saranshpuri wrote:Hello,
Amy chances of success are higher than Betty.
Heating-oil prices are expected to be higher this year than last year.
First sentence is wrong as it compares chances of success with betty.
Second one is correct, but it compares last years with Heating oil prices.
Although second sentence looks right to me , but when applying comparison rules , it seems to be incorrect.
Experts please help and clear my doubt how to solve this type of questions
Parallel forms should serve the SAME FUNCTION.
Amy's chances of success are higher than Betty.
Here,
Betty (noun) seems to be parallel with
chances (noun).
Since
chances serves as the subject of
are,
Betty must play a similar role in the second clause.
As a result, the sentence seems to be comparing how
CHANCES are higher with how
BETTY is high.
Not the intended comparison.
Heating-oil prices are expected to be higher this year than last year.
Here,
last year (modifier) is clearly parallel with
this year (modifier).
Since
this year serves as an adverb indicating when prices
are expected to be higher,
last year must play a similar role.
The resulting comparison is clear and logical: how prices are
expected to be higher this year is being compared to how prices
were high last year.
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GMATGuruNY on Wed Oct 29, 2014 3:14 am, edited 1 time in total.
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