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by CITI29 » Wed Jul 02, 2008 10:02 pm
As rare as something becomes, be it a baseball card
or a musical recording or a postage stamp, the more
avidly it is sought by collectors.

(A) As rare as something becomes, be it
(B) As rare as something becomes, whether it is
(C) As something becomes rarer and rarer, like
(D) The rarer something becomes, like
(E) The rarer something becomes, whether it is

--Why is 'E' the right answer?..Why not 'b'?
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by arunmmw » Wed Jul 02, 2008 10:30 pm
E, "the rarer X.....more vividly Y"
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by Aldiablo » Thu Jul 03, 2008 12:01 am
CITI29 wrote:As rare as something becomes, be it a baseball card
or a musical recording or a postage stamp, the more
avidly it is sought by collectors.

(A) As rare as something becomes, be it
(B) As rare as something becomes, whether it is
(C) As something becomes rarer and rarer, like
(D) The rarer something becomes, like
(E) The rarer something becomes, whether it is

--Why is 'E' the right answer?..Why not 'b'?

Doesn't -
E) The rarer something becomes the more avidly it is sought by collectors.

looks better than

B) As rare as something becomes the more avidly it is sought by collectors.

As rare as is generally used for comparisons.
for eg. X is as rare as Y.
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by maihuna » Mon Dec 29, 2008 2:35 pm
The rarer the more is correct construction...I just noticed it.. :roll:

As rare as...as x as is done..it doesn't starts any thing else..

I still have one Q: whether it is ...is introducing 3 examples: somewhere we head whether vs if..to use whether only for 2 items here are 3...can somebody take the roll dicing...

please..
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by mundasingh123 » Fri Dec 24, 2010 1:45 am
Can someone clarify maihunas question?
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by ergngmat » Fri Dec 28, 2012 3:03 pm
become is linking word as you guys know and it should be parallel.

the rarer(comparative adj) smt.........becomes..........more avidly(comparative adj) smt(it)

hope it is clear
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