Hi Folks,
I have been looking for a correct answer to below questions along with the explanations. But, ,I could not find a concrete answer as answers and explanations vary.
BTG Experts please help me out in getting the correct answer along with explanations
1. The dancing doll line sold slightly more than $3.5 million worth of toys last year, forty percent more than the Tenny Tiny Trucks line did and nearly three times as much as the Basic Blocks line's sales.
A) the Teeny Tiny Trucks line did and nearly three times as much as the Basic Blocks line's sales
B) the Teeny Tiny Trucks did and nearly three times what the Basic Block's sales were
C) the Teeny Tiny Trucks line sold and nearly three times as much as Basic Block's sales
D) the Teeny Tiny Trucks line and nearly three times more than Basic Block's sales
E) the Teeny Tiny Trucks line and nearly three times more than the Basic Blocks line
2. The gyrfalcon, an Arctic bird of prey, has survived a close brush with extinction; its numbers are now five times greater than when the use of DDT was sharply restricted in the early 1970's.
A. extinction; its numbers are now five times greater than
B. extinction; its numbers are now five times more than
C. extinction, their numbers now fivefold what they were
D. extinction, now with fivefold the numbers they had
E. extinction, now with numbers five times greater than
In above questions, I would like to understand which one of the usage is correct - "three times...more than" or "three times...as much as" or "three times...greater than"
Thanks for the help
I have been looking for a correct answer to below questions along with the explanations. But, ,I could not find a concrete answer as answers and explanations vary.
BTG Experts please help me out in getting the correct answer along with explanations
1. The dancing doll line sold slightly more than $3.5 million worth of toys last year, forty percent more than the Tenny Tiny Trucks line did and nearly three times as much as the Basic Blocks line's sales.
A) the Teeny Tiny Trucks line did and nearly three times as much as the Basic Blocks line's sales
B) the Teeny Tiny Trucks did and nearly three times what the Basic Block's sales were
C) the Teeny Tiny Trucks line sold and nearly three times as much as Basic Block's sales
D) the Teeny Tiny Trucks line and nearly three times more than Basic Block's sales
E) the Teeny Tiny Trucks line and nearly three times more than the Basic Blocks line
2. The gyrfalcon, an Arctic bird of prey, has survived a close brush with extinction; its numbers are now five times greater than when the use of DDT was sharply restricted in the early 1970's.
A. extinction; its numbers are now five times greater than
B. extinction; its numbers are now five times more than
C. extinction, their numbers now fivefold what they were
D. extinction, now with fivefold the numbers they had
E. extinction, now with numbers five times greater than
In above questions, I would like to understand which one of the usage is correct - "three times...more than" or "three times...as much as" or "three times...greater than"
Thanks for the help
