{"id":7731,"date":"2016-02-02T12:57:08","date_gmt":"2016-02-02T19:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-gmat.com\/blogs\/?p=7731"},"modified":"2016-02-02T12:57:08","modified_gmt":"2016-02-02T19:57:08","slug":"ogvr-1655","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-gmat.com\/blogs\/ogvr-1655\/","title":{"rendered":"OGVR \u201916#55"},"content":{"rendered":"A <\/span> 3<\/span> min read <\/span><\/span>

According to research covering the last decade, the average number of rooms added by high-end hotel chains was lower than what the hotel industry average did for this period, but their occupancy and room rates grew faster than<\/span> the average hotel.<\/p>\n

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Meaning Analysis<\/span><\/h1>\n
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    • According to research covering the last decade<\/span>,<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
    • the average number of rooms<\/span> added by high-end hotel chains<\/span> was<\/span> lower than<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      The sentence presents comparison through the finding of a research as expressed by lower than<\/em>. Per the research, in the last ten years, the expensive hotel chains did not add as many rooms as\u2026 Let\u2019s continue reading to know about the other part of the intended comparison:<\/p>\n

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          • what the hotel industry average<\/span> did<\/span> for this period,<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n

            This part of the sentence completes the comparison. We understand that the entire hotel industry average increased the number of rooms during the same time when the expensive hotel chains did. However, the expensive hotel chains added fewer rooms than did the average hotel industry. Reading further:<\/p>\n

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            • but their occupancy and room rates<\/span> grew<\/span> faster than<\/span> the average hotel.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

              The last part starts with the key-word but<\/em>. So we are going to read information contrasting to what we have read so far. Well, this part also presents a comparison which is in contrast to the comparison we read earlier in the sentence. The stated comparison is that the expensive hotel chains experienced faster growth in occupancy and room tariffs than the average hotel.<\/p>\n

               <\/p>\n

              To sum up, the research presents two contrasting comparisons. In the last ten years, the expensive hotel chains added fewer rooms than did the average hotels. However, these chains that added fewer rooms witnessed faster growth in occupancy and room tariffs than the average hotels.<\/p>\n

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              Error Analysis<\/span><\/h1>\n

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              \"\"<\/p>\n

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              Comparison Errors<\/strong><\/p>\n

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              1. In the first comparison, the entities compared are <\/span>the average number of rooms<\/em> and <\/span>what the hotel industry did<\/em>. Since the first entity is a number and the second entity is an action, the comparison is neither grammatical nor logical.<\/span><\/li>\n
              2. In the second comparison, the <\/span>occupancy and room rates<\/em> of the high-end hotel chains have been compared to <\/span>the average hotel<\/em> in terms of the speed of growth. This comparison is not logical since a feature of some entity (<\/span>occupancy and room rates of a hotel<\/em>) is being compared with the entity (<\/span>hotel<\/em>) itself.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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                 <\/p>\n

                POE<\/span><\/h1>\n
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                Choice A<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n

                Incorrect<\/span><\/p>\n

                 <\/p>\n

                This choice is incorrect for the reasons stated in the error analysis.<\/p>\n

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                Choice B<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n

                Correct<\/span><\/p>\n

                 <\/p>\n

                This is the correct answer choice. The first comparison has been made between high-end hotel chains<\/em> and the hotel industry average<\/em> on the basis of the average number of rooms added<\/em> by<\/em> both. The second comparison has been made between the two categories of hotels on the basis of the growth in occupancy and room rates<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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                Choice C<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n

                Incorrect<\/span><\/p>\n

                 <\/p>\n

                1. \u00a0Idiom Error<\/strong><\/p>\n

                 <\/p>\n

                This choice uses wrong idiom X <\/span>lower as compared to<\/em> Y. The correct idiom is X <\/span>lower<\/em>than<\/em> Y.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

                 <\/p>\n

                2. \u00a0Parallelism Error<\/strong><\/p>\n

                 <\/p>\n

                There is no entity in the sentence that is grammatically parallel to the prepositional phrase modifier <\/span>with<\/em>the average hotel<\/em>.. Presence of this phrase leads to ungrammatical comparison in the sentence.<\/span><\/p>\n

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                Choice D<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n

                Incorrect<\/span><\/p>\n

                1. \u00a0Comparison Errors<\/strong><\/p>\n

                 <\/p>\n

                This choice repeats both the comparison errors of Choice A.<\/p>\n

                 <\/p>\n

                2. \u00a0Idiom Error<\/strong><\/p>\n

                 <\/p>\n

                This choice repeats the idiom error of Choice C.<\/p>\n

                 <\/p>\n

                3. \u00a0Verb Tense Error<\/strong><\/p>\n

                 <\/p>\n

                Use of past perfect tense had been<\/em> is incorrect because all the actions mentioned in the sentence took place during the same period of time. Hence, there is no need of any sequencing or the use of past perfect tense for the same. <\/strong><\/p>\n

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                Choice E<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n

                Incorrect<\/span><\/p>\n

                 <\/p>\n

                1. \u00a0Idiom \u00a0Error<\/strong><\/p>\n

                 <\/p>\n

                This choice repeats the idiom error of Choice C.<\/p>\n

                 <\/p>\n

                2. \u00a0Pronoun Error<\/strong><\/p>\n

                 <\/p>\n

                Since the pronoun their<\/em> logically refers to high-end hotel chains<\/em>, the pronoun they<\/em> seems to refer to the same noun. So there is a pronoun reference issue per this choice because the logical antecedent of pronoun they<\/em> is occupancy and room rates<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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