With the help of new technologies, chile's production is so efficient that one hectare of land produces double the grapes that a similar piece of land in France does.
A. double the grapes that a similar piece of land in France does.
B. twice the amount of grapes as a similar piece of land in france does.
C. as much as twice the grapes that a similar piece of French land does.
D. two times as many grapes as there were a similar piece of land in france does.
E. a doubling of the grapes that a similar piece of french land does.
I am confused between A and B. Please explain guys.
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I think usage of non countable word amount is wrong in option Bchaitanya.bhansali wrote:With the help of new technologies, chile's production is so efficient that one hectare of land produces double the grapes that a similar piece of land in France does.
A. double the grapes that a similar piece of land in France does.
B. twice the amount of grapes as a similar piece of land in france does.
I am confused between A and B. Please explain guys.
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in my humble opinion, this is not GMAT quality question, because there is not one credible answer here!
A)uses two verbs at a time: produces and double;
B) we can use amount with plural nouns, for example: the amount of phosphates according to OG 11 #62; i think, the problem here is that instead of "as", "that" should be used;
example: each of the women can do twice the work that each of the men can do in a given time
C) the word order is reversed: twice as many grapes as";
D) "there were" creates ambiguity;
E)"a doubling", there is not such term;
A)uses two verbs at a time: produces and double;
B) we can use amount with plural nouns, for example: the amount of phosphates according to OG 11 #62; i think, the problem here is that instead of "as", "that" should be used;
example: each of the women can do twice the work that each of the men can do in a given time
C) the word order is reversed: twice as many grapes as";
D) "there were" creates ambiguity;
E)"a doubling", there is not such term;
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