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Although the income of farmers is expected to be lower this [#permalink] New post   03 Mar 2005, 14:21
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14. Although the income of farmers is expected to be lower this year than last year, their crop yields per acre far surpass last year.

(A) surpass last year
(B) surpasses last year’s
(C) surpasses that of last year’s
(D) surpass those of last year
(E) surpass those of last year's



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Re: Although the income of farmers is expected to be lower this [#permalink] New post   03 Mar 2005, 15:37
crop yields requires a plural verb. Also if last year's is in the sentence you dont need of last year's I think.

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Re: Although the income of farmers is expected to be lower this [#permalink] New post   03 Mar 2005, 17:26
D) surpass those of last year

Correct S-V Agreement and correct comparison
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Re: Although the income of farmers is expected to be lower this [#permalink] New post   03 Mar 2005, 22:28
I am not sure why C could be wrong.

Is crop yields per ACRE plural?

May be someone can answer this

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Re: Although the income of farmers is expected to be lower this [#permalink] New post   03 Mar 2005, 22:38
gmat2me2 wrote:
I am not sure why C could be wrong.

Is crop yields per ACRE plural?

May be someone can answer this

Thanks


check what "that" refers to.. and what "year's.." refer to... One is enough to refer "yields".
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Re: Although the income of farmers is expected to be lower this [#permalink] New post   03 Mar 2005, 22:43
jpv I am not certain if "crop yields per acre" is plural.

Sorry about it but I am still confused
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Re: Although the income of farmers is expected to be lower this [#permalink] New post   04 Mar 2005, 05:55
gmat2me2 wrote:
jpv I am not certain if "crop yields per acre" is plural.

Sorry about it but I am still confused


'Crop yields per acre' is a lot to consider. Just say 'Yields' or 'Crop Yields', and you will discover it is plural. e.g.

Their yields <plural> have <plural> surpassed those of last year. NOT
Their yields has..... :roll: :roll:

So, we may say:

Crop yields have........ NOT
Crop yields has

Therefore:

Crop yields per acre surpass.... NOT
Crop yields per acre surpasses.
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Re: Although the income of farmers is expected to be lower this [#permalink] New post   04 Mar 2005, 11:03
OA is "D"......I always get confused with comparatives .....can someone help...2 fold ques...

1) when to use "than that of" vs just "than"......

2) more so when there are possesives involved....like "than those of last year's"....like in E....isn't this correctly saying "yields of last year" by using possesvie "those of last year's"..



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Re: Although the income of farmers is expected to be lower this [#permalink] New post   04 Mar 2005, 18:55
gmat2me2 wrote:
jpv I am not certain if "crop yields per acre" is plural.

Sorry about it but I am still confused


Its not a question of singular or plural. Its a question of redundancy.

That also refers to yields.
last year's (yields) also refers to yields.

One is enough. Do you copy??
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Re: Although the income of farmers is expected to be lower this [#permalink] New post   Updated on: 04 Mar 2005, 22:32
Quote:
OA is "D"......I always get confused with comparatives .....can someone help...2 fold ques...

1) when to use "than that of" vs just "than"......

2) more so when there are possesives involved....like "than those of last year's"....like in E....isn't this correctly saying "yields of last year" by using possesvie "those of last year's"..


Banerjee,
I think your questions are very valid and I had similar doubts earlier:

1) when to use "than that of" vs just "than"......

Example:

* GMAT is tougher than SAT
(Here we are comparing GMAT and SAT and not the properties of the tests so than is good enough)

* A question in GMAT is tougher than that in SAT
(Here we are comparing a property of GMAT with a property of SAT so than that is needed).

'that' refers to the subject - a question. A good way to check will be replace 'that' with the 'a question' and see if it is right.

In plural form, we use those to replace a plural subject

* Questions of GMAT are tougher than those of SAT

'those' refers to the plural subject - questions. A good way to check will be replace 'those' with 'questions' and see if it is right.

2) more so when there are possesives involved....like "than those of last year's"....like in E....isn't this correctly saying "yields of last year" by using possesvie "those of last year's"..

Again, the simplest way to test this is by replacing those with yields

'yields of last year" is correct
'yields of last year's" is wrong because of is already doing the job of the possesive.

Hope that helps.

Originally posted by nocilis on 04 Mar 2005, 20:29.
Last edited by nocilis on 04 Mar 2005, 22:32, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: Although the income of farmers is expected to be lower this [#permalink] New post   04 Mar 2005, 20:43
nocilis

That was good.....

jov....Thanks to you too
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Re: Although the income of farmers is expected to be lower this [#permalink] New post   04 Mar 2005, 22:07
thx a ton Nocilis....I think u cleared my doubt once and for all....thx bud
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Re: Although the income of farmers is expected to be lower this [#permalink] New post   05 Mar 2005, 01:35
Nocilis, that was a great explanation! :banana :cool



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