vinay1983 wrote:The PETA reports that more than 90% of the US population consumes meat, significantly more than earlier decades

1. earlier decades
2. earlier decades did
3. it did in earlier decades
4. in earlier decades
5. that of earlier decades

I'm happy to help. What's the source of this question?

(A) is disaster --- did people consume earlier decades?? This must be incorrect.

(B) "earlier decades" is not properly the actor here ---- decades don't literally "eat". This must be incorrect.

(C) classical pronoun mistake --- who is "it"???? Thus must be incorrect. See: https://magoosh.com/gmat/2013/gmat-pronoun-traps/
Very subtle point --- "population" is an "it", but "90% of a population" is a "they/them". For related issues, see:
https://magoosh.com/gmat/2013/gmat-sente ... ve-idioms/

(D) this could work: no obvious flaw

(E) similar pronoun problem --- the pronoun "that" refers to what antecedent?? This must be incorrect.

I would agree with Java_85 on the OA, not because it's a stellar choice, but only because the other four are clearly wrong.

Does this make sense?
Mike