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Small cars

by GmatKiss » Wed Aug 24, 2011 12:10 am
Today's technology allows manufacturers to make small cars more fuel-efficient now than at anytime 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


OA:[spoiler] C why is D in-correct?[/spoiler]
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by Calvin123 » Wed Aug 24, 2011 1:31 am
GmatKiss wrote:Today's technology allows manufacturers to make small cars more fuel-efficient now than at anytime 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


OA:[spoiler] C why is D in-correct?[/spoiler]
Dont you think 'their' is ambigous in D!

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by arashyazdiha » Wed Aug 24, 2011 10:22 am
I think D is saying that more cars are being produced, but the main sentence and C are focusing on producing cars that are more fuel efficient

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by GmatKiss » Wed Aug 24, 2011 10:42 am
thanks Calvin and arashyazdiha :)

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