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ankita1709: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 109; Joined: Wed Feb 15, 2012 7:09 amFollowed by: 2 members; Thanked: 8 times

by ankita1709 » Thu May 31, 2012 3:06 am

A new hair-growth drug is being sold for three times the price, per milligram, as the drug's maker charges for another product with the same active ingredient.
A) as
B) than
C) that
D) of what
E) at which

OA C

Please explain why to reject all the answers and select this one

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by Kasia@EconomistGMAT » Thu May 31, 2012 3:44 am

This sentence consists of two clauses:

1. a new hair-growth drug is being sold for three times the price (per milligram)
2. ...... the drug's maker charges for another product with the same active ingredient

Points to consider:
What is the role of the word missing?
Why is there a comma after "per milligram"?

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by Spidy001 » Thu May 31, 2012 5:08 am

A Wrong . this makes it appear as if these are two actions happening at the same time. "maker charging as the drug being sold"
B Wrong . times ... than . Not idiomatic. There is no comparison here. than usually used with more/less/fewer...
C Correct , Concise. that modifies price.
D price of what - ackward - kind of means price of price.
E price at which - Not idiomatic

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by ankita1709 » Thu May 31, 2012 7:32 am

Kasia@MasterGMAT wrote:This sentence consists of two clauses:

1. a new hair-growth drug is being sold for three times the price (per milligram)
2. ...... the drug's maker charges for another product with the same active ingredient

Points to consider:
What is the role of the word missing?
Why is there a comma after "per milligram"?

Can you please explain it more explicitly

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by Kasia@EconomistGMAT » Thu May 31, 2012 8:07 am

Of course:

I would like to guide you to discover the answer yourself.

The sentence consists of 2 clauses - how are typically such sentences connected?

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by Gaurav 2013-fall » Fri Jun 01, 2012 3:29 am

very often this is tested on GMAT. Be very clear with the usage of than and that.

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by NSNguyen » Fri Jun 01, 2012 7:29 am

I think the correct answer is A, not C. because it compare two clause. I do not know That function for what?

Please share your idea and your reasoning

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by ice_rush » Fri Jun 01, 2012 8:24 am

as much as is the correct idiom. We do not have as much anywhere in the sentence, so (A) is out.

the correct comparison is more than..the sentence does not contain more ..so (B) is out.

(C) is correct.

hope this helps.

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by 1947 » Fri Jun 01, 2012 8:40 am

1. comma before and after "per milligram" is a modifier that is not essential and can be ignored.
2. that , which mark the starting of new clause...is that what you are referring to ? role of the missing word is to join the two clauses. IN this case THAT is needed since it explains price.

Kasia@MasterGMAT wrote:This sentence consists of two clauses:

1. a new hair-growth drug is being sold for three times the price (per milligram)
2. ...... the drug's maker charges for another product with the same active ingredient

Points to consider:
What is the role of the word missing?
Why is there a comma after "per milligram"?

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by 1947 » Fri Jun 01, 2012 10:17 am

Kasia@MasterGMAT wrote:Of course:

I would like to guide you to discover the answer yourself.

The sentence consists of 2 clauses - how are typically such sentences connected?

Kasia, looks like I am getting now what you wanted us to find.
These are 2 clauses..
First is an independednt clause and next is dependent clause.
both need to be joined by that.

Please confirm if I am thinking on right lines.

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by Kasia@EconomistGMAT » Fri Jun 01, 2012 10:36 am

Exactly. Well done!

I did not want to give you a straightforward answer because you could do it yourself.

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by jimmyjimmy » Sat Jun 02, 2012 9:49 am

1947 wrote:
Kasia@MasterGMAT wrote:Of course:

I would like to guide you to discover the answer yourself.

The sentence consists of 2 clauses - how are typically such sentences connected?
Kasia, looks like I am getting now what you wanted us to find.
These are 2 clauses..
First is an independednt clause and next is dependent clause.
both need to be joined by that.

Please confirm if I am thinking on right lines.

what would be the clauses if the sentence was attached with the word 'than' ?
what to use if there are two dependent clauses ?
what to use if there are two independent clauses ?
suppose I want to use 'than' in the above sentence then how should the sentence appear (which words to eliminate) ?

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by Kasia@EconomistGMAT » Sat Jun 02, 2012 10:47 am

The sentence with "žthan" consists of only one clause:

A new hair-growth drug is being sold for the price three times higher THAN the price charged by the drug's maker for another product with the same active ingredient.

There is just one subject and one conjugated verb, so there aren't any more clauses but one.

"Than" is not a conjunction and it is not used to join clauses. Its purpose is to compare two items. e.g. Jim is taller than Chris.

Next point to consider:
What is the difference between a dependent clause and an independent one?

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by jimmyjimmy » Mon Jun 04, 2012 9:55 am

Kasia@MasterGMAT wrote:The sentence with "žthan" consists of only one clause:

A new hair-growth drug is being sold for the price three times higher THAN the price charged by the drug's maker for another product with the same active ingredient.

There is just one subject and one conjugated verb, so there aren't any more clauses but one.

"Than" is not a conjunction and it is not used to join clauses. Its purpose is to compare two items. e.g. Jim is taller than Chris.

Next point to consider:
What is the difference between a dependent clause and an independent one?

independent clause stands alone as a complete sentence whereas dependent clause cannot stand alone either it acts as noun or adverb,.,.

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