Sentence Correction

Expert advice required please!!!!!
i got this question in one of the CAT's.

According to many, the tea one finds in India is far better than the United States.
A. the tea one finds in India is far better than the United States. ( can this not be read as - the tea one finds.... than.... the tea one finds in united states)
B. the tea one finds in India is far better than that of United States.
C. the tea of India is far better than the United States. ( tea of india is incorrect)
D. the tea one finds in India is far better than the tea in the United States. ( can this not be read as- the tea one finds.....than the tea one finds in the united states)
E. the tea in India is far better in the United States. (missing than)

please advice..

This is a comparison error. As written, we are comparing India's tea to the United States. We need a pronoun or a possessive to indicate that we are comparing India's tea to the United States' tea.

A. No clear comparison
B. Is this written correctly? There is no article in front of the United States?
C. No clear comparison
D. This has a clear comparison
E. This distorts the meaning of the sentence

IMO: D has the clearest comparison

thanks Vivian. The OA is B. But that is besides the point. my problem is mixing comparison with ellipsis. please see this

A. the tea one finds in India is far better than the United States. ( can this not be read as - the tea one finds.... than.... the tea one finds in united states)

B. the tea one finds in India is far better than that of United States. ( yes the original question did not have any article )

D. the tea one finds in India is far better than the tea in the United States. ( can this not be read as- the tea one finds.....than the tea one finds in the united states)

I would have chosen B if it had had the article, but I maintain it sounds funky without it.

For A, you are assuming it is referring to the "tea" in the United States, which is not the case. Comparisons must be clear, not implied.

For D, "one finds" IS implied. You are correct.

so are we saying that we don't apply ellipsis during comparison questions. because ellipsis is always implied.

and even if we agree on this why do we rule out D?? what is the problem in D?

In this case, D would be wordier than B.

Shouldn't option B be "that in United States"? It says "that of United States".

[email protected] wrote:Shouldn't option B be "that in United States"? It says "that of United States".

The use of "that of" is justifiable.

- In the choice B, "that of United States" refers TEA of United States

- If the sentence were to use "in" then the sentence should have been

the tea one finds in India is far better than the tea one finds in United States. -- this is required to keep the parallelism and correct meaningful sentence.

Easy one ...OA B

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