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by mankey » Sat Oct 22, 2011 2:54 am
According to a 1996 survey by the National Association of College and University Business Officers, more than three times as many independent institutions of higher education charge tuition and fees of under $8,000 a year than those that charge over $16,000.

A) than those that charge
B) than are charging
C) than to charge
D) as charge
E) as those charging

OA: A.

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by vaibhavgupta » Sat Oct 22, 2011 3:01 am
mankey wrote:According to a 1996 survey by the National Association of College and University Business Officers, more than three times as many independent institutions of higher education charge tuition and fees of under $8,000 a year than those that charge over $16,000.

A) than those that charge
B) than are charging
C) than to charge
D) as charge
E) as those charging

OA: A.

Please help.

Thanks.
I am not an expert and to be honest SC is my weakest. But i eleminated most of the options and was ultimately left with A.
Why i will tell u

B we are doing a comparison hence it should have the same verb. "charge"
c simply put. just say the whole sentence with it and u will know its wrong.
D & E we are comparing. as cannot be used. (as far as i have seen )

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by mankey » Sat Oct 22, 2011 4:28 am
The problem is the idiom as...as. How are we using as....than?

Is "as" was used in A, then I would have also chosen A.

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by mankey » Sat Oct 22, 2011 9:55 am
Will request some expert to please reply to this one.

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by vaibhavgupta » Sat Oct 22, 2011 10:07 am
mankey wrote:Will request some expert to please reply to this one.

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See the verb my friend .. they have to match
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by GmatKiss » Mon Oct 24, 2011 1:23 am
I went for E as well :(
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