<p>In this example:</p>
<p>On the exam, Nicole expects to do as well as, if not better than, Nat.</p>
<p>Does it mean that if Nicole doesnt do better she will do as well as Nat?
Or that if she doesnt do as well as, she will do better than Nat?</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>It means that Nicole will at least do as well as Nat (may be even better).
I think your analysis is correct.</p>
<p>Should be “Nat does”, if I’m not mistaken.</p>
<p>i’d be surprised if that type of construction appeared on the SATs.
I always thought the standard construction for sentences meaning A will do at least as well as B is:
“A expects to do as well as B, or better.”</p>
<p>More laconic.</p>
<p>Am I mistaken?</p>
<p>
The “does” is implied, so the original sentence is correct, at least on the Nat part.</p>
<p>In 2005, online shoppers in the United States
charged more money to their credit cards than in
2004.
(C) than in
(E) than they did in</p>
<p>The ‘they did’ is also implied, yet E is wrong.</p>
<p>because its redundant, wordiness bro.</p>
<p>Ah, by bad, I meant to say C is wrong. According to the book. And everyone agreed on it in a thread I made. Your logic is correct, and yet, it’s wrong.</p>