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by devesh » Sun Jul 22, 2007 9:46 pm
Soaring television costs accounted for more than half the spending in the presidential campaign of 1992, a greater proportion than it was in any previous election.

A. a greater proportion than it was
B. a greater proportion than
C. a greater proportion than they have been
D. which is greater than was so
E. which is greater than it has been
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by hopefully » Sun Jul 22, 2007 10:02 pm
devesh wrote:Soaring television costs accounted for more than half the spending in the presidential campaign of 1992, a greater proportion than it was in any previous election.

A. a greater proportion than it was
B. a greater proportion than
C. a greater proportion than they have been
D. which is greater than was so
E. which is greater than it has been
I will go with A

Proportion which is singular so C is out as it uses "THEY"
D E .. Use WHICH incorrectly
B compares proportion to any previous election

OA?
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by RM » Sun Jul 22, 2007 10:06 pm
Is it A.

D & E - incorrect use of 'which'
C - Incorrect use of 'they' to refer to costs

B/w A & B, A correctly uses pronoun It to refer to costs.
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by devesh » Mon Jul 23, 2007 11:28 am
costs is plural so it cannot refer to costs.
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by jayhawk2001 » Tue Jul 24, 2007 6:21 am
devesh wrote:Soaring television costs accounted for more than half the spending in the presidential campaign of 1992, a greater proportion than it was in any previous election.

A. a greater proportion than it was
B. a greater proportion than
C. a greater proportion than they have been
D. which is greater than was so
E. which is greater than it has been
A - incorrect pronoun "it"
C - present tense "have been" is incorrectly used to refer to an action
completed in the past
D, E - incorrect use of which

B remains.
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by abhijit_s_2000 » Tue Jul 24, 2007 4:55 pm
IMO B.

B does the correct comparison of plural pronoun e.g.

a greater proportion than (they have) in any previous election.

Option A incorrectly uses 'it'. It refer to television costs, which is plural.

Whats the OA?
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by devesh » Thu Jul 26, 2007 10:30 am
OA is C
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by maolivie » Thu Jul 26, 2007 7:48 pm
soaring television costs is the subject of the first clause, and is plural. Therefore, they is required over it. B is the next best choice but it is too vague for the gmat
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by khanshainur » Tue Apr 08, 2014 3:31 am
C seems to be the best
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