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The gyrfalcon, an Arctic bird of prey, has survived a close

by BTGmoderatorAT » Sat Jan 27, 2018 7:17 am
The gyrfalcon, an Arctic bird of prey, has survived a close brush with extinction; its numbers are now five times greater than when the use of DDT was sharply restricted in the early 1970's.

(A) extinction; its numbers are now five times greater than
(B) extinction; its numbers are now five times more than
(C) extinction, their numbers now fivefold what they were
(D) extinction, now with fivefold the numbers they had
(E) extinction; its numbers are now five times greater than what they were

I am confused between A and E. Can any experts help?
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