In your guide, "it" should mean the exact same thing like antecedent.
1//The unskilled workers at the Allenby plant realized that their hourly rate of $4.11 to $4.75 was better than many nearby factory wages.
A> it is in many nearby factories
B> that offered by many nearby factories
So i dont have problem on the first one. I choose B. very clear.
But for the rest of two sentences, i got wrong. I think i am confused on this kind of comparison questions.
Please help me explain a little.
2//Sales of manufactured goods rose to 176 billion in 1993, an amount that is 14 percent more than previous year was.
A>an amount that is 14 percent more than previous year was
B>an amount that is 14 percent higher than the previous year's figure
B is correct.
3//In the 1980's the rate of increase of the minority population of US was nearly twice as fast as it was in the 1970's.
A>twice as fast as it was in
B>twice what it was in
B is correct.
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Re: Comparison
hi -
the first of these is incorrect because, literally, it compares a sales figure ("an amount") to a year (...than the previous year was").
the second is correct because it compares a sales figure ("an amount") to another sales figure ("the previous year's figure").
comparisons like this one - in which the issue is, basically, "compare things that you can actually compare, and don't compare things that you can't" - aren't that bad, once you learn to think as literally as you should.
spoken language is one of the big roadblocks here, as no one, NO ONE, speaks remotely near as literally as you have to think on the test.
this is not an issue of bad comparison, as both comparisons are exactly the same here.
in this case, you have a problem of redundancy:
a RATE can't be FAST.
* the rate can be high;
* the increase itself can be fast.
similarly,
a height can't be tall (a person can be tall, or a height can be greater than...)
a bank account can't be rich (a person can be rich, or a bank account can contain a large amount of money)
etc.
lest you think this is just a matter of excessive nitpicking on our part, this difference is corroborated by several official problems.
syflysun1 Wrote:2//Sales of manufactured goods rose to 176 billion in 1993, an amount that is 14 percent more than previous year was.
A>an amount that is 14 percent more than previous year was
B>an amount that is 14 percent higher than the previous year's figure
the first of these is incorrect because, literally, it compares a sales figure ("an amount") to a year (...than the previous year was").
the second is correct because it compares a sales figure ("an amount") to another sales figure ("the previous year's figure").
comparisons like this one - in which the issue is, basically, "compare things that you can actually compare, and don't compare things that you can't" - aren't that bad, once you learn to think as literally as you should.
spoken language is one of the big roadblocks here, as no one, NO ONE, speaks remotely near as literally as you have to think on the test.
3//In the 1980's the rate of increase of the minority population of US was nearly twice as fast as it was in the 1970's.
A>twice as fast as it was in
B>twice what it was in
B is correct.
this is not an issue of bad comparison, as both comparisons are exactly the same here.
in this case, you have a problem of redundancy:
a RATE can't be FAST.
* the rate can be high;
* the increase itself can be fast.
similarly,
a height can't be tall (a person can be tall, or a height can be greater than...)
a bank account can't be rich (a person can be rich, or a bank account can contain a large amount of money)
etc.
lest you think this is just a matter of excessive nitpicking on our part, this difference is corroborated by several official problems.
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