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the infant mortality rate Post Sat Jul 28, 2012 3:18 am
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    why option D is wrong?
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    Post Sat Jul 28, 2012 1:56 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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    Post Sun Jul 29, 2012 3:56 am
    Two things here Parallelism and Ellipsis

    B is good.

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    Post Sun Jul 29, 2012 4:01 am
    D is wordier than B.

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