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There are hopeful signs

by ska7945 » Tue Sep 30, 2008 9:17 pm
There are hopeful signs that we are shifting away from our heavy reliance on fossil 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
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Re: There are hopeful signs

by dumb.doofus » Tue Sep 30, 2008 9:48 pm
ska7945 wrote:There are hopeful signs that we are shifting away from our heavy reliance on fossil 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
This has pronoun referral issue. Any pronoun should refer to the full noun in its totality.. here the full noun is "more than ten times as much energy".. "it" cannot refer to this.. so we can safely eliminate A, B and D.
For example: last year's rainfall was much more than it is this year.. incorrect.. it cannot refer to "last year's rainfall"..

Here "now" is an adverb and should be placed immediately before generated.. so this leaves us with option E.

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by ska7945 » Tue Sep 30, 2008 11:04 pm
oa is not e
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by chase4meg » Wed Oct 01, 2008 12:20 am
IMO A

We clearly require 'than' and not 'as'--> more wind power is generated now than it was in 1990

That leaves us with A and E. E seems wordy and awkward.

What is the OA?
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by scoobydooby » Wed Oct 01, 2008 3:37 am
IMO D

the correct idion is as much as " 10 times as much energy now generated as"
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by dumb.doofus » Wed Oct 01, 2008 7:08 am
ska7945 wrote:oa is not e
what's the OA? hard to digest if the OA is not between C and E...
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by aj5105 » Wed Oct 01, 2008 7:20 am
Chose A..
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by amitabhprasad » Wed Oct 01, 2008 1:54 pm
I will go with "C".
As A,B, D has pronoun error "it" which seems to refer back to "generation of wind power" and as per definition "it" should only refer back to noun and not to a clause/phrase.
Problem with "E" is use of than.
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by jeffxujian » Wed Oct 01, 2008 5:15 pm
I chose B and following is my take on this question

<original>more than ten times as much energy is generated through wind power now than it was in 1990. -than is used incorrectly in this sentence.

<my opinion>more than ten times as much energy is generated through wind power now as it was <generated> in 1990. The "it" clearly refers to energy rather than wind power. And the sentence appears parallel to me.

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by vivek.kapoor83 » Wed Oct 01, 2008 8:52 pm
it has to be b/w c and e.
guys wht is ur take on C .i m thinking c because of idiom as much as was in 1990....
but if u read full sentence...10 times... as much energy is genrated .... than............seems rite...oA?
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by Bidisha800 » Wed Oct 01, 2008 9:22 pm
I''m with (C)


Two reasons:

1) "as much as" is the correct idiom.

2) Pronoun "it" in other four options doesn't have a clear referent. Does it refer to energy or wind power ?
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by scoobydooby » Wed Oct 01, 2008 11:08 pm
whats the OA?
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by stop@800 » Thu Oct 02, 2008 8:31 pm
I am also with C
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by stop@800 » Thu Oct 02, 2008 8:31 pm
I am also with C
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by kiran.raze » Fri Oct 03, 2008 6:17 am
IMO B, Whats the OA ??
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