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by g.shankaran » Sun May 29, 2011 4:42 am
The number of people flying first class on the domestic flights rose sharply in 1990, doubling the increase of the previous year.

1. doubling the increase of
2. doubling that of the increase in
3. double as much as the increase of
4. twice as many as the increase in
5. twice as many as the increase of
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by g.shankaran » Sun May 29, 2011 4:46 am
The ans is A .. Just wanted to know what is wrong with Ans D
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by vineeshp » Sun May 29, 2011 4:51 am
U cant say many .. increase.

Also, the ing form modifies the whole part before it correctly. So, OA A is the best answer. Let us wait for an expert comment too. :)
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by singh181 » Sun May 29, 2011 6:06 am
"increase in" and "increase of" both are correct idiom. In this case, "increase in" is incorrect because it would mean "increase in some year", making the sentence illogical. So, "increase of" is correct here. "increase of last year" is correct.

So, D is out.
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by sameerballani » Sun May 29, 2011 6:32 am
I am fine with-
1) We need to choose as MUCH and not as MANY
2) We need to choose increase OF in this case.

Someone please clarify, why A is Right and why C is wrong?

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by g.shankaran » Sun May 29, 2011 5:09 pm
Since we are taking about the number of people, I thought many should be used instead of much.
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by sameerballani » Sun May 29, 2011 11:23 pm
g.shankaran wrote:Since we are taking about the number of people, I thought many should be used instead of much.
We are talking about the increase not exactly about the number of people..
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by uglyogreshrek » Tue May 31, 2011 9:52 pm
Since we are talking of the number of, which is the subject in this sentence, increase OF makes more sense.

Rest all are wordy.

g.shankaran wrote:The number of people flying first class on the domestic flights rose sharply in 1990, doubling the increase of the previous year.

1. doubling the increase of
2. doubling that of the increase in
3. double as much as the increase of
4. twice as many as the increase in
5. twice as many as the increase of
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by dubinsky » Tue May 31, 2011 9:56 pm
IS there any source to test your idiom skills?
like a quiz of idioms !
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