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by hemant_rajput » Sun Jun 16, 2013 8:28 am
Chicago, where industrial growth in the nineteenth century was more rapid than any other American city, was plagued by labor troubles like the Pullman Strikes of 1894.

(A) where industrial growth in the nineteenth century was more rapid than any other American city
(B) which had industrial growth in the nineteenth century more rapid than that of other American cities
(C) which had growth industrially more rapid than any other American city in the nineteenth century
(D) whose industrial growth in the nineteenth century was more rapid than any other American city
(E) whose industrial growth in the nineteenth century was more rapid than that of any other American city

[spoiler]OA:E
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What is the difference in meaning of B and E?
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by hemant_rajput » Tue Jun 18, 2013 9:20 am
I got the difference. If anyone had the confusion same as mine then here is the answer. In B the modifier more rapid is misplaced. It should modify industrial growth.
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by [email protected] » Tue Jun 18, 2013 10:36 am
I think one more difference is there. in Option "B", comparison is not correct. Growth is compared with other American City. If I am wrong then please inform me. As, I need to know that weather I am thinking on the right path or not.

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by ShalakaK » Tue Jun 18, 2013 6:41 pm
Chicago is not a person therefore, E (whose) is incorrect.
Chicago is referred as a place in the original sentence. Hence, B (which ) is incorrect..

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