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by raunakrajan » Tue Sep 21, 2010 8:25 am
A recent national study of the public schools shows that there are now one microcomputer for every
thirty-two pupils, four times as many than there were four years ago.

(A) there are now one microcomputer for every thirty-two pupils, four times as many than there were
(B) there is now one microcomputer for every thirty-two pupils, four times as many than there were
(C) there is now one microcomputer for every thirty-two pupils, four times as many as there were
(D) every thirty-two pupils now have one microcomputer, four times as many than there were
(E) every thirty-two pupils now has one microcomputer, four times as many as

answer is C
pls explain
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by gmatrix » Tue Sep 21, 2010 8:38 am
correct idiom is ...as many as so only C and E remain..........now.....C correctly uses is for one microcomputer and than there were correctly contrasts the two time periods. The biggest issue with E is that it does not complete the comparison....four times as many as ...what ?
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