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Washing machines and dishwashers

by vikram4689 » Tue Feb 28, 2012 5:19 am
Washing machines and dishwashers are made for using far lesser water now than
older models and, therefore, needs less soap

A. Washing machines and dishwashers are made for using far lesser water now
than older models and, therefore, needs less soap
B. Washing machines and dishwashers are being made to use far less water now
than are the older models and, therefore, need lesser soap
C. Washing machines or dishwashers is made to use far less water now than had
been the older models and, therefore, needing less soap
D. Washing machines and dishwashers are made to use far less water now than was used by the older models and, therefore, need less soap
E. Washing machines and dishwashers are made to use far less water now than
older models and, therefore, need less soap


I know the answer D, while reading i elt parallelism is a bit awkward, can someone throw some light on STRUCTURE of sentence.
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by GmatKiss » Tue Feb 28, 2012 7:57 am
Washing machines and dishwashers are made for using far lesser water now than
older models and, therefore, needs less soap[/u]

A. Washing machines and dishwashers are made for using far lesser water now
than older models
and, therefore, needs less soap
B. Washing machines and dishwashers are being made to use far less water now
than are the older models and, therefore, need lesser soap
C. Washing machines or dishwashers is made to use far less water now than had
been
the older models and, therefore, needing less soap
D. Washing machines and dishwashers are made to use far less water now than was used by the older models and, therefore, need less soap
E. Washing machines and dishwashers are made to use far less water now than
older models and, therefore, need less soap

IMO: D, for proper comparison

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by shekhar.kataria » Tue Feb 28, 2012 12:44 pm
What is the source of the problem?

I agree D is the only grammatically correct but this is awkward construction as one part of the comparison is active while other is in passive voice..

Correct me if i am wrong.

vikram4689 wrote:Washing machines and dishwashers are made for using far lesser water now than
older models and, therefore, needs less soap

A. Washing machines and dishwashers are made for using far lesser water now
than older models and, therefore, needs less soap
B. Washing machines and dishwashers are being made to use far less water now
than are the older models and, therefore, need lesser soap
C. Washing machines or dishwashers is made to use far less water now than had
been the older models and, therefore, needing less soap
D. Washing machines and dishwashers are made to use far less water now than was used by the older models and, therefore, need less soap
E. Washing machines and dishwashers are made to use far less water now than
older models and, therefore, need less soap


I know the answer D, while reading i elt parallelism is a bit awkward, can someone throw some light on STRUCTURE of sentence.
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by vikram4689 » Wed Feb 29, 2012 12:25 am
Both are passive,
D & WM are made to use... (subject is receiving the action)
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by killer1387 » Wed Feb 29, 2012 12:53 am
D +1

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