obviously fight is between marked and the correct one.
before knowing correct one i would like to know
1. why marked one is wrong
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"that" as used here is a "pronoun" and so, must refer to a noun/noun-phrase. In B, what can "that" possibly refer to? If you think it refers to "number of people", just see if the sentence makes sense:
..doubling <number of people> (that) of the increase in...
Doesn't make sense..
..doubling <number of people> (that) of the increase in...
Doesn't make sense..
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First thing first .. why not A - 'Number of people' can't be comapred with 'increase'
B is already explained.
C - Number is countable - so 'as much as' is a bad comparision, increase of previous year
D - twice as many as those who travelled in the previous year.. I will keep it
E - Increase of the previous year - it shall be out..
IMO: D ... tough will take time around >2min.. Please correct me if required
B is already explained.
C - Number is countable - so 'as much as' is a bad comparision, increase of previous year
D - twice as many as those who travelled in the previous year.. I will keep it
E - Increase of the previous year - it shall be out..
IMO: D ... tough will take time around >2min.. Please correct me if required
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I made a silly mistake .. ignore my last post.. there is a big fault in my approach..
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to me the answer is A
the problem with D and e is that we can not use 'twice' with word 'increase' or 'decrease'
we can just use 'twice' with 'as many as' for countable nouns and 'as much as' for uncountable nouns
the problem with D and e is that we can not use 'twice' with word 'increase' or 'decrease'
we can just use 'twice' with 'as many as' for countable nouns and 'as much as' for uncountable nouns
