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by countingdolls » Thu Oct 26, 2006 7:10 am
317.Freedman’s survey showed that people living in small towns and rural areas consider themselves no happier than do people living in big cities.
(A) no happier than do people living
(B) not any happier than do people living
(C) not any happier than do people who live
(D) no happier than are people who are living
(E) not as happy as are people who live

How is (a) better than (b)? Pls explain


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by 800guy » Fri Oct 27, 2006 3:17 pm
'not any happier' is not idiomatic.

if you were able to narrow it down to choice a) or b) and had to guess, i would always guess for the the more concise answer. i've found that the more concise answer tends to be correct when it comes to GMAT SC.
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by PLEVEAUX » Fri Oct 27, 2006 9:32 pm
I say A, because "not any" sounds redundant.
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by magical cook » Fri Apr 06, 2007 10:19 pm
Hi,

correct answer is A) but...
I am just wondring if E) was "not as happy as do people who live" instead of "are people", is it correct?

317. Freedman’s survey showed that people living in small towns and rural areas consider themselves no happier than do people living in big cities.
(A) no happier than do people living
(B) not any happier than do people living
(C) not any happier than do people who live
(D) no happier than are people who are living
(E) not as happy as are people who live
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by thegmatbeater » Sun Aug 03, 2008 4:19 am
why "than do people" not "than ARE people"..people are happy not do happy?
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by [email protected] » Mon Jan 09, 2012 9:24 pm
Hi,

correct answer is A) but...
I am just wondring if E) was "not as happy as do people who live" instead of "are people", is it correct?

317. Freedman's survey showed that people living in small towns and rural areas consider themselves no happier than do people living in big cities.
(A) no happier than do people living
(B) not any happier than do people living
(C) not any happier than do people who live
(D) no happier than are people who are living
(E) not as happy as are people who live

Options D and E get cancel out first as they are not at all parallel. Both the options use 'who' to modify the people living in big cities.
'Not any happier' is not idiomatic hence we are left with option A.
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by user123321 » Tue Jan 10, 2012 5:51 am
Just for information :)
if the option A is "no happier than people living", is it going to be still correct?

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by pramendrapandeya » Tue Jul 08, 2014 10:38 pm
Between A and D.... A is parallel to the ques.... people living in X... than do people living in....

C,D and E out not parallel

Not any happier is not a correct idiom So correct option is A

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