Because country music plays on more radio stations there

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Because country music plays on more radio stations there and is thus better able to capitalize on its fan base, a country music concert featuring a recognizable country group typically attracts a crowd much larger in the southern United States than it does in the Northeast.

A) featuring a recognizable country group typically attracts a crowd much larger in the southern United States than it does in
B) featuring a recognizable country group will typically attract a much larger crowd if it occurs in the southern United States instead of
C) will typically attract a crowd much larger in the southern United States than one featuring a recognizable country group in
D) that is performed in the southern United States will typically attract much larger a crowd than if it occurred featuring the same country group in
E) in the southern United States will typically attract a much larger crowd than will a concert featuring the same country group performed in

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by theCodeToGMAT » Fri Oct 11, 2013 7:55 am
Stuck between [spoiler]{B}[/spoiler] & [spoiler]{E}[/spoiler].. since "in" is missing in [spoiler]{B}[/spoiler] .. i guess it's [spoiler]{E}[/spoiler]

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by vinay1983 » Fri Oct 11, 2013 8:45 am
With a sigh i choose E. "in" makes the difference here. Aside what is wrong with A?I think it is fine!
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by theCodeToGMAT » Fri Oct 11, 2013 9:00 am
vinay1983 wrote:With a sigh i choose E. "in" makes the difference here. Aside what is wrong with A?I think it is fine!
{A} - " attracts a crowd much larger in the Southern US " seems awkward.. better construct is "attract a much larger crowd in"
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by [email protected] » Fri Oct 11, 2013 1:51 pm
Hi All,

This SC involves "2-part" Parallelism, which can sometimes be hard to spot, but follows the same rules as "3-item lists" and other forms of Parallelism: the 2 items must have the same "format."

You'll notice that all 5 answers use the phrase "in the Southern United States", so we need the phrase "in the Northeast" at the end of the sentence. Eliminate B.

Of the other rules that you could use next, I opted for the Modification/Style rule in the phrase "much larger crowd." Many of the wrong answers twist this phrase (e.g. "crowd much larger" or "much larger a crowd") and these twists are incorrect. Eliminate A, C and D.

Final Answer: E

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by rakeshd347 » Fri Oct 11, 2013 4:06 pm
OA is E guys.

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