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by uptowngirl92 » Mon Nov 02, 2009 5:26 pm
Obesity is more common among American teenagers now than ever before.

than
than it was
than has been
compared with
in terms of

Please support your answers with explanations.
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by pandeyvineet24 » Mon Nov 02, 2009 6:15 pm
it should be A, i think

B uses "was", there is no need for change of tense. sentence structure implies that the instances of past are compared to present.

C - the sentence does not require the use of present perfect, because it would include the instances of obesity present now.

D and E are out because the non underline portion contains "more", so use of "than" is justified.

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by gmatv09 » Mon Nov 02, 2009 6:18 pm
IMO A...

Obesity is more common .... now than ever before.
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by kiennguyen » Tue Nov 03, 2009 1:20 am
IMO C, oa pl!
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by Mayur Sand » Tue Nov 03, 2009 1:44 am
IMO C whats the OA?
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by gmatmachoman » Tue Nov 03, 2009 4:23 am
B looks wordy..

IMO A...

But on the first go I got tempted for B...
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by uptowngirl92 » Tue Nov 03, 2009 4:42 pm
oa is A
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