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According to public health officials, in 1998 Massachusetts became the first state in which more babies were born to women over the age of thirty than under it.
A. than
B. than born
C. than they were
D. than there had been
E. than had been born
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Re: SC: Massachusetts [#permalink]
10 Feb 2009, 21:25
reply2spg wrote: According to public health officials, in 1998 Massachusetts became the first state in which more babies were born to women over the age of thirty than under it.
A. than
B. than born
C. than they were
D. than there had been
E. than had been born
Please explain your answers A for parallelism more babies were born to women over the age of thirty than <woman> under it (the age of thirty) All other voilates parallelism.
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10 Feb 2009, 22:02
x2suresh wrote: reply2spg wrote: According to public health officials, in 1998 Massachusetts became the first state in which more babies were born to women over the age of thirty than under it.
A. than
B. than born
C. than they were
D. than there had been
E. than had been born
Please explain your answers A for parallelism more babies were born to women over the age of thirty than <woman> under it (the age of thirty) All other voilates parallelism. Agree with A, filling in the missing words helps
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Re: SC: Massachusetts [#permalink]
11 Feb 2009, 13:26
Hi mates, IMO Ait's the only one that doesn't lead to an error. I mean, the underlined part must relate to women, therefore: B out: born is related to babies C out: wordy: what's the reference of "they"? D out: don't follow the //ism: past perfect and pasive voice E out: wordy OA and Source? Cheers
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Re: SC: Massachusetts [#permalink]
12 Feb 2009, 09:08
Another A - for parallelism
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