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Laos has a land area about the same as Great Britain but only four million in population, where many are members of hill tribes ensconced in the virtually inaccessible mountain valleys of the north.

(A) about the same as Great Britain but only four million in population, where many

(B) of about the same size as Great Britain is, but in Laos there is a population of only four million, and many

(C) that is about the same size as Great Britain's land area, but in Laos with a population of only four million people, many of them

(D) comparable to the size of Great Britain, but only four million in population, and many

(E) comparable to that of Great Britain but a population of only four million people, many of whom

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Correct answer is E. I chose D, and I don't quite understand why E is better than D.

The explanation offered says "the coordinating conjunction and gives undue emphasis to the claim that many of the people in Laos live in inaccessible places." Isn't this a fact in all answers?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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A-Land area is not equal to Great Britain
B- we don’t say area of size, we say dimensions of area or measurements of area
C- area that is same size as GB’S, highly redundant.
D- but after comma needs a clause; however there are cases when ‘but’ act as although and doesn’t needs a clause
For example- Sachin has scored more than 20 K runs, an achievement that many other batsmen attempt to make, but without success.
E- Laos has land area comparable to that of GB but (has a) population of only 4 million- since but without comma doesn’t need a clause. It is fine. We can even elide the verb here.

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Shall we look at it from a different angle?
A uses a wrong relative pronoun ‘where’ to modify population – reject
B, C, D compare land area with size, rather than another area. Reject all of them in single stroke.
E is left. E compares land area to another land area with the expression ‘that of’ – right choice

Doesn't C compare land area with size of britain's LAND AREA ?

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I didn't choose E because it has the object form "whom" while it should use who instead of whom because it is has a verb so it should be in the subject form

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good point , hope someone can clarify how WHOM is correct here?

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I didn't choose E because it has the object form "whom" while it should use who instead of whom because it is has a verb so it should be in the subject form

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good point , hope someone can clarify how WHOM is correct here?

Hi raaajx, cutedevil25,

We need to use the object form whom as the object of the preposition of. More examples: for whom, from whom, in whom, etc.

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