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by wawatan » Wed May 21, 2008 8:06 pm
167. Britain's economic growth was slower in the mid-1970's and its decline much more rapid in the subsequent recession than the United States.
A. Britain's economic growth was slower in the mid-1970's and its decline much more rapid in the subsequent recession than the United States.
B. The economic growth of Britain was slower in the mid-1970's and it declined much more rapidly in the subsequent recession than the United States did.
C. Britain's economy, which grew more slowly in the mid-1970's, also had declined much more rapidly in the subsequent recession than the United States did.
D. The economy of Britain grew more slowly in the mid-1970's and declined much more rapidly in the subsequent recession than did the economy of the United States.
E. Britain's economy grew more slowly in the mid-1970's and its decline was much more rapid during the subsequent recession than the economy of the United States.


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by Schrute Beets » Wed May 21, 2008 8:16 pm
I think that the answer is D because it is the only answer choice that does not does not use a pronoun without a clear antecedent or misuse a verb tense.
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by wawatan » Wed May 21, 2008 8:18 pm
you are correct!
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by mmslf75 » Tue Aug 25, 2009 3:32 am
Cant ITS refer to BRITAIN's ECONOMY ???
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by umaa » Tue Aug 25, 2009 5:47 am
mmslf75 wrote:Cant ITS refer to BRITAIN's ECONOMY ???
Yes, you can. But answer E is wrong for some other reasons. "and its decline" is ambiguous.
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by rookiez » Tue Aug 25, 2009 6:23 am
D

E is WRONG because the economy of US is a noun phrase and here actions are compared ... Econmoy grew is required
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by aakaps » Tue Aug 25, 2009 7:28 am
Is economy of Britain same as Britain's economic growth? Doesnt the subject and subsequently the meaning change in D? :?:
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by LifetimesofSC » Tue Aug 25, 2009 8:04 am
D

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by riteshbindal » Tue Aug 25, 2009 8:16 am
D for sure!
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by [email protected] » Thu Dec 22, 2011 11:40 pm
Final solution at one place:

Important: The purpose of this post (and all the other posts by me) is to give a complete solution to all GMAT-Prep Verbal questions at one place. Sometimes students have to wade through dozens of posts to get to the final answer. My posts will give one complete and crisp solution required to arrive at the correct answer by eliminating the wrong one. Some of the content in these posts may have been taken from various other sources (discussion forums).

Britain's economic growth was slower in the mid-1970's and its decline much more rapid in the subsequent recession than the United States.
(A) Britain's economic growth was slower in the mid-1970's and its decline much more rapid in the subsequent recession than the United States.
(B) The economic growth of Britain was slower in the mid-1970's and it declined much more rapidly in the subsequent recession than the United States did.
(C) Britain's economy, which grew more slowly in the mid-1970's, also had declined much more rapidly in the subsequent recession than the United States did.
(D) The economy of Britain grew more slowly in the mid-1970's and declined much more rapidly in the subsequent recession than did the economy of the United States.
(E) Britain's economy grew more slowly in the mid-1970's and its decline was much more rapid during the subsequent recession than the economy of the United States.


A. Wrong comparison: Britain's economic growth has been compared with the United States
B. Wrong comparison: Britain's economic growth has been compared with the United States
C. Wrong comparison: Britain's economic growth has been compared with the United States
D. CORRECT
E. Not parallel ... 'grew' is not parallel to 'its decline'.
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by zaarathelab » Mon Dec 26, 2011 7:40 am
wawatan wrote: E. Britain's economy grew more slowly in the mid-1970's and its decline was much more rapid during the subsequent recession than the economy of the United States.
ITS refers to britain when it should refer to economy
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