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07 Oct 2014, 07:36
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A decade after initiating the nation's most comprehensive and aggressive antismoking program, per capita consumption of cigarettes in California declined from over 125 packs annually per person to about 60, a drop more than twice as great as in the nation as a whole.
Lets break the sentence:
Phrase 1: A decade after initiating the nation's most comprehensive and aggressive antismoking program
Clause 1: per capita consumption of cigarettes in California declined from over 125 packs annually per person to about 60, - Per capita consumption is subject and no verb, Notice that decline is verb-ed modifier instead of a verb. A, B and C are out due to this reason. Moreover per capita consumtion did not initiated the program . So this sentence has modifier error as well.
Phrase 2 : a drop more than twice as great as in the nation as a whole
a drop..... is noun + noun modifier and can modify any entity
Per capita and per person are same and are redundant if used in same sentence to convey same thing
A. per capita consumption of cigarettes in California declined from over 125 packs annually per person to about 60, a drop more than twice as great as
B. annual per capita consumption of cigarettes in California declined from over 125 packs to about 60, more than twice as great as that
C. California's annual per capita consumption of cigarettes declined from over 125 packs per person to about 60, more than twice as great as the drop
D. California has seen per capita consumption of cigarettes decline from over 125 packs annually to about 60, a drop more than twice as great as that - Correct Choice
E. California has seen annual per capita consumption of cigarettes decline from over 125 packs per person to about 60, more than twice as great as that
Lets break the sentence:
Phrase 1: A decade after initiating the nation's most comprehensive and aggressive antismoking program
Clause 1: per capita consumption of cigarettes in California declined from over 125 packs annually per person to about 60, - Per capita consumption is subject and no verb, Notice that decline is verb-ed modifier instead of a verb. A, B and C are out due to this reason. Moreover per capita consumtion did not initiated the program . So this sentence has modifier error as well.
Phrase 2 : a drop more than twice as great as in the nation as a whole
a drop..... is noun + noun modifier and can modify any entity
Per capita and per person are same and are redundant if used in same sentence to convey same thing
A. per capita consumption of cigarettes in California declined from over 125 packs annually per person to about 60, a drop more than twice as great as
B. annual per capita consumption of cigarettes in California declined from over 125 packs to about 60, more than twice as great as that
C. California's annual per capita consumption of cigarettes declined from over 125 packs per person to about 60, more than twice as great as the drop
D. California has seen per capita consumption of cigarettes decline from over 125 packs annually to about 60, a drop more than twice as great as that - Correct Choice
E. California has seen annual per capita consumption of cigarettes decline from over 125 packs per person to about 60, more than twice as great as that
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A,B,C sound as if per capita consumption has put decade long efforts- non sensical.
E per capita- per person redundant.
Only D is good
E per capita- per person redundant.
Only D is good
07 May 2016, 13:38
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Hello,
is "decline" in choice D a verb or a noun ?
if it is a verb, then the I interpret the sentence structure as: California(Subject) has seen(verb) per capita consumption of cigarettes(subject/object ?
) decline(verb) . I thought such type of sentence structures are considered wrong on GMAT. Would really appreciate if any expert could help me on this. Thanks a lot !
Devansh
