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Soaring, Television costs!

by santham » Sun Jul 17, 2011 12:32 pm
Soaring television costs accounted for more than half the spending in the presidential campaign of 1992, a greater proportion than it was in any previous election.

A. a greater proportion than it was
B. a greater proportion than
C. a greater proportion than they have been
D. which is greater than was so
E. which is greater than it has been

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by Chaitanya_1986 » Sun Jul 17, 2011 1:05 pm
Soaring television costs accounted for more than half the spending in the presidential campaign of 1992, a greater proportion than it was in any previous election.

A. a greater proportion than it was
B. a greater proportion than
C. a greater proportion than they have been
D. which is greater than was so
E. which is greater than it has been

Firstly Which usage is wrong here as it refers to 1992...

This is a clear cut comparison question.....comparing the figures of present with it in previous one...
So A is correct answer

C is wrong because of they.....B is wrong because here comparison is the amount spent.....
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by e-GMAT » Mon Jul 18, 2011 7:37 am
@Chaitanya_1986 - Choice A is not correct. The correct answer is B.

Soaring television costs accounted for more than half the spending in the presidential campaign of 1992, a greater proportion than it was in any previous election.

A. a greater proportion than it was
This sentence has pronoun reference error. The pronoun "it" can only refer to "spending in the presidential campaign" or to "presidential campaign". Both these references are non-sensical in the context of this sentence.

B. a greater proportion than
This option compares spending over two election periods. Correct.

C. a greater proportion than they have been
The only plural referent for "they' is "soaring television costs". This will result in is an illogical comparison.

D. which is greater than was so
The reference made by "which modifier" is not clear. Is "which" referring to "presidential campaign of 1992" or spending in presidential campaign of 1992" or so on. Thus, use of which modifier is ambiguous.

E. which is greater than it has been
Same as D.
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by amit2k9 » Mon Jul 18, 2011 7:47 am
D and E eliminated because of the usage of which as the modified subject.

C they cannot refer to the noun phrase soaring .. costs.

A it cannot refer to the noun phrase that is plural.

B is clean.
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by aspirant2011 » Mon Jul 18, 2011 8:46 am
santham wrote:Soaring television costs accounted for more than half the spending in the presidential campaign of 1992, a greater proportion than it was in any previous election.

A. a greater proportion than it was
B. a greater proportion than
Moreover, if we see option A then it wrongly compares greater proportion with spending
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