In a recent poll, 86 percent of the public favored a Clean Air Act as strong or stronger than the present act. (A) a Clean Air Act as strong or stronger than (B) a Clean Air Act that is stronger, or at least so strong as, (C) at least as strong a Clean Air Act as is (D) a Clean Air Act as strong or stronger than is (E) a Clean Air Act at least as strong as

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what is the difference between A & D meaning wise
also in option C
meaning looks like people favored something at least as strong a cleaner act which is equivalent to present act

Hi saby1410,

I don't think the GMAT was trying to test meaning in those options. It's the unidiomatic as strong or stronger than structure that they want test takers to identify. The correct option is also a little shorter than the others, but again, I don't see a meaning issue here.

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In a recent poll, 86 percent of the public favored a Clean Air Act as strong or stronger than the present act.

(C) at least as strong a Clean Air Act as is

(E) a Clean Air Act at least as strong as

AjiteshArun

You explained about why D is wrong. Could you elaborate more on why C is wrong? Is it just that E sounds/looks better than C?

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