SC: The typical holiday shopper, although seduced by row

[direstraits007]

The typical holiday shopper, although seduced by row upon row of novelty gifts, tend to purchase more practical items these days because he or she realizes that frivolous gadgets are often cheaply made.

A. The typical holiday shopper, although seduced by row upon row of novelty gifts, tend to purchase more practical
B. As a typical holiday shopper, the tendency to purchase row upon row of novelty gifts is won over by the purchase of more practical
C. Typically, the holiday shopper who is attracted to novelty gifts tends to remain practical with
D. The typical holiday shopper, although seduced by row upon row of novelty gifts, tends to purchase more practical
E. The typical holiday shopper, although seduced by row upon row of novelty gifts, tends to purchase the most practical

source: 800score verbal

OA: D.

I chose E. Need to know what is wrong with choice E. Infact, I remember I studied somewhere that whenever you compare using "more" than it should be followed by "than". I mean the idiom "more X than Y" or "more than". But in choice D it is given "more practical"...but no "than". Due to this, I chose E.

Please comment guys if I'm wrong here.

Thanks

GeeMate.

[RonPurewal]

The typical holiday shopper, although seduced by row upon row of novelty gifts, tend to purchase more practical items these days because he or she realizes that frivolous gadgets are often cheaply made.

A. The typical holiday shopper, although seduced by row upon row of novelty gifts, tend to purchase more practical
B. As a typical holiday shopper, the tendency to purchase row upon row of novelty gifts is won over by the purchase of more practical
C. Typically, the holiday shopper who is attracted to novelty gifts tends to remain practical with
D. The typical holiday shopper, although seduced by row upon row of novelty gifts, tends to purchase more practical
E. The typical holiday shopper, although seduced by row upon row of novelty gifts, tends to purchase the most practical

source: 800score verbal

OA: D.

I chose E. Need to know what is wrong with choice E. Infact, I remember I studied somewhere that whenever you compare using "more" than it should be followed by "than". I mean the idiom "more X than Y" or "more than". But in choice D it is given "more practical"...but no "than". Due to this, I chose E.

Please comment guys if I'm wrong here.

Thanks

GeeMate.

i agree with you. (e) is the only one that's formally correct, although its meaning is a little weird ("THE MOST practical" is a little extreme).

-- ron

[doyourbest]

Page no 160. MGMAT SC guide 4th edition- idioms strategy
Right idiom for more- More and more we have observed voilent robberies on weekends.
No than here.
Kindly clarify

[aagar_2003]

the most practical items
VS
more practical items

Since items is plural, more is appropriate. Most should be used for singular

[RonPurewal]

Since items is plural, more is appropriate. Most should be used for singular

this is not true. it depends on the context.

since cheetahs are faster than all other mammals, it's certainly correct to write
cheetahs are the fastest mammals on the planet (or the fastest of all mammals).

also, "more practical items" is problematic because it's ambiguous. we don't know whether this means
* a greater number of practical items (more practical items)
or
* items that are more practical (more practical items).

[RonPurewal]

Page no 160. MGMAT SC guide 4th edition- idioms strategy
Right idiom for more- More and more we have observed voilent robberies on weekends.
No than here.
Kindly clarify

"more and more" is certainly a proper idiom (meaning essentially the same as "increasingly"), but it is not the ONLY idiom involving "more".

remember, guys. just because one idiom is correct, you can't necessarily conclude that another one is wrong.