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by faraz_jeddah » Sat Aug 03, 2013 11:25 pm
Modern Technology allows manufacturers to make computers faster now than at any other time human's have known.

A - computers faster now than at any other time
B - computers that are faster than they were at any other time
C - computers that are faster than those at any other time
D - faster computers than those at any other time
E - faster computers now than at any other time


I chose D but its wrong.

Am I making a mistake in identifying what the sentence is implying? Is it that computers are being made at a faster rate or that the computers made now are faster ?

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by sameerballani » Sun Aug 04, 2013 11:42 am
IMO C
Whats the OA?
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by faraz_jeddah » Sun Aug 04, 2013 12:43 pm
The answer is C.

But why did you eliminate D?
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by GMATGuruNY » Sun Aug 04, 2013 3:28 pm
faraz_jeddah wrote: But why did you eliminate D?
D: Modern technology allows manufacturers to make faster computers than those at any other time.
Here, it is not crystal clear whether the referent for those is manufacturers or computers, allowing for the following interpretations:
Modern technology allows manufacturers to make faster computers than MANUFACTURERS at any other time could make computers.
Modern technology allows manufacturers to make faster computers than COMPUTERS at any other time were fast.

C: Modern Technology allows manufacturers to make computers that are faster than those at any other time.
Here, it is crystal clear that the referent for those is COMPUTERS, allowing for only one interpretation:
Modern technology allows manufacturers to make COMPUTERS that are faster than COMPUTERS at any other time were fast.
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by hemant_rajput » Mon Aug 05, 2013 5:49 am
what is wrong with A and B?
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