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by vipulgoyal » Sun Apr 05, 2015 6:27 pm
Ten times as many frog species inhabit the Amazonian rainforests as in the Australian forests

(A) as in
(B) as inhabit
(C) than are inhabitants of
(D) than does
(E) as opposed to in

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by Uva@90 » Mon Apr 06, 2015 1:41 am
vipulgoyal wrote:Ten times as many frog species inhabit the Amazonian rainforests as in the Australian forests

(A) as in
(B) as inhabit
(C) than are inhabitants of
(D) than does
(E) as opposed to in

oa later
Is OA B ?

Here is how I did,
Testing the Idiom As many AS and doing comparison of frogs inhabit in Amazon to the Frogs inhabit in Australia

Hence B

EXPERTS PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG.

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by vipulgoyal » Mon Apr 06, 2015 6:33 pm
NO its not B , lets wait for expert's views
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by bonetlobo » Tue Apr 07, 2015 2:03 am
I also feel it should be B.

Ten times as many frog species inhabit the Amazonian rainforests as inhabit the Australian forests
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by GMATGuruNY » Tue Apr 07, 2015 6:29 am
vipulgoyal wrote:Ten times as many frog species inhabit the Amazonian rainforests as in the Australian forests.

(A) as in
(B) as inhabit
(C) than are inhabitants of
(D) than does
(E) as opposed to in
In C and D, as many...than is unidiomatic.
Eliminate C and D.

Generally, as many as serves to compare CLAUSES.
In A and E, the usage of in seems to imply the following comparison:
Ten times as many frog species inhabit the Amazonian rain forests as [frog species inhabit] IN the Australian forests.
Since inhabit in is redundant, eliminate A and E.

The correct answer is B.

OA: Ten times as many frog species inhabit the Amazonian rain forests as inhabit the Australian forests.
Implied comparison:
Ten times as many frog species inhabit the Amazonian rain forests as [frog species] inhabit the Australian forests.
This comparison is logical.
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by vipulgoyal » Tue Apr 07, 2015 7:54 pm
yes, my mistake OA is indeed B
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