American Indians point out that they are not one body: they

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American Indians point out that they are not one body: they speak hundreds of different languages, and they are probably more different  from one another than people who live in various European capitals.

(A) from one another than people who live in various European capitals
(B) from one another than are people who live in the various capitals of Europe
(C) each from the others than people living in various European capitals
(D) than people who live in various capitals of Europe from each other
(E) from each other as people living in the various capitals of Europe

b14kumar · Answer

It's B.

American Indians point out that they are not one body: they speak hundreds of different languages, and they   are   probably   more    different from  one another   than     are   people who live in the various capitals of Europe.

Regards,
Brajesh

ps_dahiya · Answer

I don't see anything wrong with A. But I am not sure.
Can somebody explain?

MA · Answer

should be B.

first need different from...
second, one another is correct here.
third, the comparision is between the differences among american indians and the differences among the people who live in various European capitals.

GMATT73 · Answer

Textbook explanation.

(B) for the exact same reasons.

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Futuristic · Answer

I'll go with A, since it seems to use ellipses correctly. B is not wrong but in a noun comparision (American Indians vs people in European capitals), A is correct as well. Since A is more concise than B, I chose A.

E.g. 
I have more money than Susan
I have more money than does Susan
I have more money than Susan does

are all correct, IMO, for GMAT pick the most concise.

freetheking · Answer

OA is B.. GMAT prefer concise and simple sentece, however, in this case we need "are" to make it sense. Choice A means "American Indians point out that they are not one body: they speak hundreds of different languages, and they are probably more different from one another than from people who live in various European capitals." So it illogically changes the meaning of the sentece . :thanks

jaynayak · Answer

Will go with B.

Correct comparison.
A makes the mistake of comparing american indians and europeans.

But the comparison should be between the difference bt the american indians and the difference bt the people in european capitals.

Futuristic · Answer

You guys are the best. I really learnt from this one.

Gauss · Answer

different from is the right idiomatic expression as written in MGMAT whole each other seems to wordy i ll go then for B

u2lover · Answer

different from is correct

each other... means 2 people, which isn't true here

they are more different than are people... seems ||

B makes sense

dwivedys · Answer

B still uses ellipsis - the ellipsed word being Different.

If you read the full sentence (as it appears in B)

UNELLIPSED VERSION

American Indians point out that they are not one body: they speak hundreds of different languages, and they are probably more DIFFERENT from one another than people who live in the various capitals of Europe
are DIFFERENT

ELLIPSED VERSION 

American Indians point out that they are not one body: they speak hundreds of different languages, and they are probably more DIFFERENT from one another than are people who live in the various capitals of Europe

The trick is to understand which word it is that needs to be/ can be ellipsed - ARE is crucial to retain the comparison - the adjective DIFFERENT is UNDERSTOOD in the second Part of the comparison and hence ellipsed.

indbos · Answer

American Indians point out that they are not one body: they speak hundreds of different languages, and they are probably more different from one another than people who live in various European capitals.

(A) from one another than people who live in various European capitals
(B) from one another than are people who live in the various capitals of Europe
(C) each from the others than people living in various European capitals
(D) than people who live in various capitals of Europe from each other
(E) from each other as people living in the various capitals of Europe

I am not understanding why the option is B and not A. PLease help.

CrackverbalGMAT · Answer

American Indians point out that they are not one body: they speak hundreds of different languages, and they are probably more different  from one another than people who live in various European capitals.

(A) from one another than people who live in various European capitals  Amount of difference between American Indians is incorrectly compared to "people who live in various European capitals" - it must be compared to differences between people living in European capitals. Eliminate.

(B) from one another than are people who live in the various capitals of Europe  Correct answer. Error in (A) is corrected by the inclusion of "are" and no new errors are introduced.

(C) each from the others than people living in various European capitals  Incorrect usage of "each from the others" when talking about comparisons between many entities - the correct usage is "from one another". Eliminate.

(D) than people who live in various capitals of Europe from each other  American Indians are more different from what/whom is not specified. Incorrect usage of "from each other" when talking about comparisons between many entities (people in Europe) - the correct usage is "from one another". Eliminate.

(E) from each other as people living in the various capitals of Europe  Incorrect usage of "from each other" when talking about comparisons between many entities (American Indians) - the correct usage is "from one another". Incorrect usage of "as" when comparing differences between American Indians and Europeans - the correct word is "than". Eliminate.

Hope this helps.

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