Sentence Correction

kevincanspain wrote: Officials at the United States Mint believe that the Sacagawea dollar coin will be used more as a substitute for four quarters rather than for the dollar bill because its weight, only 8.1 grams, is far less than four quarters, which weigh
5.67 grams each.

A. more as a substitute for four quarters rather than for the dollar bill because its weight, only 8.1 grams, is far less than
B. more as a substitute for four quarters than the dollar bill because it weighs only 8.1 grams, far less than
C. as a substitute for four quarters more than for the dollar bill because it weighs only 8.1 grams, far less than
D. as a substitute for four quarters more than the dollar bill because its weight of only 8.1 grams is far lighter than it is for
E. as a substitute more for four quarters rather than for the dollar bill because its weight, only 8.1 grams, is far less than it is for

Kevin,
All options seems Incorrect, Suspect some typo..let me know if my elimination is correct.

A. more as a substitute for four quarters rather than for the dollar bill because its weight, only 8.1 grams, is far less than
-->INCORRECT: more..than, rather is not required

B. more as a substitute for four quarters than the dollar bill because it weighs only 8.1 grams, far less than
-->INCORRECT: Incorrect parallelism: more as a substitute, than as a

C. as a substitute for four quarters more than for the dollar bill because it weighs only 8.1 grams, far less than
-->INCORRECT: The only option which uses correct parallelism, however it should be "far less than weight of four quarters" to have correct comparison.

D. as a substitute for four quarters more than the dollar bill because its weight of only 8.1 grams is far lighter than it is for
-->INCORRECT: same parallelism Error

E. as a substitute more for four quarters rather than for the dollar bill because its weight, only 8.1 grams, is far less than it is for -->INCORRECT: more..than, rather is not required

Am I wrong some where??

@LoveuSonu

I think u r on the right track, except that the reason you have given for discarding (C) is probably not accurate.

IMO C should be the answer.

kevin,

IMO "C ". Pl. confirm.

OA=C

kevincanspain wrote:OA=C

Kevin,

Could you please explain the logic behind the comparison in C:

"it weighs only 8.1 grams, far less than four quarters" -->Far less than modifies the "weight 8.1g", so "weight less than 4 quarters", doesn't sound logically correct to me.

Thanks

loveusonu wrote:

kevincanspain wrote:OA=C

Kevin,

Could you please explain the logic behind the comparison in C:

"it weighs only 8.1 grams, far less than four quarters" -->Far less than modifies the "weight 8.1g", so "weight less than 4 quarters", doesn't sound logically correct to me.

Thanks

far less than do four quarters
far less than four quarters weigh

'I weigh less than my sister' is correct, and so is 'I weigh less than my sister does'
Here the verb has been omitted, but the comparison is logical and the omission does not cause confusion

Note, however, that ambiguity would render the following incorrect:
I admire Steve Nash more than my wife.



Kevin has more free time than Lisa (has, does).

I sent my daughter to summer camp and (I sent) my son to summer school.

Kevin - What's the answer to your question?

I'm between B and D but would go with B because of the "its" in D. Also, B somewhat mimics the original sentence more than D does.

sorry please disregard. didn't see next page.

Just to clarify when using "as" for comparisons, there needs to be two ass to create parallelism? as...as

That sentence doesn't sound right but I think it's grammatically correct.