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by simplyjat » Sat May 03, 2008 3:25 pm
One study found that although government policy and the industrial sector in which a company operates can influence its productivity and financial strength, management decisions have at least as great an impact on a company’s performance.

a) management decisions have at least as great an impact
b) decisions by management have a great impact
c) manager decisions impact greatly
d) decisions by a company’s management impact greatly
e) what a company’s management decides has a greater impact

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by Stuart@KaplanGMAT » Sun May 04, 2008 8:41 am
simplyjat wrote:One study found that although government policy and the industrial sector in which a company operates can influence its productivity and financial strength, management decisions have at least as great an impact on a company’s performance.

a) management decisions have at least as great an impact
b) decisions by management have a great impact
c) manager decisions impact greatly
d) decisions by a company’s management impact greatly
e) what a company’s management decides has a greater impact
Parallelism, parallelism, paralellism!

"...although government policy.. can influence..., management decisions have at least as great an impact...".

"Management decisions" is parallel to "government policy": choose (a).
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by simplyjat » Sun May 04, 2008 9:34 pm
I understood the parallelism here, but was confused with the usage of "as great an impact". As per my knowledge the correct idiom is "as ... as" and the first option omits the second as...
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by barron » Wed May 07, 2008 2:38 am
simplyjat wrote:I understood the parallelism here, but was confused with the usage of "as great an impact". As per my knowledge the correct idiom is "as ... as" and the first option omits the second as...
for the same reason, I avoided A and choose B
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by ashish2104 » Mon Aug 23, 2010 4:40 am
simplyjat wrote:I understood the parallelism here, but was confused with the usage of "as great an impact". As per my knowledge the correct idiom is "as ... as" and the first option omits the second as...
Same question here too, 'at least as great an impact on a company's performance. ' sounds as if it is missing something.

mayb like 'at least as great an impact on a company's performance as something' or ' a great impact on company's performance'.

I find A best among the worst. Any comments guys?
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by paes » Tue Aug 24, 2010 3:05 am
same question.

I rejected A in first reading itself.
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by Stuart@KaplanGMAT » Tue Aug 24, 2010 9:03 am
ashish2104 wrote:
simplyjat wrote:I understood the parallelism here, but was confused with the usage of "as great an impact". As per my knowledge the correct idiom is "as ... as" and the first option omits the second as...
Same question here too, 'at least as great an impact on a company's performance. ' sounds as if it is missing something.

mayb like 'at least as great an impact on a company's performance as something' or ' a great impact on company's performance'.

I find A best among the worst. Any comments guys?
Old thread!

When the first part of the comparison appears before "at least as", you don't require another "as" in the sentence. For example:
Bob makes a mean pizza, but Fred's spaghetti is at least as good.
Die Hard 2 was a thrill ride from start to finish, but Die Hard 4 was at least as exciting.
and in this question:
Although government policy is influential, management decisions have at least as great an impact.
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by babuxavier » Sun Dec 16, 2012 8:08 am
IMO C[/spoiler]
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