Minivans carry as many as seven passengers and, compared with most sport utility vehicles, cost less, get better gas mileage, allow passengers to get in and out more easily, and have a smoother ride.
A. Minivans carry as many as seven passengers and, compared with most sport utility vehicles, cost less,
B. Minivans, which carry as many as seven passengers, compared with most sport utility vehicles, they cost less,
C. Minivans carry as many as seven passengers, in comparison with most sport utility vehicles, and have a lower cost, they
D. Minivans, carrying as many as seven passengers, compared with most sport utility vehicles, cost less,
E. Minivans, which carry as many as seven passengers, compared with most sport utility vehicles the cost is lower, and they
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Minivans carry as many as seven passengers and, compared with most sport utility vehicles, cost less, get better gas mileage, allow passengers to get in and out more easily, and have a smoother ride.
A. Minivans carry as many as seven passengers and, compared with most sport utility vehicles, cost less,
re read the option A.
Minivans carry as many as seven passengers and,[Minivans] compared with most sport utility vehicles, cost less, get better gas mileage, allow passengers to get in and out more easily, and have a smoother ride.
I guess A is correct here. D is close. but it wrongly modifies the minivans and tries to say that the author is talking about only those minivans which can carry 7 passengers
A. Minivans carry as many as seven passengers and, compared with most sport utility vehicles, cost less,
re read the option A.
Minivans carry as many as seven passengers and,[Minivans] compared with most sport utility vehicles, cost less, get better gas mileage, allow passengers to get in and out more easily, and have a smoother ride.
I guess A is correct here. D is close. but it wrongly modifies the minivans and tries to say that the author is talking about only those minivans which can carry 7 passengers
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Minivans carry as many as seven passengers and, compared with most sport utility vehicles, cost less, get better gas mileage, allow passengers to get in and out more easily, and have a smoother ride.
A. Minivans carry as many as seven passengers and, compared with most sport utility vehicles, cost less,
B. Minivans, which carry as many as seven passengers, compared with most sport utility vehicles, they cost less,
C. Minivans carry as many as seven passengers, in comparison with most sport utility vehicles, and have a lower cost, they
D. Minivans, carrying as many as seven passengers, compared with most sport utility vehicles, cost less,
E. Minivans, which carry as many as seven passengers, compared with most sport utility vehicles the cost is lower, and they
Here the comparison is b/w Minivans and Other sport utility vehicles.....nit b/w minivasna carrying 7 passengers and other sport vehicles.......So, in D it clearly states that Minivans ,modifier, its comparison......... Also, the parallelism is maintained.
OA is D
A. Minivans carry as many as seven passengers and, compared with most sport utility vehicles, cost less,
B. Minivans, which carry as many as seven passengers, compared with most sport utility vehicles, they cost less,
C. Minivans carry as many as seven passengers, in comparison with most sport utility vehicles, and have a lower cost, they
D. Minivans, carrying as many as seven passengers, compared with most sport utility vehicles, cost less,
E. Minivans, which carry as many as seven passengers, compared with most sport utility vehicles the cost is lower, and they
Here the comparison is b/w Minivans and Other sport utility vehicles.....nit b/w minivasna carrying 7 passengers and other sport vehicles.......So, in D it clearly states that Minivans ,modifier, its comparison......... Also, the parallelism is maintained.
OA is D
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i truly agree with you ..option A should be the correct answer.navami wrote:Minivans carry as many as seven passengers and, compared with most sport utility vehicles, cost less, get better gas mileage, allow passengers to get in and out more easily, and have a smoother ride.
A. Minivans carry as many as seven passengers and, compared with most sport utility vehicles, cost less,
re read the option A.
Minivans carry as many as seven passengers and,[Minivans] compared with most sport utility vehicles, cost less, get better gas mileage, allow passengers to get in and out more easily, and have a smoother ride.
I guess A is correct here. D is close. but it wrongly modifies the minivans and tries to say that the author is talking about only those minivans which can carry 7 passengers
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IMO A is the only possible answer here.
D is a little ambiguous as pointed out, and thus can be eliminated.
D is a little ambiguous as pointed out, and thus can be eliminated.
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GmatKiss wrote:Minivans carry as many as seven passengers and, compared with most sport utility vehicles, cost less, get better gas mileage, allow passengers to get in and out more easily, and have a smoother ride.
A. Minivans carry as many as seven passengers and, compared with most sport utility vehicles, cost less,
B. Minivans, which carry as many as seven passengers, compared with most sport utility vehicles, they cost less,
C. Minivans carry as many as seven passengers, in comparison with most sport utility vehicles, and have a lower cost, they
D. Minivans, carrying as many as seven passengers, compared with most sport utility vehicles, cost less,
E. Minivans, which carry as many as seven passengers, compared with most sport utility vehicles the cost is lower, and they
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I agree with the explanation the choice is between A and D. The rest obviously can be eliminated due to the introduced pronoun error. The parallelism is maintained in both A & D. I would go with A as D makes an incorrect comparison between sport utility vehicles and minivans that carry passengers
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I think there are 2 problem with Statement D. Minivans, carrying as many as seven passengers -- this conveys the meaning as if we are talking about the specific case of minivans carrying 7 passengers. Secondly, the use of 'They' is ambiguous.Chaitanya_1986 wrote:Minivans carry as many as seven passengers and, compared with most sport utility vehicles, cost less, get better gas mileage, allow passengers to get in and out more easily, and have a smoother ride.
A. Minivans carry as many as seven passengers and, compared with most sport utility vehicles, cost less,
B. Minivans, which carry as many as seven passengers, compared with most sport utility vehicles, they cost less,
C. Minivans carry as many as seven passengers, in comparison with most sport utility vehicles, and have a lower cost, they
D. Minivans, carrying as many as seven passengers, compared with most sport utility vehicles, cost less,
E. Minivans, which carry as many as seven passengers, compared with most sport utility vehicles the cost is lower, and they
Here the comparison is b/w Minivans and Other sport utility vehicles.....nit b/w minivasna carrying 7 passengers and other sport vehicles.......So, in D it clearly states that Minivans ,modifier, its comparison......... Also, the parallelism is maintained.
OA is D
IMO --A. Clearly conveys the intended meaning. The comparision is also correct.. Minivans to Sports vehicles
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A +1
Furthermore, D also conveys that while the comparison was made the minivans carried seven passengers, which is certainly wrong as the sentence conveys something generic.
Hence A.
Furthermore, D also conveys that while the comparison was made the minivans carried seven passengers, which is certainly wrong as the sentence conveys something generic.
Hence A.
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Hi Killer,killer1387 wrote:hey guys,
Please also comment if Option C suffers a case of comma splice.
Thnx
C suffers from two problems-
1. they is ambiguous
2. comma + and [Fanboys] rule states that the part after it should be an IC but over here ,and have a lower cost is not an IC
