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variations in life spans

by soumyopriyosaha » Fri Jan 29, 2010 8:33 am
Aging is a property of all animals that reach a fixed size at maturity, and the variations in life spans among different species are far greater as that among individuals from the same species: a fruit fly is ancient at 40 days, a mouse at 3 years, a horse at 30, a man at 100, and some tortoises at 150.

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(B) among different species are far greater than that among individuals from
(C) among different species are far greater than those among individuals of
(D) between different species are far more than that between individuals of
(E) between different species are greater by far than is that between individuals from
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by mmon » Fri Jan 29, 2010 8:37 am
imo c correct idiom greater than and also correctly compares the variations in life spans by using "those"
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by sars72 » Fri Jan 29, 2010 8:41 am
Question has already been posted & dicussed here: https://www.beatthegmat.com/aging-t46647.html


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