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by allfta » Tue Feb 22, 2011 11:06 pm
For the last five years the Dutch economy has grown faster than Britain, France, or Germany, with the unemployment rate having remained well below that of the other three countries.

A. Britain, France, or Germany, with the unemployment rate having remained

B. have those of Britain, France, or Germany, and the unemployment rate remaining

C. have Britain, France, and Germany, and the unemployment rate has remained

D. the economy of Britain, France, and Germany, with the unemployment rate that has remained

E. the economies of Britain, France, and Germany, and the unemployment rate has remained

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I know the answer E is the best among given choices but, I still have a question regarding non-underlined part.

If it is right to use the economies rather than the economy because after of part is plural, y the expression "that of the other three countries" is still ok?
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by aspirant2011 » Wed Feb 23, 2011 12:28 am
"that of the other three countries is ok" because "that is refering to unemployment rate"..................we are comparing unemployment rate of the countries in the second part of the sentence.
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by allfta » Wed Feb 23, 2011 6:28 pm
aspirant2011 wrote:"that of the other three countries is ok" because "that is refering to unemployment rate"..................we are comparing unemployment rate of the countries in the second part of the sentence.
Thanks for reply.
But, is it possilbe that 3 countries have a same unemployment rate? Isn't it right to say "unemployment rates" of the other three countries, with in the same manner of the choice E -the economies of ~"
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by aspirant2011 » Thu Feb 24, 2011 6:52 am
we are talking about unemployment rate of only one economy i.e Dutch and comparison should be of rate vs rate not rate vs rates..............for example

their rate is too much as compared to his rate. In this we are clubbing their into one and therefore using rate.
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by MAAJ » Thu Feb 24, 2011 7:32 am
Answer E seems to the best choice as it keeps the two verbs within the same timeline which is correct in this case beacuse of the clause "For the last five years" ...the Dutch economy has grown and ...the unemployment rate has remained ...

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I'm confused about the comparison. Shouldn't it compare economy of X to the economy of Y,Z,W? Why is it using "economies"? Here it looks like X has one economy and Y,Z and W have at least two economies each

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In the second part of the sentence the use of "that" replace the unemployment rate so here they are comparing the same thing, "the unemployment rate". But in the first part they are comparing economy and economies... :/ Is this OK?

Is this one of those where the correct answer still has some flaws????
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by clock60 » Thu Feb 24, 2011 10:28 am
hi MAAJ
i will try to answer on your second question, for detailed answer look for MS correction 4-edition page 70
"the Gmat insist that any that or those agree in number with the previous version, if you must change number, repeat the noun"
example
Her company is outperforming the companies of her competitors-right
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her company is outperforming those of her competitors -wrong
in our sentence
b)dutch economy........than have those of Britain, France, or Germany, wrong for above reasons
e)dutch economy........the economies of Britain, France, and Germany right
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by MAAJ » Thu Feb 24, 2011 11:22 am
:O!!!! Thanks bro! So it could use economies or economy... right? So it would be fine if we used "THAT" instead of "THE ECONOMIES", right???

For the last five years the Dutch economy has grown faster than THAT of Britain, France, and Germany...?
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by clock60 » Thu Feb 24, 2011 12:29 pm
i am not strong guy in sentence correction but i think that
For the last five years the Dutch economy has grown faster than THAT of Britain, France, and Germany...?
in this example THAT of Britain, France, and Germany it is assumed that Britain, France, and Germany all share the one same economy. but it is not intended meaning, moreover it is funny
perhaps Bitain has its own, as well as other countries have
it will be fine to write
Dutch economy has grown faster than that of Germany, or
dutch economy has grown faster than economies of Britain,France and Germany.
do not substitute economies with those of, for some unknown reasons it is wrong
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by Target2009 » Thu Feb 24, 2011 1:59 pm
+1 E
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by MAAJ » Fri Feb 25, 2011 5:21 am
clock60 wrote:i am not strong guy in sentence correction but i think that
For the last five years the Dutch economy has grown faster than THAT of Britain, France, and Germany...?
in this example THAT of Britain, France, and Germany it is assumed that Britain, France, and Germany all share the one same economy. but it is not intended meaning, moreover it is funny
perhaps Bitain has its own, as well as other countries have
it will be fine to write
Dutch economy has grown faster than that of Germany, or
dutch economy has grown faster than economies of Britain,France and Germany.
do not substitute economies with those of, for some unknown reasons it is wrong
Nice, missed that one! now I get it why it's better to use economies rather than economy! Thanksss!!!!
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