as the verb charge in the first clause has been changed to a verb-ing modifier charging , hence per this rule the comparison in E is wrong. right ?GMATGuruNY wrote:If a VERB in the first clause changes to a MODIFIER in the second clause, the comparison is almost certain to be wrong.
if the rule in your FIRST quote is true,then how the explanation in your above (re SECOND) quote stands good ?GMATGuruNY wrote: E: Three times as many charge under $8000 as those charging over $16,000.
Since as many as must be followed by a verb, the portion in blue is not a non-clause.
Rather, it is a CLAUSE with the verb OMITTED.
Since the portion in blue lacks its own verb, the verb from the first clause -- charge -- is implied:
Three times as many CHARGE under $8000 as those charging over $16,000 CHARGE.
The result -- those charging over $16000 charge -- is an error of redundancy.
if we consider that the "the verb from the first clause -- CHARGE -- is implied" in the SECOND portion in BLUE, then how at the same time the earlier rule holds true here -- verb charge changed to verb-ing modifier charging (because anyway we're putting the verb in the SECOND portion as well) ?
don't get this clear. how these two things can be simultaneously true ?
can you please help!