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In 1990’s

by deepamohn » Fri Dec 05, 2008 11:32 am
In 1990’s, there are more babies born by women over thirty years old than under it.


(A) than under it
(B) than were they under it
(C) than had been under it
(D) than were the babies
(E) than those were under it


OA A
Why not [spoiler] E ? [/spoiler]
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Re: In 1990’s

by iamcste » Fri Dec 05, 2008 12:52 pm
deepamohn wrote:In 1990’s, there are more babies born by women over thirty years old than under it.


(A) than under it
(B) than were they under it
(C) than had been under it
(D) than were the babies
(E) than those were under it


OA A
Why not [spoiler] E ? [/spoiler]


Ha haa haa...


Now check options

In, E -"those " can refer to babies as well as the women...

So does B

C-Past perfect is not reqd, constrn awkward

D-Illogical

Note: There is , are --filpped questions


Althôugh A is the OA, Pls let me source of qtn
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by deepamohn » Fri Dec 05, 2008 7:38 pm
Thx. This question is from 1000SC.

https://thousandsc.blocked/2006/04/qn359.html
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Re: In 1990’s

by logitech » Fri Dec 05, 2008 7:44 pm
In 1990’s, there are more babies born by women over thirty years old than babies born by women under thirty years.


(A) than under it

I hope you can understand why (A) is correct now. By the way I think the THOSE in E clearly refers to babies, but the construction was awkward.

In 1990’s, there are more babies born by women over thirty years old than those born by women under thirty years.
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by ronniecoleman » Sat Dec 06, 2008 5:46 am
how badly the 1000 SC source can be... this question clearly shows...

Kudos to above people...who are still justifying the answers :D
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by tisrar02 » Thu Jan 24, 2013 12:50 pm
ronniecoleman wrote:how badly the 1000 SC source can be... this question clearly shows...

Kudos to above people...who are still justifying the answers :D
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by Tommy Wallach » Thu Jan 24, 2013 8:52 pm
Hey All,

Just to be sure an expert has weighed in on this.

This is a ridiculous question in every way. You don't say "In 1990's," you say "In the 1990's." And if you said that, you'd need a past tense verb, if this question was written after the 1990's, or a present perfect verb, if it was written during the 1990's (or a future tense verb, if it was written BEFORE the 1990's! those years are OVER). But the present tense verb "are"? Totally crazy wrong.

Ignore this question. Run for the hills. Screaming!

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