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As the nearby clubs went out

by guerrero » Sun Oct 13, 2013 8:56 am
As the nearby clubs went out of business, the bar The Three Monkeys now has twice the amount of people that it normally had before.
(A)that
(B)than
(C)more than
(D)than what
(E)as

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Can someone explain me the correct use - I am stuck with A ,B , and E .

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by theCodeToGMAT » Sun Oct 13, 2013 9:06 am
is the Answer [spoiler]{A}[/spoiler]?
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by Java_85 » Sun Oct 13, 2013 2:36 pm
IMO A.
We should not use than here, because we are not comparing two different things here and also if using "than" then comparison sides won't be parallel.
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by [email protected] » Sun Oct 13, 2013 4:15 pm
Hi guerrero,

What is the source of this SC?

Since "people" are countable, the sentence should state "...The Three Monkeys now has twice the NUMBER of....."

This is a common-enough idiom rule that I'd be curious about who screwed it up.

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by guerrero » Sun Oct 13, 2013 10:13 pm
[email protected] wrote:Hi guerrero,

What is the source of this SC?

Since "people" are countable, the sentence should state "...The Three Monkeys now has twice the NUMBER of....."

This is a common-enough idiom rule that I'd be curious about who screwed it up.

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