Soaring television costs accounted for more

[rishi4you]

Soaring television costs accounted for more than half the spending in the presidential campaign of 1992 , a greater proportion than it was in any previous election.

a)a greater proportion than it was
b)a greater proportion than
c) greater proportion than they have been
d)which is greater than so
e)which is greater than it has been

[rohit21384]

Soaring television costs accounted for more than half the spending in the presidential campaign of 1992 , a greater proportion than it was in any previous election.

a)a greater proportion than it was
b)a greater proportion than
c) greater proportion than they have been
d)which is greater than so
e)which is greater than it has been

OA is B.
a greater proportion than (that) in any year previous year

A is wrong because in the following sentence:
"a greater proportion than it was in any previous election.""
antecedents of "it " are illogical.




Instructors - please comment?

[tpsharma2u]

i think ans shud be C...
reasons..... first ,soaring costs is plural and only C uses they for costs....
second,we r talking of an earlier pd before 1992, so have been is reqd...
ofcourse which is wrong and C wud have been even better if it was 'a greater proportion' rather than only 'greater proportion'...so i can think of C AS CORRECT ANS..
RON AND OTHER INSTRS, pl clarify

[rohit21384]

i think ans shud be C...
reasons..... first ,soaring costs is plural and only C uses they for costs....
second,we r talking of an earlier pd before 1992, so have been is reqd...
ofcourse which is wrong and C wud have been even better if it was 'a greater proportion' rather than only 'greater proportion'...so i can think of C AS CORRECT ANS..
RON AND OTHER INSTRS, pl clarify

B is the official answer in G Prep software.
please see the belwo link:
gmat-questions-soaring-television-costs-accounted-for-more-t7187.html

[tpsharma2u]

thanks...

[RonPurewal]

thanks...

glad it helps