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by gmat740 » Wed Apr 29, 2009 9:39 pm
The number of undergraduate degrees in engineering awarded by colleges and universities in the United States increased by more than twice from 1978 to 1985.
(A) increased by more than twice
(B) increased more than two times
(C) more than doubled
(D) was more than doubled
(E) had more than doubled
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by scoobydooby » Wed Apr 29, 2009 10:56 pm
would go for C

A and B are wordy.
D uses passive and hence is longer than C
E. needlessly uses past perfect, has no subsequent past event
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by gmat740 » Wed Apr 29, 2009 11:01 pm
Yes OA is C

is there any kind of thumb rule of these kind of questions?
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by scoobydooby » Wed Apr 29, 2009 11:30 pm
gmat740 wrote:Yes OA is C

is there any kind of thumb rule of these kind of questions?
am not too sure, but if there is one word for a group of words, using that one word makes the sentence concise less wordy

for instance:
doubled instead of increased by twice;
trebled instead of increased by three times
quadrupled instead of increased by four times ( i guess)
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by rs2010 » Thu Apr 30, 2009 3:29 pm
Use double triple as verbs and twice, thrice for comparisons.
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