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2. What is the exact cause for which option D is wrong?
the pronoun that is singular, but it's referring to speeds, a plural noun.
1. What role "that " is playing in option D
2. If we replace "that" with "those" in answer choice D, it becomes correct answer choice ?
3. D does not miss the verb ?
Thanks .
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Even if D were to replace that with those, E would still be better. The intended meaning is that the speeds would be much higher than are currently possible. In E, the verb are makes the comparison clear.GMATMadeEasy wrote:@GMATGURUNY :
2. What is the exact cause for which option D is wrong?
the pronoun that is singular, but it's referring to speeds, a plural noun.
1. What role "that " is playing in option D
2. If we replace "that" with "those" in answer choice D, it becomes correct answer choice ?
3. D does not miss the verb ?
Thanks .
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