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by abhijitpatil1975 » Sun Nov 11, 2007 5:55 pm
I will go with the option "D".

Comma in front of E rules out the option. In A and B options, we have the semicolon, which implies that the statement should stand on its own, which I feel doesnt. In C I see the problem of tense.

So I will go with D as this has "compared with" and sounds right in this case.
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by nikechap » Mon Nov 12, 2007 6:04 am
i think of it as B...

watz the OA??
July 21- thtz the day...
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by raulverde » Mon Nov 12, 2007 7:15 am
B C D are all very close.

Both C and D sound a little odd.

I will go with B.
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by raulverde » Mon Nov 12, 2007 7:27 am
RJRi,

please post the OA please
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by ranji » Mon Nov 12, 2007 8:00 am
Folks who chose B..why do we need a 'had' in the sentence?
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by raulverde » Mon Nov 12, 2007 8:04 am
Ranji,

I went with my ear on this one.
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by Danielle » Mon Nov 12, 2007 11:57 am
It's B. You need 'had' because the expression 'had grown' is proper in the sentence. 'Had grown' indicates that the statistic grew over time, whereas any other form of the verb would indicate that it just suddenly was different. When you say "by [date]", you have to use that verb form.
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by ranji » Thu Nov 15, 2007 11:33 am
thanks Danielle..

I assume that option D gives a meaning that it changed suddenly instead of over a time period and hence wrong. Gramatically it seems to be correct. [usage of 'compared with']
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by Danielle » Thu Nov 15, 2007 11:42 am
Certainly. The grammar is okay, but it does change the meaning of the sentence by obscuring that the main verb action happened over time.
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