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by aerodan1 » Thu Apr 15, 2010 7:36 pm
While at the gym tonight, I saw a message on the ticker of the TV that said: "A study shows that more people in India have access to cellphones than to toilets".

So my question is, would it be ok to say: "A study shows that more people in India have access to cellphones than toilets".

I know, pretty elementary question, but just trying to firm things up in my mind a little bit. Thanks.
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by rockeyb » Thu Apr 15, 2010 8:19 pm
aerodan1 wrote:While at the gym tonight, I saw a message on the ticker of the TV that said: "A study shows that more people in India have access to cellphones than to toilets".

So my question is, would it be ok to say: "A study shows that more people in India have access to cellphones than toilets".

I know, pretty elementary question, but just trying to firm things up in my mind a little bit. Thanks.
I think speaking in GMAT terms your statement is missing PARALLELISM also adding the preposition TO makes a lot of sense .

Original Sentence : "A study shows that more people in India have access to cellphones than to toilets".

Things we are looking for X than Y .

Modified Sentence : "A study shows that more people in India have access to cellphones than[Missing TO here to make this parallel] toilets".


Please correct me if I am wrong these are just my own views .
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by grockit_andrea » Fri Apr 16, 2010 6:42 am
In GMAT terms, the sentence "More people in India have access to cellphones than toilets" is incorrect. You need "TO toilets" to maintain parallelism and clarity; even though logically we know that there would never be a comparison between people having access to cellphones and toilets having access to cellphones, the GMAT wants you to make it crystal-clear what your comparison actually is.
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