the infant mortality rate

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by nafiul9090 » Sat Jul 28, 2012 2:18 am

why option D is wrong?

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by anujan007 » Sat Jul 28, 2012 12:56 pm

I am not an expert but just taking a shot.

D is more wordy and also the subject i.e. rate does not need to be repeated as in D.

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by karthikgmat » Sun Jul 29, 2012 2:56 am

Two things here Parallelism and Ellipsis

B is good.

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by mv12 » Sun Jul 29, 2012 3:01 am

D is wordier than B.

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