Wind resistance created by opening windows while driving results in a fuel penalty as great or greater than is incurred by using air conditioning.
A. as great or greater than is incurred by using air conditioning
B. that is as great or greater than is incurred using air conditioning
C. as great as or greater than that of using air conditioning
D. at least as great as air conditioning's
E. at least as great as that incurred by using air conditioning
I chose D, but that is not the correct answer... somebody please expain.
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D is wrong becoz comparison is done here b/n penalty incurred by driving with open windows with air conditioning'smelifox wrote:Wind resistance created by opening windows while driving results in a fuel penalty as great or greater than is incurred by using air conditioning.
A. as great or greater than is incurred by using air conditioning
B. that is as great or greater than is incurred using air conditioning
C. as great as or greater than that of using air conditioning
D. at least as great as air conditioning's
E. at least as great as that incurred by using air conditioning
I chose D, but that is not the correct answer... somebody please expain.
comparison has to be in similar things
for that reason IMO E is correct
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why not C?plz explaindanyal wrote:definitely E
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melifox wrote:Wind resistance created by opening windows while driving results in a fuel penalty as great or greater than is incurred by using air conditioning.
Since the part before than should be parallel to part after than, we need use "by". With that and that alone, you can eliminate B , C and D.
Between A and E, both use by... however, " as great or greater than" is wordier than "at least as great as". Hence E wins.
A. as great or greater than is incurred by using air conditioning
B. that is as great or greater than is incurred using air conditioning
C. as great as or greater than that of using air conditioning
D. at least as great as air conditioning's
E. at least as great as that incurred by using air conditioning
I chose D, but that is not the correct answer... somebody please expain.
A is incorrect because "as great or greater than" is incorrect. Second issue in A is redundant "is". It doesn't make the choice clearer, rather it makes it wordy.
so A is out.
B retains the idiom mistake so that's out as well.
C corrects the idiom. however, than that of using air conditioning doesn't clearly dictates the meaning. I think, presence of "by" in place of "of" would have made the choice C a strong contender.
D does not look good as it's using possessive, which is generally good for "of constructions" only.
Choice E uses the correct idioms , follows parallelism, and clearly express the intended meaning.
so A is out.
B retains the idiom mistake so that's out as well.
C corrects the idiom. however, than that of using air conditioning doesn't clearly dictates the meaning. I think, presence of "by" in place of "of" would have made the choice C a strong contender.
D does not look good as it's using possessive, which is generally good for "of constructions" only.
Choice E uses the correct idioms , follows parallelism, and clearly express the intended meaning.
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Quickest approach.melifox wrote:Wind resistance created by opening windows while driving results in a fuel penalty as great or greater than is incurred by using air conditioning.
A. as great or greater than is incurred by using air conditioning
B. that is as great or greater than is incurred using air conditioning
C. as great as or greater than that of using air conditioning
D. at least as great as air conditioning's
E. at least as great as that incurred by using air conditioning
I chose D, but that is not the correct answer... somebody please expain.
The correct idiom is as X as Y. Eliminate A and B.
In C, of is the wrong preposition: the fuel penalty of using air conditioning makes no sense.
D can be eliminated because we should avoid using possessive constructions for inanimate nouns such as air conditioning. The possessive construction implies that the fuel penalty belongs to the air-conditioning. The intended meaning of the sentence is that air conditioning causes a fuel penalty to be incurred. Eliminate D.
The correct answer is E.
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Hi mitch,
thnks for the reply
I HAV ONE QUESTION
WUD IT BE REDUNDANT TO SAY=
AS GREAT AS OR GREATER THAN IS INCURRED BY USING AIR CONDITIONING
thnks for the reply
I HAV ONE QUESTION
WUD IT BE REDUNDANT TO SAY=
AS GREAT AS OR GREATER THAN IS INCURRED BY USING AIR CONDITIONING
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I would be skeptical of an answer choice that uses as great as or greater than. The construction at least as great as is more concise.shweta.kalra wrote:Hi mitch,
thnks for the reply
I HAV ONE QUESTION
WUD IT BE REDUNDANT TO SAY=
AS GREAT AS OR GREATER THAN IS INCURRED BY USING AIR CONDITIONING
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OMG!.. it is a war-zone out here.Stacey Koprince wrote:Can't reply to this one. A while back, Kaplan asked us not to address their questions online.
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