Qn:994
A) than those that charge
B) than are charging
C) than to charge
D) as charge
E) as those charging
Answer : A
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Anonymous said...
Can someone explain the reason for choice A?
Anonymous said...
"Than" is used when comparing diffrences and
"AS" is used when comparing simillarities
Anonymous said...
A is surely the wrong choice. (E is correct)
Reason...
...more than 3 times AS many.. higher .....AS
NOT
....more than 3 times AS many..higher ....THAN
Using than again would make the sentence awkward...
The best answer is E.
Anonymous said...
Yes Choice E seems to be apt
uglyguywithnomoney said...
i picked D.
AS MANY independent institutions of higher education charge.... ...AS charge
correct idiom plus verbs are parallel
vimal said...
yes than is for differences so there is a differece in comparision the dissimilarties are mearured so than is more suitable not as;charging is wrong not parallel
Vikrant said...
You Dumbass, the idiom AS...AS is NOT being tested here -_-
E is the best choice - correct idiom- ..more X than Y
more than three times as many X charge Y as those charging Z..
ram kumar said...
Option 'E' is correct. 'as---as' is the correct co-relative conjunction form. SO eliminate 'a' 'b' and 'c'. 'D' looks to be a luring option. But the problem with 'd' is that it is comparing 'institutions' with 'charges'. 'E' looks to be wrong because it is spoiling parallelism but remember we have to follow parallelism only when we have a co-ordinating conjunction. This is a case of co-relative conjunction. so ignore parallelism.