Sentence Correction

Q. 14. Even though more money was removed out of stock funds in July as in any month since October 1987, sales of fund shares in July were not as low as an industry trade group had previously estimated.
A. as in any month since October 1987, sales of fund shares in July were not as low as
B. as had been in any other month since October 1987, sales of fund shares in July were not as low as what
C. than there was in any other month since October 1987, sales of fund shares in July were not as low as that which
D. than in any month since October 1987, sales of fund shares in July were not as low as
E. than in any other month since October 1987, sales of fund shares in July were not as low as what

IMO E ...

Idiom is More X than Y ....

E. than in any other month since October 1987, sales of fund shares in July were not as low as what

Can someone please tell why D is wrong ?

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goelmohit2002 : Can someone please tell why D is wrong ?


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In D we have : " than in any month since October 1987". This month will include the month of July too which would then be ackward.

Also, " sales of fund shares in July were not as low as an industry trade group... " . Here as ...as comparison is not having parallel structure.

Hope that helps

Regards

mani090406 wrote: In D we have : " than in any month since October 1987". This month will include the month of July too which would then be ackward.

Thanks.

mani090406 wrote: Also, " sales of fund shares in July were not as low as an industry trade group... " . Here as ...as comparison is not having parallel structure.

Can you please elaborate a bit on this....? I am not able to understand this....how they are not parallel here but in E they are parallel.

goelmohit2002 wrote:

mani090406 wrote: In D we have : " than in any month since October 1987". This month will include the month of July too which would then be ackward.

Thanks.

mani090406 wrote: Also, " sales of fund shares in July were not as low as an industry trade group... " . Here as ...as comparison is not having parallel structure.

Can you please elaborate a bit on this....? I am not able to understand this....how they are not parallel here but in E they are parallel.

the rule says this :

when two objects are compared with each other , the latter term of comparison must exclude the former .

For example : 1. satish is clever than any other student in his class (correct )

2. satish is clever than any student in his class(Incorrect )

If you aasume the second sentence to be true see what happens. any student in his class includes satish also . This leads us to the conclusion : satish is clever than satish . This is rdiculous . How can we eliminate satish from the latter part of the sentence then? well if we say any other student , it will mean any student other than satish . So the correct version is - " satish is clever than any other student in his class ".

abhasjha wrote: If you aasume the second sentence to be true see what happens. any student in his class includes satish also . This leads us to the conclusion : satish is clever than satish . This is rdiculous . How can we eliminate satish from the latter part of the sentence then? well if we say any other student , it will mean any student other than satish . So the correct version is - " satish is clever than any other student in his class ".

Hi Abhas,

Yes, I was able to understand this point#1 (" This month will include the month of July too which would then be ackward. ") that mani made in his post....

but I was not able to understand his point#2 "Also, " sales of fund shares in July were not as low as an industry trade group... " . Here as ...as comparison is not having parallel structure. "

Can you please elaborate what is meant by point#2 ?

Q. 14. Even though more money was removed out of stock funds in July as in any month since October 1987, sales of fund shares in July were not as low as an industry trade group had previously estimated.
A. as in any month since October 1987, sales of fund shares in July were not as low as
B. as had been in any other month since October 1987, sales of fund shares in July were not as low as what
C. than there was in any other month since October 1987, sales of fund shares in July were not as low as that which
D. than in any month since October 1987, sales of fund shares in July were not as low as
E. than in any other month since October 1987, sales of fund shares in July were not as low as what

Ans is E . Thanks to you all.