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small cars

by gmat.2008 » Fri Mar 27, 2009 10:58 am
Today’s technology allows manufacturers to make small cars more fuel-efficient now than at any time in their production history.
A. small cars more fuel-efficient now than at any time in their
B. small cars that are more fuel-efficient than they were at any time in their
C. small cars that are more fuel-efficient than those at any other time in D. more fuel-efficient small cars than those at any other time in their
E. more fuel-efficient small cars now than at any time in

ans is C
what's wrong with D?
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by acorra » Fri Mar 27, 2009 2:58 pm
in D, than those is not clear what it is referring to.

more fuel efficient small cars? or small cars?

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by uymba » Mon Mar 30, 2009 4:39 pm
In D you end up comparing different things:

more cars than those ...

It's like comparing the number of cars with the cars.

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