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Not sure about the source of the question .

by senthil » Fri Apr 17, 2009 11:02 pm
11. In addition to having more employees than UT StartCom, the employees in GenericSart are higher educated than those in UT StartCom, with more graduate students.

A. the employees in GenericSart are higher educated than those in

B. GenericStart has higher educated employees than those do

C. the employees in GenericStart are higher educated than those are in

D. GenericStart employees are higher educated that those are in

E. GenericStart has higher educated employees than

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Re: Not sure about the source of the question .

by Vemuri » Fri Apr 17, 2009 11:30 pm
senthil wrote:11. In addition to having more employees than UT StartCom, the employees in GenericSart are higher educated than those in UT StartCom, with more graduate students.

A. the employees in GenericSart are higher educated than those in

B. GenericStart has higher educated employees than those do

C. the employees in GenericStart are higher educated than those are in

D. GenericStart employees are higher educated that those are in

E. GenericStart has higher educated employees than

OA after discussion
My answer is A. Employees in A are higher educated than those in B.

B - "than those do" is not the correct usage. It signifies some sort of action which is not appropriate in this case.

C - wordy

D - "than those are in" improper diction

E - Incorrect comparison. Employees are compared to Company.
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by gmat740 » Fri Apr 17, 2009 11:54 pm
E - Incorrect comparison. Employees are compared to Company.
The original sentence compares the companies and not the employees
In addition to having more employees than UTStartCom, GenericStart has higher educated employees than UT StartCom, with more graduate students.

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So E
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by nervesofsteel » Sat Apr 18, 2009 12:42 am
Yes should be E..

as initial sentence modifies a company ...
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by karmayogi » Sat Apr 18, 2009 1:00 am
Who is having more empolyess? The subordinate clause "In addition...StartCom" should be followed by - after comma - the noun it is qualifying i.e. GenericStart. Hence, A and C ruled out. In D, "that" is wrongly used for comparison. Left with C and E. C is awkward; "those do UT StartCom" doesn't make any sense. E is correct: "GenericStart has higher educated employees than UT StartCom (has)"

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by senthil » Sat Apr 18, 2009 9:55 am
I too chose E but below is the exlpanation :

Do u guys accept with the below explanation ?

In this sentence, the initial clause modifies the nearest noun, identifying it as the thing being compared with UT StartCom. By making employees the noun modified, choices A, C, and D illogically compare UT StartCom with employees and claim that the employees in GenericStart has higher educated employees than UT StartCom does. B, the best choice, logically compares UT StartCom to GenericStart by placing the noun GenericStart immediately after the initial clause. B also uses those to refer to employees in making the comparison between the employees of UT StartCom and GenericStart. Choice E needs either those in or do after UT StartCom to make a complete and logical comparison.
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by Vemuri » Sat Apr 18, 2009 8:34 pm
senthil wrote:I too chose E but below is the exlpanation :

Do u guys accept with the below explanation ?

In this sentence, the initial clause modifies the nearest noun, identifying it as the thing being compared with UT StartCom. By making employees the noun modified, choices A, C, and D illogically compare UT StartCom with employees and claim that the employees in GenericStart has higher educated employees than UT StartCom does. B, the best choice, logically compares UT StartCom to GenericStart by placing the noun GenericStart immediately after the initial clause. B also uses those to refer to employees in making the comparison between the employees of UT StartCom and GenericStart. Choice E needs either those in or do after UT StartCom to make a complete and logical comparison.
I agree with this explanation. I got it wrong initially because of careless reading perhaps. The only answer choices that modifies the subbordinate clause correctly are B & E. In E, the higher educated employees in GenericStart are being compared to UT StartCom. This is incorrect. The comparison should be with "those in" or "those do" (here those refers to employees) UT StartCom.
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by senthil » Sun Apr 19, 2009 2:34 am
It would be great if some of those experts express their views.
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Re: Not sure about the source of the question .

by Ian Stewart » Sun Apr 19, 2009 6:36 am
senthil wrote:11. In addition to having more employees than UT StartCom, the employees in GenericSart are higher educated than those in UT StartCom, with more graduate students.

A. the employees in GenericSart are higher educated than those in

B. GenericStart has higher educated employees than those do

C. the employees in GenericStart are higher educated than those are in

D. GenericStart employees are higher educated that those are in

E. GenericStart has higher educated employees than

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It would be correct to say "The employees of Company A are more highly educated than those of Company B", but it is certainly incorrect to say "The employees of Company A are higher educated than those of Company B". That is, we need a comparative adverb, not a comparative adjective here. So there's certainly something very wrong with every answer choice. I'd discard any material from the same source and use better quality questions for your prep. Answer choice B is, incidentally, not close to being grammatically correct; the 'do' in "than those do UTStartCom..." makes no sense.
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by senthil » Sun Apr 19, 2009 7:19 am
Ian should be right ...

But can you let us know how do say that here highly is required and not higher ?

more .. than
better .. than

most the comparatives take the similair form of higher why not in this case ..
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