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is at least ten times what they were....

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by pzazz12 » Wed Oct 06, 2010 4:43 am
The number of people jogging in city parks, in playgrounds, and even in the streets, is at least ten times what they were only five years ago.

(A) is at least ten times what they were

(B) are at least ten times what they were

(C) is at least ten times what it was

(D) are at least ten times what it was

(E) is at least ten times what the numbers were
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by kvcpk » Wed Oct 06, 2010 6:54 am
pzazz12 wrote:The number of people jogging in city parks, in playgrounds, and even in the streets, is at least ten times what they were only five years ago.

(A) is at least ten times what they were

(B) are at least ten times what they were

(C) is at least ten times what it was

(D) are at least ten times what it was

(E) is at least ten times what the numbers were
Get rid of the prepositional phrases:
The number of people jogging is at least ten times what they were only five years ago.

The number of people IS....
A number of people ARE....

Hence we need IS.

"The number of people" is singular.

Hence we need IT WAS

Hence pick C

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by Yanat » Wed Oct 06, 2010 8:01 am
IMO it is C,

The number of people and hence singular and so 'is' and then the number of people at one stage is compared with the number of people in another stage in time. So the 'it' takes care of that and 'was' takes care of the past tense.
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by ankurmit » Thu Oct 07, 2010 1:37 am
IMO C
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by mj78ind » Thu Oct 07, 2010 2:01 am
with C. Agree with kvcpk .....
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