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by uptowngirl92 » Thu Oct 29, 2009 2:11 pm
Shrinking faster than any other nation's, the projected decline of Japan's population is 17 percent during the next half century.
A. Shrinking faster than any other nation's, the projected decline of Japan's population is
B. Shrinking faster than any other nation, Japan's population has a projected decline of
C. The population of Japan is shrinking faster than that of any other nation and is projected to decline by
D. The Japanese population is shrinking faster than any other nation, and it has a projected decline at
E. Japan's population is shrinking faster than that of any other nation, with a projected decline at

Don't know the OA.Please help me find the answer between C and E.Explanations please!
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by gmatv09 » Thu Oct 29, 2009 5:01 pm
IMO C

- Correct comparison
- "is projected to decline by .... " is idiomatic

In E:
"with a projected decline at " - this doesnt sound correct
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by dare2dream » Thu Oct 29, 2009 8:29 pm
IMO C.
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by 2010gmat » Fri Oct 30, 2009 10:25 am
C sounds best .. in E the project decline at ... is problematic...

is the use of with to introduce the next clause correct in E??
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by umaa » Fri Oct 30, 2009 6:46 pm
The OA is C.

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what can a preposition phrase be?, help pls

by tanviet » Fri Oct 30, 2009 8:46 pm
pls, explain

why E is wrong

what grammatical funtion preposition phrase "with..." in E is

pls, help with this
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Re: what can a preposition phrase be?, help pls

by crackgmat007 » Sat Oct 31, 2009 12:13 pm
duongthang wrote:pls, explain

why E is wrong

what grammatical funtion preposition phrase "with..." in E is

pls, help with this
2 errors in E.

Japan's population vs population of Japan - population of Japan is correct

With - with means that population is with something...
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why E is wrong, help, pls, Stacey,Ron,Stuart.

by tanviet » Sun Nov 01, 2009 11:03 pm
Pls, explain, why E is wrong
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Re: why E is wrong, help, pls, Stacey,Ron,Stuart.

by Stuart@KaplanGMAT » Mon Nov 02, 2009 8:50 pm
duongthang wrote:Pls, explain, why E is wrong
E is idiomatically incorrect.

We can say "a projected decline of".

We can also say "is projected to decline by".

However, we can't say "a projected decline at".
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by Testluv » Mon Nov 02, 2009 9:14 pm
Quick way to the right answer: In comparison problems, the right answer often has the phrase "that of" or "those of" in it. Only one choice has that phrase, so this could have been the first choice we evaluated.
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by uptowngirl92 » Fri Nov 06, 2009 5:27 pm
@testluv:that is why i chose C and E :shock:
But i got it E is wrong..unidiomatic:)
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by Testluv » Fri Nov 06, 2009 5:46 pm
uptowngirl92 wrote:@testluv:that is why i chose C and E :shock:
But i got it E is wrong..unidiomatic:)
Ahh, I didn't see that in choice E. But at least this is a quick way to see which choices you will check first.
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