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by jangojess » Fri Sep 21, 2007 11:57 am
There are hopeful signs that we are shifting away from our heavy reliance on fosil fuels; more than ten times as much energy is generated through wind power now than it was in 1990.

A. generated through wind power now than it was
B. generated through wind power now as it was
C. generated through wind power now as was the case
D. now generated through wind power as it was
E. now generated through wind power than was the case

OA : C
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by sandy29 » Thu Sep 27, 2007 4:12 am
Why not B. 'It' is for energy.
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by bakhshaliyev » Fri Apr 29, 2011 1:07 am
Still confused... why "B" should not be the right answer? :shock:
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by Stuart@KaplanGMAT » Fri Apr 29, 2011 1:30 am
bakhshaliyev wrote:Still confused... why "B" should not be the right answer? :shock:
Hi! Old question, but still worth a look.

"it" doesn't refer to anything sensical in this sentence. Let's construct a similar, but simpler, example to illustrate.
More than twice as many people are alive today as was the case in 1960.
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More than twice as many people are alive today as they were in 1960.
Does "they" make sense in this statement? No, because we're comparing two facts about the world, not two groups of people.

Similarly, in the sentence in this thread, we're comparing how much energy is generated today to how much energy was generated in 1990; "it" can't refer to the fact of how much energy is/was generated.
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by atulmangal » Fri Apr 29, 2011 1:55 am
Thanks Stuart,

You explanation was awesome!!!!
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by bakhshaliyev » Fri Apr 29, 2011 2:00 am
Stuart! Thank you so much! I got the difference! ;)
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by anujmalik » Fri Apr 29, 2011 1:38 pm
Nice Precise Explanation Stuart!!
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by Subeg Gill » Fri Apr 29, 2011 11:53 pm
More than twice as many people are alive today as was the case in 1960.
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More than twice as many people are alive today as they were in 1960.
Can't we use the concept of ellipsis here?

e.g.: More than twice as many people are alive today as they were [alive] in 1960.
Can't we say alive is understood here.Because alive is already present in the sentence and we don't have to change the verb also.

So,similarly in original question we have in Op B

we can say as much energy is generated now as it was[generated] in 1990.
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by mundasingh123 » Sat Apr 30, 2011 1:54 am
Stuart Kovinsky wrote: No, because we're comparing two facts about the world, not two groups of people.

Similarly, in the sentence in this thread, we're comparing how much energy is generated today to how much energy was generated in 1990; "it" can't refer to the fact of how much energy is/was generated.
Hi Stuart , Could you explain what u meant by two facts about the world, not two groups of people.
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