For the last five years the Dutch economy has grown faster

Question

For the last five years the Dutch economy has grown faster than  Britain, France, or
Germany, with the unemployment rate having remained  well below that of the other three
countries.

A. Britain, France, or Germany, with the unemployment rate having remained
B. have those of Britain, France, or Germany, and the unemployment rate remaining
C. have Britain, France, and Germany, and the unemployment rate has remained
D. the economy of Britain, France, and Germany, with the unemployment rate that has remained
E. the economies of Britain, France, and Germany, and the unemployment rate has remained

giddi77 · Answer

I go with D.

E- I think is incorrect 'coz " and the employment rate " of what?

Dutch Economy is being compared with econom of each country France, Ger and Britan. E, IMHO, sounds as though Freance, Brit, and Ger have several economies!

TeHCM · Answer

E for || comparison.

Giddi, in E, its stated clearly that "the unemployment rate has remained well below that of the other three countries"

andy_gr8 · Answer

E for me.

A. Britain, France, or Germany, with the unemployment rate having remained
 Incorrect comparison  
B. have those of Britain, France, or Germany, and the unemployment rate remaining 
 has ..have 
C. have Britain, France, and Germany, and the unemployment rate has remained 
 Incorrect comparison 
D. the economy of Britain, France, and Germany, with the unemployment rate that has remained 
 Had it been economies or Britain France or Germany, i would be happier 
E. the economies of Britain, France, and Germany, and the unemployment rate has remained
 CORRECT

5elements · Answer

It's Between D and E. I will go with D.

In "E" - it appears the Dutch economy is being compared with multiple economies of each of the listed countries - does not seem right to me

In D, I must admit, the extra "that" in "....with the unemployment rate  that  has remained..." seems suspicious

GMATT73 · Answer

Britan, France, and Germany represent multiple countries, so economies should be the correct comparison.

(E)

ps_dahiya · Answer

Its E.

correct comparison of Dutch economy and economies of X, Y and Z.

gmat_crack · Answer

Will go with gang, Its E.

I think in D,   unemployment rate that has    

sounds passive to me. Can any one explain.

trublu · Answer

D is wrong because the dutch economy is being compared to france and germany.

shahnandan · Answer

my vote also for E in D, we need a plural noun "economies" and E does that just fine. hey vivek, heggidiya..yeno kaansode illa ?? :-D

vivek123 · Answer

Hi Nandan,
Chennagi iddene, bahal kelasa ide, last 8 days yenu study madalilla.
Nee heggiddiyo?

giddi77 · Answer

Yen swamy tavu kannada na? 

Now I am convinced it is E!

vivek123 · Answer

Ayyo raama, neeve kuda? :panel

OA is "E"

SunShine · Answer

E seems best 

However it changes the original meaning

vivek123 · Answer

Matt, This is "Kannad", language spoken in Karnataka State of India !

GMATT73 · Answer

Vivek, is Kannad a mutually intelligible dialect with Hindi, Urdu, or Punjabi?

vivek123 · Answer

Matt, good question

Kannad is not mutually intelligible with Hindi, Urdu or Punjabi. Kannad is totally different from these languages! By large, there is similarity (debatable

) among south Indian languages. Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam are other south Indian languages. I appreciate your curiosity :-D, actually there are around 50 languages spoken in India & it's really interesting to know more than one language.

For the last five years the Dutch economy has grown faster

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