OG # 89
Dirt roads may evoke the bucolic simplicity of another century, but financially strained townships point out that dirt roads cost twice as much as maintaining paved roads.
b) dirt roads cost twice as much to maintain as paved roads do.
c) maintaining dirt roads costs twice as much as paved roads do.
The answer is B.
I was torn between the two because I just got done with the Comparison section of the MGMAT SC guide. In the guide, it shows how you can omit words (My toe is bigger than Joe's [toe can be omitted]).
The answer in the back says C "maintaining dirt roads is compared to paved roads in general."
My question is, why can't the word "Maintaining" be omitted? Isn't C the same as saying "Maintaining dirt roads costs twice as much as maintaining dirt roads do"?
I knew B sounded better, but I thought C could also be correct. Are you not suppose to omit verbs then, just nouns?
Dirt roads may evoke the bucolic simplicity of another century, but financially strained townships point out that dirt roads cost twice as much as maintaining paved roads.
b) dirt roads cost twice as much to maintain as paved roads do.
c) maintaining dirt roads costs twice as much as paved roads do.
The answer is B.
I was torn between the two because I just got done with the Comparison section of the MGMAT SC guide. In the guide, it shows how you can omit words (My toe is bigger than Joe's [toe can be omitted]).
The answer in the back says C "maintaining dirt roads is compared to paved roads in general."
My question is, why can't the word "Maintaining" be omitted? Isn't C the same as saying "Maintaining dirt roads costs twice as much as maintaining dirt roads do"?
I knew B sounded better, but I thought C could also be correct. Are you not suppose to omit verbs then, just nouns?
