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One study found that----comparison

by champmag » Sun May 08, 2011 11:40 pm
One study found that although government policy and the industrial sector in which a company operates can influence its productivity and financial strength, management decisions have at least as great an impact on a company's performance.

a.)management decisions have at least as great an impact
b.)decisions by management have a great impact
c.)manager decisions impact greatly
d.)decisions by a company's management impact greatly
e.)what a company's management decides has a greater impact
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by bubbliiiiiiii » Mon May 09, 2011 12:16 am
IMO B.
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by arunpanda22 » Mon May 09, 2011 12:36 am
IMO E
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by HSPA » Mon May 09, 2011 12:40 am
Typically 'as great as' is idiomatically correct but there is a exception

When the first part of the comparison appears before "at least as", you don't require another "as" in the sentence.
Die Hard 2 was a thrill ride from start to finish, but Die Hard 4 was at least as exciting.

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Although X Y... X and Y shall be in contrast

A is good...
B is wrong as Decisions by managment is parallel with policies by govt.
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by bubbliiiiiiii » Mon May 09, 2011 12:47 am
Thanks HSPA. Had that thing in my mind while replying but somehow missed it!
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by niksworth » Mon May 09, 2011 12:50 am
I'll go for A. We can do this purely from a semantics point of view.

Notice that there needs to be a comparison between the two different factors. at least as great an impact in choice A does that well.

Choices B, C, and D do not establish this at all. In fact, in these choices, although government policy and the industrial sector in which a company operates can influence its productivity and financial strength come about as additional information and are not linked to the main part.

In choice E, while a comparison is shown, with the use of greater impact there is a clear shift in the intended meaning.
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by champmag » Mon May 09, 2011 1:58 am
OA is A.
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