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by abcgmat » Fri May 11, 2012 1:45 am
According to analysts, an alliance between three major personal computer companies and most of the nation's largest local telephone companies would enable customers to receive internet data over regular telephone lines with speeds much higher than is currently possible.

A. with speeds much higher than is
B. with speeds that are much higher than are
C. at much higher speeds as are
D. at much higher speeds than that
E. at speeds much higher than are

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I was thinking that whatever in right must have something parallel to left
A: than is ..nothing parallel before --Eliminate
B: with speeds that are much higher than are --seems ok
C: we need higher than not as --Eliminate
D: that - refers to much higher speeds but we want to refers to only speeds- Eliminate
E- than are- nothing parallel before

I got B at the end, but found that it not correct.
Would like know whats wrong with my approach
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by bubbliiiiiiii » Fri May 11, 2012 1:52 am
abcgmat wrote:According to analysts, an alliance between three major personal computer companies and most of the nation's largest local telephone companies would enable customers to receive internet data over regular telephone lines with speeds much higher than is currently possible.

A. with speeds much higher than is
B. with speeds that are much higher than are
C. at much higher speeds as are
D. at much higher speeds than that
E. at speeds much higher than are
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by GMATGuruNY » Fri May 11, 2012 7:54 am
abcgmat wrote:According to analysts, an alliance between three major personal computer companies and most of the nation's largest local telephone companies would enable customers to receive internet data over regular telephone lines with speeds much higher than is currently possible.

A. with speeds much higher than is
B. with speeds that are much higher than are
C. at much higher speeds as are
D. at much higher speeds than that
E. at speeds much higher than are

[spoiler]OA:E[/spoiler]
I was thinking that whatever in right must have something parallel to left
A: than is ..nothing parallel before --Eliminate
B: with speeds that are much higher than are --seems ok
C: we need higher than not as --Eliminate
D: that - refers to much higher speeds but we want to refers to only speeds- Eliminate
E- than are- nothing parallel before

I got B at the end, but found that it not correct.
Would like know whats wrong with my approach
In A and B, with speeds seems to modify telephone lines. TELEPHONE LINES themselves do not have speeds. The intended meaning is that DATA would be received AT higher speeds. Eliminate A and B.

In C, higher...as is unidiomatic. Eliminate C.

In D, that (singular) does not agree with speeds (plural). Eliminate D.

The correct answer is E.

E employs ELLIPSIS: the omission of words whose presence is understood. Here is the implied comparison:
...at SPEEDS much higher than are SPEEDS currently possible.

Other errors:
In A, is does not agree with speeds.
In B, it is incorrect to say speeds that ARE much higher (present), since the SC is discussing HYPOTHETICAL speeds that WOULD be enabled by the alliance.
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by divineacclivity » Fri Jan 11, 2013 10:36 pm
GMATGuruNY wrote: In D, that (singular) does not agree with speeds (plural). Eliminate D.
I totally agree E is the sure shot answer but I had a hard time eliminating option D. "That" I thought can agree with both singular & plural e.g.
The papers that we sent yesterday haven't reached the office yet.

Am I missing something here?
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by GMATGuruNY » Sat Jan 12, 2013 5:33 am
divineacclivity wrote:
GMATGuruNY wrote: In D, that (singular) does not agree with speeds (plural). Eliminate D.
I totally agree E is the sure shot answer but I had a hard time eliminating option D. "That" I thought can agree with both singular & plural e.g.
The papers that we sent yesterday haven't reached the office yet.

Am I missing something here?
Thank you very much in advance.
When that serves to introduce a MODIFYING CLAUSE -- as in your example -- its antecedent can be singular or plural:
the contract that you signed
the contracts that you signed

But when we make a COMPARISON -- as in the SC above -- we use that to refer to a singular antecedent and those to refer to a plural antecedent:
The TRAIN SYSTEM in Country A is superior to THAT in Country B.
CITIES in Country A are more densely populated than THOSE in Country B.
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by sachindia » Fri Jan 18, 2013 10:58 pm
GMATGuruNY wrote:
abcgmat wrote:According to analysts, an alliance between three major personal computer companies and most of the nation's largest local telephone companies would enable customers to receive internet data over regular telephone lines with speeds much higher than is currently possible.

A. with speeds much higher than is
B. with speeds that are much higher than are
C. at much higher speeds as are
D. at much higher speeds than that
E. at speeds much higher than are

[spoiler]OA:E[/spoiler]
I was thinking that whatever in right must have something parallel to left
A: than is ..nothing parallel before --Eliminate
B: with speeds that are much higher than are --seems ok
C: we need higher than not as --Eliminate
D: that - refers to much higher speeds but we want to refers to only speeds- Eliminate
E- than are- nothing parallel before

I got B at the end, but found that it not correct.
Would like know whats wrong with my approach
In A and B, with speeds seems to modify telephone lines. TELEPHONE LINES themselves do not have speeds. The intended meaning is that DATA would be received AT higher speeds. Eliminate A and B.

In C, higher...as is unidiomatic. Eliminate C.

In D, that (singular) does not agree with speeds (plural). Eliminate D.

The correct answer is E.

E employs ELLIPSIS: the omission of words whose presence is understood. Here is the implied comparison:
...at SPEEDS much higher than are SPEEDS currently possible.

Other errors:
In A, is does not agree with speeds.
In B, it is incorrect to say speeds that ARE much higher (present), since the SC is discussing HYPOTHETICAL speeds that WOULD be enabled by the alliance.
Mitch,
I understand B changes the intended meaning and so it is wrong. For the sake of learning, I would like to know whether it is grammatically correct.

Kindly help..
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by GMATGuruNY » Sat Jan 19, 2013 5:38 am
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Mitch,
I understand B changes the intended meaning and so it is wrong. For the sake of learning, I would like to know whether it is grammatically correct.
As I noted in my post above, B also has a tense error:
it is incorrect to say speeds that ARE much higher (present), since the SC is discussing HYPOTHETICAL speeds that WOULD be enabled by the alliance.
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