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by prachich1987 » Tue Dec 14, 2010 7:21 am
According to a 1996 survey by the National Association of College and University Business Officers, more than three times as many independent institutions of higher education charge tuition and fees of under $8,000 a year than those that charge over $16,000.

A. than those that charge
B. than are charging
C. than to charge
D. as charge
E. as those charging
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by tomada » Tue Dec 14, 2010 7:46 am
IMO (A)
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by winner's attitude » Tue Dec 14, 2010 9:45 am
I think , it should be E , because as.... as.
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by kapur.arnav » Tue Dec 14, 2010 9:47 am
prachich1987 wrote:According to a 1996 survey by the National Association of College and University Business Officers, more than three times as many independent institutions of higher education charge tuition and fees of under $8,000 a year than those that charge over $16,000.
A. than those that charge
B. than are charging
C. than to charge
D. as charge
E. as those charging - correct

as many.............................................. as..... correct idiom

those is required for proper comparison...
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by sanabk » Tue Dec 14, 2010 3:15 pm
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by prachich1987 » Tue Dec 14, 2010 11:36 pm
prachich1987 wrote:According to a 1996 survey by the National Association of College and University Business Officers, more than three times as many independent institutions of higher education charge tuition and fees of under $8,000 a year than those that charge over $16,000.

A. than those that charge
B. than are charging
C. than to charge
D. as charge
E. as those charging
the OA is E

I think E is would be the best choice too.
But what I think is they have not maintained parallelism here.
shouldn't it be "as those that charge" instead of "as those charging"
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by sungoal » Wed Dec 15, 2010 10:30 am
"as those that charge" is the wrong construction. The reason is both "those" and "that" are pronouns and they can only refer to noun. In this construction, "that" is referring to"those" which is also a pronoun.. So incorrect.

thats why as those charging is used in option E...
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by lavinia » Wed Dec 15, 2010 10:38 am
You mentioned set 24. Could you tell me exactly the source?

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prachich1987 wrote:According to a 1996 survey by the National Association of College and University Business Officers, more than three times as many independent institutions of higher education charge tuition and fees of under $8,000 a year than those that charge over $16,000.

A. than those that charge
B. than are charging
C. than to charge
D. as charge
E. as those charging
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