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by [email protected] » Fri Dec 07, 2012 8:06 pm
In the 1980's the rate of increase of the minority population of the United States was nearly twice as fast as the 1970's.

[A] twice as fast as

twice as fast as it was in

[C] twice what it was in

[D] two times faster than that of

[E] two times greater than


The given OA is C.

I have one question that is what is wrong with the option B.
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by [email protected] » Fri Dec 07, 2012 8:25 pm
in this case the 'what' works as a relative pronoun. The relative pronoun is needed in this sentence to know exactly mean back to the subject of the sentence.
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