Today's Tennis rackets

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Today's Tennis rackets

by winnerhere » Wed Jun 01, 2011 10:16 am
Today's tennis rackets, which come in a bewildering array of sizes, materials and prices, may not have improved players' games as much as they have boosted dealers' and manufacturers' profits.

a)may not have improved players' games as much as they have boosted
b)may not have improved a player's game as much as they have boosted
c)may not have improved a player's game as much as it has boosted
d)may not have caused improvements for players' games as much as they may have boosted
e)may not have done as much in improving players' games as in boosting
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by crh » Wed Jun 01, 2011 10:27 am
IMO B

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by Calvin123 » Wed Jun 01, 2011 11:11 am
winnerhere wrote:Today's tennis rackets, which come in a bewildering array of sizes, materials and prices, may not have improved players' games as much as they have boosted dealers' and manufacturers' profits.

a)may not have improved players' games as much as they have boosted
comparison is not parallel.
b)may not have improved a player's game as much as they have boosted
comparison is not parallel.
c)may not have improved a player's game as much as it has boosted
use of it is wrong.
d)may not have caused improvements for players' games as much as they may have boosted
awkward construction.
e)may not have done as much in improving players' games as in boosting
This sounds best to me.
Rackets have not done as much in improving ... as in boosting....

IMO E


IMO E

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by hardikm » Wed Jun 01, 2011 11:41 am
IMO A as we are comparing the amount of boost tennis rackets have provided.
b)may not have improved a player's game as much as they have boosted
Many rackets affects only one player's game....??
c)may not have improved a player's game as much as it has boosted
Pronoun Error
d)may not have caused improvements for players' games as much as they may have boosted
Wordy
e)may not have done as much in improving players' games as in boosting
Parallel but awkward.. doesnt sound right...

Bit confused between A and E

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by sanabk » Wed Jun 01, 2011 1:41 pm
E
Today's tennis rackets, which come in a bewildering array of sizes, materials and prices,, may not have done as much in improving players' games as in boosting dealers' and manufacturers' profits.

as much X as Y.

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by anujmalik » Wed Jun 01, 2011 2:30 pm
IMO B

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by winnerhere » Wed Jun 01, 2011 6:58 pm
hardikm wrote:IMO A as we are comparing the amount of boost tennis rackets have provided.
b)may not have improved a player's game as much as they have boosted
Many rackets affects only one player's game....??
c)may not have improved a player's game as much as it has boosted
Pronoun Error
d)may not have caused improvements for players' games as much as they may have boosted
Wordy
e)may not have done as much in improving players' games as in boosting
Parallel but awkward.. doesnt sound right...

Bit confused between A and E
but a player ca be representative of th whole lot right? ...

I am not sure how these new books would help a reader....it is good.

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by HSPA » Wed Jun 01, 2011 7:03 pm
In A : "they" is confusing me.. I will opt it out.
B is okay
E is okay
I will say B > E as we are trying to say X is greater than Y. I also doubt rackets doing something.
Calvin123 wrote:
winnerhere wrote:Today's tennis rackets, which come in a bewildering array of sizes, materials and prices, may not have improved players' games as much as they have boosted dealers' and manufacturers' profits.

a)may not have improved players' games as much as they have boosted
comparison is not parallel.
b)may not have improved a player's game as much as they have boosted
comparison is not parallel.
c)may not have improved a player's game as much as it has boosted
use of it is wrong.
d)may not have caused improvements for players' games as much as they may have boosted
awkward construction.
e)may not have done as much in improving players' games as in boosting
This sounds best to me.
Rackets have not done as much in improving ... as in boosting....

IMO E


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by aftableo2006 » Thu Jun 02, 2011 4:46 am
thankx for the explanation B is the correct answer

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