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by kanha81 » Fri May 29, 2009 8:19 am
In constant dollars, New York City taxpayers spend three times more than ten years ago to receive the same level of municipal services.

(A) more than
(B) as much as they have
(C) more than they have
(D) more as they did
(E) more than they did

Answer to follow..Please explain.
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Re: New York City taxpayers

by cata1yst » Fri May 29, 2009 9:33 am
kanha81 wrote:In constant dollars, New York City taxpayers spend three times more than ten years ago to receive the same level of municipal services.

(A) more than
(B) as much as they have
(C) more than they have
(D) more as they did
(E) more than they did

Answer to follow..Please explain.
E.

You need "more than" and "they did" completes the comparison.
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Re: New York City taxpayers

by sudeep_ar » Fri May 29, 2009 10:00 am
cata1yst wrote:
kanha81 wrote:In constant dollars, New York City taxpayers spend three times more than ten years ago to receive the same level of municipal services.

(A) more than
(B) as much as they have
(C) more than they have
(D) more as they did
(E) more than they did

Answer to follow..Please explain.
E.

You need "more than" and "they did" completes the comparison.
Agree! comparison is correct in E
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by Sharma_Gaurav » Wed Jan 11, 2012 11:00 pm
i agree the answer is E.
Becaue earlier i selected B , but i think that option B would have also been correct if it said -
" a much as they did" .
it is because of have ( change in tense ) this option is wrong . |Right?
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