Experts pls comment- Small businesses in the Lyriana -2

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by GmatKiss » Fri Oct 14, 2011 6:06 am
abcgmat wrote:Small businesses in the central Lyriana business district are more likely to receive pedestrian traffic than are larger businesses in the central Lyriana business district.

Could not make out what's wrong with this sentence
Please present the options :shock:

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by sam2304 » Fri Oct 14, 2011 6:08 am
X are more likely to receive Y than Z

There is no necessity for 'are' after than. Hope i am right.
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by abcgmat » Fri Oct 14, 2011 6:17 am
I got this sentence from below forum, which gives incorrect sentences.
I posted this question to know why the comparisons are wrong. Hence
The sentences are neither underlined nor have 5 options

https://www.beatthegmat.com/mba/2009/11/ ... ons-part-1

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by GmatKiss » Fri Oct 14, 2011 6:20 am
abcgmat wrote:I got this sentence from below forum, which gives incorrect sentences.
I posted this question to know why the comparisons are wrong. Hence
The sentences are neither underlined nor have 5 options

https://www.beatthegmat.com/mba/2009/11/ ... ons-part-1
Thanks for the link :)

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by aspirant2011 » Fri Oct 14, 2011 7:19 am
I agree with Sam 2304

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