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by aspirant2011 » Sun Jul 10, 2011 12:11 am
Officials at the United States Mint believe that the Sacagawea dollar coin will be used more as a substitute for four quarters rather than for the dollar bill because its weight, only 8.1 grams, is far less than four quarters, which weigh 5.67 grams each.

(A) more as a substitute for four quarters rather than for the dollar bill because its weight, only 8.1 grams, is far less than

(B) more as a substitute for four quarters than the dollar bill because it weighs only 8.1 grams, far lighter than

(C) as a substitute for four quarters more than for the dollar bill because it weighs only 8.1 grams, far less than

(D) as a substitute for four quarters more than the dollar bill because its weight of only 8.1 grams is far lighter than it is for

(E) as a substitute more for four quarters rather than for the dollar bill because its weight, only 8.1 grams, is far less than it is for

[spoiler]OA: C. A vs C, which one is better and why????[/spoiler]
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by vineeshp » Mon Jul 11, 2011 3:59 am
A versus C. (I have taken the liberty of not reading B,D and E.)

Then C.

A : its weight is far less than four quarters. here weight is compared to four quarters. So wrong.
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by justin410 » Mon Jul 11, 2011 4:22 am
I go with B.

I think the comparison on weight should be "lighter" rather than "less".

I'm actually a little bit confused here. Correct me if I'm wrong. OA is?

A & E are apparently wrong. Because the idiom should be "more... than ..."
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by Frankenstein » Mon Jul 11, 2011 4:22 am
Hi,
Apart from the above mentioned mistake, I believe usage of rather is incorrect, when we have already used 'more ...than...'.
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by ranjeet75 » Mon Jul 11, 2011 4:24 am
Officials at the United States Mint believe that the Sacagawea dollar coin will be used more as a substitute for four quarters rather than for the dollar bill because its weight, only 8.1 grams, is far less than four quarters, which weigh 5.67 grams each.

(A) more as a substitute for four quarters [color=darkred]rather than[/color] for the dollar bill because its weight, only 8.1 grams, is far less than [color=red]- use of rather than with more[/color]

(B) more as a substitute for four quarters than the dollar bill because it weighs only 8.1 grams, [color=red]far lighter than [/color]

(C) as a substitute for four quarters more than for the dollar bill because it weighs only 8.1 grams, far less than

(D) as a substitute for four quarters more than the dollar bill because its weight of only 8.1 grams is [color=red]far lighter than[/color] it is for

(E) as a substitute more for four quarters rather than for the dollar bill because its weight, only 8.1 grams, is far less than it is for [color=red]- use of rather than with more[/color]

Answer should be C
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by justin410 » Mon Jul 11, 2011 4:44 am
ranjeet75 wrote:Officials at the United States Mint believe that the Sacagawea dollar coin will be used more as a substitute for four quarters rather than for the dollar bill because its weight, only 8.1 grams, is far less than four quarters, which weigh 5.67 grams each.

(A) more as a substitute for four quarters rather than for the dollar bill because its weight, only 8.1 grams, is far less than - use of rather than with more

(B) more as a substitute for four quarters than the dollar bill because it weighs only 8.1 grams, far lighter than

(C) as a substitute for four quarters more than for the dollar bill because it weighs only 8.1 grams, far less than

(D) as a substitute for four quarters more than the dollar bill because its weight of only 8.1 grams is far lighter than it is for

(E) as a substitute more for four quarters rather than for the dollar bill because its weight, only 8.1 grams, is far less than it is for - use of rather than with more

Answer should be C
Hi Ranjeet75, can you justify the comparison between "lighter" & "Less"?

Thanks.
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by aspirant2011 » Mon Jul 11, 2011 8:24 am
Thanks a lot guys :-)
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by vineeshp » Mon Jul 11, 2011 7:13 pm
Aspirant the OA is?
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by aspirant2011 » Tue Jul 12, 2011 8:42 am
vineeshp wrote:Aspirant the OA is?
have updated the OA :-)
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by nafiul9090 » Wed Jul 13, 2011 4:21 am
its C whats the OA?
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by navami » Wed Jul 13, 2011 4:27 am
Very close C and A
This time no looking back!!!
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