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by hemant_rajput » Sun Mar 10, 2013 3:01 am
"We have THREE TIMES AS MANY pears AS you", is this sentence is correct? I've my doubt because no. of pears are counted against a person, You.
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by sana.noor » Sun Mar 10, 2013 3:23 am
Yes this is the right construction. its not comparing number of pears with a person, rather comparing the number of pears the two groups have.
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by KrazyKarl » Fri Mar 15, 2013 10:00 pm
I believe that it should be: We have two times as many pears as you do.

This would make the sentence perfectly parallel so there's no mistaking what is compared.
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by Mission2012 » Fri Mar 15, 2013 10:09 pm
HI GMATGuruNY,

Is this another case ellipses.

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