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According to public health officials, in 1998 Massachusetts became the first state in which more babies were born to women over the age of thirty than under it.
A. than
B. than born
C. than they were
D. than there had been
E. than had been born
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IMO E..
more babies were born than had been born..
sounds weird but wud pick this one. |
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| I would choose "C" in GMAT because of the only choice offering parallelism. Can any one tell me whether I am wrong. What is the OA, please? |
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| Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 6:52 am Post subject: Re: SC Practice question #44 |
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| missionmba wrote: | According to public health officials, in 1998 Massachusetts became the first state in which more babies were born to women over the age of thirty than under it.
A. than
B. than born
C. than they were
D. than there had been
E. than had been born |
IMO A
B/E are incorrect as in these "women over the age of thirty" are compared with "born"
C/D - pronoun error....... they/there have multiple reference (babies/women) |
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A
seeing missionmba's performance in question 28, i'm skeptical about this question now. |
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| Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 10:32 am Post subject: |
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imo A
we can say "born to women over the age of 30 than (to women) under it"
and (to women) can be omitted...
OA OA OA?? |
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imo A.
there is a comparison in the original sentence and 2 things that are being compared are women in two age groups 1) over the age 30 and 2) under 30 years.
"to women over the age of 30 than (to women) under it (age 30)"
as Wonder said - (to women) can be omitted
what is the OA ? |
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| Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 6:41 am Post subject: Re: SC Practice question #44 |
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| missionmba wrote: | According to public health officials, in 1998 Massachusetts became the first state in which more babies were born to women over the age of thirty than under it.
A. than
B. than born
C. than they were
D. than there had been
E. than had been born |
The sentence should have been
According to public health officials, in 1998 Massachusetts became the first state in which more babies were born to women over the age of thirty than were born to women under it.
Due 2 simplicty they hav taken off the second part and let it stay under it.
Meaning is not distorted |
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