According to public health officials, in 1998 Massachusetts became the first state in which more babies were born to women over the age of thirty than under it.
A. than
B. than born
C. than they were
D. than there had been
E. than had been born
What exactly is being compared ?[/spoiler]
5-Day Free Trial
5-day free, full-access trial TTP
Available with Beat the GMAT members only code
MORE DETAILS
Babyboom
This topic has expert replies
ani781 wrote:According to public health officials, in 1998 Massachusetts became the first state in which more babies were born to women over the age of thirty than under it.
A. than
B. than born
C. than they were
D. than there had been
E. than had been born
What exactly is being compared ?[/spoiler]
In this question they are comparing women over the age of thirty to whom the babies are born with women under the age of thirty
-
vinay1983
- Legendary Member
- Posts: 643
- Joined: Wed Aug 14, 2013 4:27 am
- Thanked: 48 times
- Followed by:7 members
Age of the women. Usage of it makes this clear. Try searching for an antecedent for it. Maybe then you can appreciate the sentence.ani781 wrote:According to public health officials, in 1998 Massachusetts became the first state in which more babies were born to women over the age of thirty than under it.
A. than
B. than born
C. than they were
D. than there had been
E. than had been born
What exactly is being compared ?[/spoiler]
hope i am of some help
You can, for example never foretell what any one man will do, but you can say with precision what an average number will be up to!
-
sanjoy18
- Senior | Next Rank: 100 Posts
- Posts: 81
- Joined: Tue Jun 11, 2013 10:24 pm
- Thanked: 7 times
- Followed by:1 members
In this sentence, the word 'it' means 'the age of 30'. If we choose any other option apart from A, the meaning will distort to 'babies born / were under the age of 30', which is senseless.ani781 wrote:According to public health officials, in 1998 Massachusetts became the first state in which more babies were born to women over the age of thirty than under it.
A. than
B. than born
C. than they were
D. than there had been
E. than had been born
What exactly is being compared ?[/spoiler]
A it is.
