More technicians recommend our products than....

[navi tasan]

Are these sentences correct?

1) More technicians recommend our products than any other company's.
2) More technicians recommend our products than they do any other company's.
3) More technicians recommend our products than they recommend any other company's.

 

[jutfrank]

They're all wrong. You're obviously trying to compare the number of recommendations, not the number of technicians.

 

[Flask]

You're obviously trying to compare the number of recommendations, not the number of technicians.

It seems to me that Navi is trying to compare the number of technicians who recommend "our" company's products with the number of technicians who recommend other companies' products. I think the passive offers a nice solution here:

4) Our products are recommended by more technicians than are any other company's.

 

[SoothingDave]

They're all wrong. You're obviously trying to compare the number of recommendations, not the number of technicians.

I disagree. The first sentence is fine by me.

 

[jutfrank]

My thought was that he means this:

5) Technicians recommend our products more than any other company's.

 

[SoothingDave]

Six of one...

How many technicians recommend product A?

10

How many technicians recommend product B?

100

More technicians recommend product B than A.

 

[jutfrank]

In my sentence I'm not comparing the number of technicians, so the word 'more' doesn't go with 'technicians'.

If it is the number of technicians that's being compared, then yes 1 is fine.