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by sankruth » Tue Dec 18, 2007 9:07 am
According to a 1996 survey by the National Association of College an University Business Officers, more than three times as many independent institutions of higher education charge tuition and fees of under $8,000 a year than those that charge over $16,000.

A) than those that charge
B) than are charging
C) than to charge
D) as charge
E) as those charging

Can someone explain how to resolve this? OA is E
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by theroadrunnershow » Tue Dec 18, 2007 9:51 am
again i am not sure about my explanation. but here goes nothing....

i think ' as many ' cannot be used along with 'than'...thus eliminating the first 3 choices...and the usage of the verb is wrong in option d
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by seekmba » Tue Dec 18, 2007 8:27 pm
Hi Sankruth,
It is E because "as many .. as" is the right construct for comparing two clauses, in general when you need to compare two clauses then one must use "as" or "as .. as" form, i.e here as many .. as

this ensures both logical as well as structural parallelism.

hope this helps.
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by CrazyGmatter » Mon Dec 24, 2007 8:54 pm
E it is....
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by GMAT Hacker » Tue Sep 14, 2010 11:30 am
CrazyGmatter wrote:E it is....
I am not sure, why there was no more discussion on this question!!!

Ans has to be D

In E, 'charging' is not parallel with non underlined part 'charge'. 'Those' is problematic.
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by nileshpatil42 » Mon Sep 20, 2010 1:49 am
GMAT Hacker wrote:
CrazyGmatter wrote:E it is....
I am not sure, why there was no more discussion on this question!!!

Ans has to be D

In E, 'charging' is not parallel with non underlined part 'charge'. 'Those' is problematic.

Yes I also think the same,
Can Anybody explain in deep on above issue mentioned
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by sushbis » Wed Sep 21, 2011 8:45 am
As many X as X
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by gauravhasija » Wed Sep 21, 2011 9:29 am
sankruth wrote:According to a 1996 survey by the National Association of College an University Business Officers, more than three times as many independent institutions of higher education charge tuition and fees of under $8,000 a year than those that charge over $16,000.

A) than those that charge
B) than are charging
C) than to charge
D) as charge
E) as those charging

Can someone explain how to resolve this? OA is E
IMO E.As many to be followed by another as, and those is parallel to institutions..
Hope it resolves..:)
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by GMATGuruNY » Wed Sep 21, 2011 10:57 am
sankruth wrote:According to a 1996 survey by the National Association of College an University Business Officers, more than three times as many independent institutions of higher education charge tuition and fees of under $8,000 a year than those that charge over $16,000.

A) than those that charge
B) than are charging
C) than to charge
D) as charge
E) as those charging

Can someone explain how to resolve this? OA is E

I disagree with the OA posted here. Check here for my reasoning:

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It should be noted that different sources claim different OAs for this question.
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