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by nataashaj » Thu Aug 20, 2009 10:24 am
Intended primarily to stimulate family summer travel, the new airfare, which allows
both an adult and a child to fly for the price of one ticket, and also shortens the
advance-purchase requirement for family travel to a minimum of seven days rather than
fourteen.

(A) and also shortens the advance-purchase requirement for family travel to a
minimum of seven days rather than
(B) and also lessens the advance-purchase requirement for family travel to a
seven-day minimum from
(C) also shortens the advance-purchase requirement for family travel to a minimum of
seven days rather than that of
(D) also lessens the advance-purchase requirement for family travel to a seven-day
minimum from
(E) also shortens the advance-purchase requirement for family travel to a minimum of
seven days rather than
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by pradeepsarathy » Thu Aug 20, 2009 11:56 am
IMO E-

correct idiom usage is '...seven days rather than fourteen'.Hence B and D are out.
C - Incorrectly uses 'that'.What does this 'that' refer to?

A -'....which allows both an adult....of one ticket' is a non-restrictive clause.So the correct sentence should read as '...the new airfare also shortens the...'
and not '...the new airfare and also shortens the...'

That leaves us with E.
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by Sharma_Gaurav » Thu Aug 27, 2009 1:31 pm
Here are my two cents on it.
1. "and " is not needed as the structure of argument is
#Mod Clause , subject, Non Rest Mod , also verb ....
Here subject , verb is normal and not sub also verb
hence A and B are out.

between short and less -
less is used for non countable things - like less resistance,
short / long can be used for countable things -
short height ,
short requirement - in terms of number is days which is countable.
Hence E is the correct choice and parallel too.
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by riteshbindal » Thu Aug 27, 2009 2:02 pm
I brought it down to D and E and ultimately selected D. What's the OA?
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by vani_13in » Thu Aug 27, 2009 2:25 pm
Even I was confused between D and E and chose D. Curious to know the answer
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