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by vivek.kapoor83 » Mon Sep 22, 2008 4:53 am
A new hair-growing drug is being sold for three times the price, per milligram, as the drug’s maker charges for another product with the same active ingredient.

A. as
B. than
C. that
D. of what
E. at which
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by niraj_a » Mon Sep 22, 2008 5:27 am
I say C.
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by 4meonly » Mon Sep 22, 2008 6:18 am
I also vote for C

We have only A and C as possible answers, but if to llok at the Q in this way:

A new ……… drug is being sold for three times the price……… that …… maker charges ………………..
the price……… that
not the price……… as
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by Mani_mba » Mon Sep 22, 2008 9:57 am
I choose D.

"three times the price of ..... " appears correct to me.

What is the OA ?
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by stop@800 » Mon Sep 22, 2008 10:39 am
D is looking more logical to me.
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by java_ka_jalwa » Mon Sep 22, 2008 12:51 pm
I vote for D.

C is definitely incorrect.
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by k_abhi19 » Mon Sep 22, 2008 2:38 pm
I think D is the answer... 'three times the price of X' is idiomatically correct.
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by sethids » Mon Sep 22, 2008 2:45 pm
C should be the answer.

D is incorrect because it says: "three times the price of what the drug's makes charges..."
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by Mani_mba » Tue Sep 23, 2008 9:50 am
@vivek.kapoor83,

Pls post the OA.
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by eccentric » Tue Sep 23, 2008 8:47 pm
The options look like this
three times the price as
three times the price than
three times the price that
three times the price of what
three times the price at which

C seem to be clear winner here

what is OA though
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by gabriela13 » Wed Oct 01, 2008 10:30 am
I would go with C:

...three times the price....that the drug's maker charges (three times the price that the maker charges).
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by priyankamishra11 » Wed Oct 01, 2008 10:37 am
Its answer is D, because it is more idiomatic than the rest of answers
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by dumb.doofus » Wed Oct 01, 2008 12:22 pm
I think it should be "that".. you need a relative pronoun to introduce the subordinate clause

C
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by sumidi » Wed Oct 01, 2008 12:48 pm
I'm with the D gang. Let's see what the OA says or maybe one of the instructors can shed some insight into why C is better than D.
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by Morgoth » Wed Oct 01, 2008 5:29 pm
IMO A, not with any gang though :)
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