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by jordan23 » Thu Apr 19, 2012 10:32 pm
A recent study found that if children socialize and were reading challenging material, they will be more likely to read on their own and gain proficiency quicker than will children who read material that is overly simplistic.

1) were reading challenging material, they will be more likely to read on their own and gain proficiency quicker than will
2) read challenging material, they are more likely to read on their own and gain proficiency quicker than will
3) read challenging material, they are more likely to read on their own and gain proficiency more quickly than
4) were reading challenging material, they have been more likely to read on their own and gain proficiency quicker than will
5) were reading challenging material, they are more likely to read on their own and gain proficiency more quickly than

OA C

Also, is the usage of "More quickly" correct?
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by GmatKiss » Fri Apr 20, 2012 2:40 am
A recent study found that if children socialize and were reading challenging material, they will be more likely to read on their own and gain proficiency quicker than will children who read material that is overly simplistic.

1) were reading challenging material, they will be more likely to read on their own and gain proficiency quicker than will
2) read challenging material, they are more likely to read on their own and gain proficiency quicker than will
3) read challenging material, they are more likely to read on their own and gain proficiency more quickly than
4) were reading challenging material, they have been more likely to read on their own and gain proficiency quicker than will
5) were reading challenging material, they are more likely to read on their own and gain proficiency more quickly than

IMO: C, more quickly is correct!
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by Gaurav 2013-fall » Fri Apr 20, 2012 3:13 am
me too C.
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by jordan23 » Fri Apr 20, 2012 5:00 am
Okay..I was a bit skeptical about 'More Quickly'...if that is correct then so is option C.
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GmatKiss wrote:A recent study found that if children socialize and were reading challenging material, they will be more likely to read on their own and gain proficiency quicker than will children who read material that is overly simplistic.

1) were reading challenging material, they will be more likely to read on their own and gain proficiency quicker than will
2) read challenging material, they are more likely to read on their own and gain proficiency quicker than will
3) read challenging material, they are more likely to read on their own and gain proficiency more quickly than
4) were reading challenging material, they have been more likely to read on their own and gain proficiency quicker than will
5) were reading challenging material, they are more likely to read on their own and gain proficiency more quickly than

IMO: C, more quickly is correct!
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by alex.gellatly » Sun Apr 22, 2012 2:13 am
So in this sentence both quicker and more quickly work, correct? The problem in B is the use of will.
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by shubhamkumar » Sun Apr 22, 2012 2:41 am
jordan23 wrote:Okay..I was a bit skeptical about 'More Quickly'...if that is correct then so is option C.
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GmatKiss wrote:A recent study found that if children socialize and were reading challenging material, they will be more likely to read on their own and gain proficiency quicker than will children who read material that is overly simplistic.

1) were reading challenging material, they will be more likely to read on their own and gain proficiency quicker than will
2) read challenging material, they are more likely to read on their own and gain proficiency quicker than will
3) read challenging material, they are more likely to read on their own and gain proficiency more quickly than
4) were reading challenging material, they have been more likely to read on their own and gain proficiency quicker than will
5) were reading challenging material, they are more likely to read on their own and gain proficiency more quickly than

IMO: C, more quickly is correct!
The problem in B is that quicker is an adjective.
quickly in C is an adverb.An adverb defines how, where and when something happens.therefore C is correct.
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