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by gmatnmein2010 » Mon Feb 08, 2010 5:46 am
The guiding principles of the tax plan released by the Treasury Department could have even a greater significance for the economy than the particulars of the plan.

(A) even a greater significance for the economy than
(B) a significance that is even greater for the economy than
(C) even greater significance for the economy than have
(D) even greater significance for the economy than do
(E) a significance even greater for the economy than have

need explanation ,thanks in advance
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by Osirus@VeritasPrep » Mon Feb 08, 2010 6:17 am
Is the "than" after the underlined portion a typo? Otherwise all of the choices are wrong.
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by thephoenix » Mon Feb 08, 2010 8:23 am
The guiding principles of the tax plan released by the Treasury Department could have even a greater significance for the economy than the particulars of the plan do.

if u hide the unneccesary words the s/c will read as above and we need do for correct comparisons

The guiding principles of the tax plan could have a greater significance for the economy than do the particulars of the plan

(A) even a greater significance for the economy than
(B) a significance that is even greater for the economy than
(C) even greater significance for the economy than have
(D) even greater significance for the economy than do
(E) a significance even greater for the economy than have

only D luks fine
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by harsh.champ » Mon Feb 08, 2010 2:47 pm
gmatnmein2010 wrote:The guiding principles of the tax plan released by the Treasury Department could have even a greater significance for the economy than the particulars of the plan.

(A) even a greater significance for the economy than
(B) a significance that is even greater for the economy than-too wordy.
(C) even greater significance for the economy than have-one "have" is sufficient,two" haves " are not required.
(D) even greater significance for the economy than do -do laying emphasis on the importance of the increased significance.
(E) a significance even greater for the economy than have-not arranged properly ."significance" should follow "greater"

need explanation ,thanks in advance
I think it is D.

Well,whats the OA??
Do you have the soln. approach??
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by gmatnmein2010 » Mon Feb 08, 2010 9:27 pm
osirus0830 wrote:Is the "than" after the underlined portion a typo? Otherwise all of the choices are wrong.
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by gmatnmein2010 » Mon Feb 08, 2010 9:28 pm
harsh.champ wrote:
gmatnmein2010 wrote:The guiding principles of the tax plan released by the Treasury Department could have even a greater significance for the economy than the particulars of the plan.

(A) even a greater significance for the economy than
(B) a significance that is even greater for the economy than-too wordy.
(C) even greater significance for the economy than have-one "have" is sufficient,two" haves " are not required.
(D) even greater significance for the economy than do -do laying emphasis on the importance of the increased significance.
(E) a significance even greater for the economy than have-not arranged properly ."significance" should follow "greater"

need explanation ,thanks in advance
I think it is D.

Well,whats the OA??
Do you have the soln. approach??
OA is D
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