Doubt -- Comparison

[anshulagarwal12]

The dancing doll line sold slightly more than $3.5 million worth of toys last year , 40% more than the Teeny Tiny Trucks line did and nearly 3 times as much as the Basic Blocks line's sales.

A. the Teeny Tiny Trucks line did and nearly 3 times as much as the Basic Blocks Line's Sales
B. the Teeny Tiny Trucks did and nearly 3 times what the Basic Blocks' sales were
C. the Teeny Tiny Trucks line sold and nearly 3 times as much as Basic Blocks' sales
D. the Teeny Tiny Trucks line and nearly 3 times more than Basic Blocks sales
E. the Teeny Tiny Trucks line and nearly 3 times more than Basic Blocks line

I am confused how to tackle this question

[alex.gellatly]

The dancing doll line sold slightly more than $3.5 million worth of toys last year , 40% more than the Teeny Tiny Trucks line did and nearly 3 times as much as the Basic Blocks line's sales.

A. the Teeny Tiny Trucks line did and nearly 3 times as much as the Basic Blocks Line's Sales
B. the Teeny Tiny Trucks did and nearly 3 times what the Basic Blocks' sales were
C. the Teeny Tiny Trucks line sold and nearly 3 times as much as Basic Blocks' sales
D. the Teeny Tiny Trucks line and nearly 3 times more than Basic Blocks sales
E. the Teeny Tiny Trucks line and nearly 3 times more than Basic Blocks line

I am going with E here for parallelism issues. We need to make sure all there of them are parallel.

Does this help? What's the OA?

[Lifetron]

Hi Alex,

I too got E considering parallel structure. But, I eliminated A B C for 'the Teeny Tiny Trucks line did','Teeny Tiny Trucks did' & 'Teeny Tiny Trucks line sold'. Between D & E, it is obviously E. So, I chose E. Is that right ?

The dancing doll line sold slightly more than $3.5 million worth of toys last year , 40% more than the Teeny Tiny Trucks line did and nearly 3 times as much as the Basic Blocks line's sales.

A. the Teeny Tiny Trucks line did and nearly 3 times as much as the Basic Blocks Line's Sales
B. the Teeny Tiny Trucks did and nearly 3 times what the Basic Blocks' sales were
C. the Teeny Tiny Trucks line sold and nearly 3 times as much as Basic Blocks' sales
D. the Teeny Tiny Trucks line and nearly 3 times more than Basic Blocks sales
E. the Teeny Tiny Trucks line and nearly 3 times more than Basic Blocks line

I am going with E here for parallelism issues. We need to make sure all there of them are parallel.

Does this help? What's the OA?