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by FINALCOUNTDOWN » Sat Feb 21, 2009 10:58 pm
8Today’s technology allows manufacturers to make small cars more fuel-efficient now than at any time in their production history.
(A) small cars more fuel-efficient now than at any time in their.
(B) small cars that are more fuel-efficient than they were at any time in their
(C) small cars that are more fuel-efficient than those at any other time in(D) more fuel-efficient small cars than those at any other time in their
(E) more fuel-efficient small cars now than at any time in


[spoiler]A
Kindly explain the answer..what does each choice convey.[/spoiler]
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by x2suresh » Sun Feb 22, 2009 12:14 am
FINALCOUNTDOWN wrote:8Today’s technology allows manufacturers to make small cars more fuel-efficient now than at any time in their production history.
(A) small cars more fuel-efficient now than at any time in their.
(B) small cars that are more fuel-efficient than they were at any time in their
(C) small cars that are more fuel-efficient than those at any other time in(D) more fuel-efficient small cars than those at any other time in their
(E) more fuel-efficient small cars now than at any time in


[spoiler]A
Kindly explain the answer..what does each choice convey.[/spoiler]

Option A:
Comparing small cars now and any other time..
How are you comparing.. ? fuel efficiency

Small cars " more fuel efficeincy" now than any other time

All other options: We are comparing "more fuel efficent small cars" now than "more fuel efficency cars" any other time..
This is not logical.

MFESC now than other time .. > how are we comparing?? no answer...
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by jeevan.Gk » Sun Feb 22, 2009 10:03 am
Hi.. I doubt Answer is A..

Pls recheck it.

I chose C !
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by rahulakacyrus » Sun Feb 22, 2009 10:50 am
If you guys observed there is a More A than B statement

More Fuel Efficient Now than at any time...

This is correct as we are comparing fuel efficencies in the two times NOW and in their production history!
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by FINALCOUNTDOWN » Sun Feb 22, 2009 12:01 pm
jeevan.Gk wrote:Hi.. I doubt Answer is A..

Pls recheck it.

I chose C !
you are correct C is the answer.
Sorry for the inconvenience.
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by FINALCOUNTDOWN » Sun Feb 22, 2009 12:03 pm
FINALCOUNTDOWN wrote:
jeevan.Gk wrote:Hi.. I doubt Answer is A..

Pls recheck it.

I chose C !
you are correct C is the answer.
Sorry for the inconvenience.
but why not B it also conveys the same idea with only difference of 'their'
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by jeevan.Gk » Mon Feb 23, 2009 10:19 pm
but why not B it also conveys the same idea with only difference of 'their'
If you closely interpret.
B conveys as if the same cars that were not fuel effecient before has turned out to become fuel effecient now. (Which is not true)

But in reality , cars produced now are more fuel effecient than cars which were produced long before .. This contrast is necessary to make the meaning clear. (C conveys this)

Jus interpret closely and see you will feel it.

Hope it is clear :) .. all the best.
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Re: small car

by frizo » Tue Feb 24, 2009 10:42 am
FINALCOUNTDOWN wrote:8Today’s technology allows manufacturers to make small cars more fuel-efficient now than at any time in their production history.
(A) small cars more fuel-efficient now than at any time in their.
(B) small cars that are more fuel-efficient than they were at any time in their
(C) small cars that are more fuel-efficient than those at any other time in(D) more fuel-efficient small cars than those at any other time in their
(E) more fuel-efficient small cars now than at any time in


[spoiler]A
Kindly explain the answer..what does each choice convey.[/spoiler]
TODAY and NOW are redundant. So, A and E are gone
In B, THEY signifies what. CARS or MANUFACTURERS. So, B gone
D signifies MORE CARS are manufactured. But we need CARS which are MORE fuel effiecient. D gone.
Hence, C is correct.
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Re: small car

by awesomeusername » Tue Feb 24, 2009 11:01 am
FINALCOUNTDOWN wrote:8Today’s technology allows manufacturers to make small cars more fuel-efficient now than at any time in their production history.
(A) small cars more fuel-efficient now than at any time in their.
(B) small cars that are more fuel-efficient than they were at any time in their
(C) small cars that are more fuel-efficient than those at any other time in(D) more fuel-efficient small cars than those at any other time in their
(E) more fuel-efficient small cars now than at any time in


[spoiler]A
Kindly explain the answer..what does each choice convey.[/spoiler]
I too originally chose (A). But after some dissecting, it appears that (A), (B), and (D) use the possessive pronoun "their", which has no clear antecedent. It seems to refer to "cars" rather than "manufacturers", since the noun "cars" is closer. Therefore (C) appears to be the correct answer.
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Re: small car

by x2suresh » Tue Feb 24, 2009 11:32 am
awesomeusername wrote:
FINALCOUNTDOWN wrote:8Today’s technology allows manufacturers to make small cars more fuel-efficient now than at any time in their production history.
(A) small cars more fuel-efficient now than at any time in their.
(B) small cars that are more fuel-efficient than they were at any time in their
(C) small cars that are more fuel-efficient than those at any other time in(D) more fuel-efficient small cars than those at any other time in their
(E) more fuel-efficient small cars now than at any time in


[spoiler]A
Kindly explain the answer..what does each choice convey.[/spoiler]



I too originally chose (A). But after some dissecting, it appears that (A), (B), and (D) use the possessive pronoun "their", which has no clear antecedent. It seems to refer to "cars" rather than "manufacturers", since the noun "cars" is closer. Therefore (C) appears to be the correct answer.

I don't agree with C.

small cars <that are more fuel-efficient> than those at any other time in


"more fuel-efficient " modifier restricting small cars -->


sentence is like

Small Cars type X than "those" <Small Cars type x? any other time.

What are you comparing here..?? C is ruled out.

A should be the answer.

Any other takers.
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by awesomeusername » Tue Feb 24, 2009 2:07 pm
we're comparing cars here.
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