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Newly-released data published by City Hall reveals that in 2012 the rate of knife crime was estimated at 9.7 per 200,000 inhabitants, 2.7% fewer as the 2011 rate.
A. 2.7% fewer as the 2011 rate.
B. 2.7% less than 2011.
C. a 2.7% decrease when compared with the rate in 2011.
D. 2.7% what it was in 2011.
E. 2.7% the rate in 2011.
A. 2.7% fewer as the 2011 rate.
B. 2.7% less than 2011.
C. a 2.7% decrease when compared with the rate in 2011.
D. 2.7% what it was in 2011.
E. 2.7% the rate in 2011.
30 Jul 2017, 05:05
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Though this choice may sound a bit wordy, it correctly compares the 2010 rate to the 2009 rate and correctly modifies the preceding clause. Sometimes on the GMAT, shorter is not always better!
If you chose (A), “fewer as” is an incorrect idiom. “Fewer” is a countable modifier. For example, we might say, “fewer hats” but not “fewer rates”. We can also say that the 2012 rate was higher/greater or lower/less than the 2011 rate.
If you chose (B), we’re comparing the 2012 rate to the 2011 rate. This choice compares the 2012 rate to the year 2011.
If you chose (D), “what it was” is ambiguous. It’s unclear what “it” refers to, and the overall the verbiage is clumsy. This choice also makes it sound like the 2012 rate was 2.7% of the 2011 rate.
If you chose (E), this choice has no obvious grammatical error, but it changes the meaning. The intended meaning is that the 2012 rate of crime was 2.7% less than the 2011 rate. This choice makes it sound like the 2012 rate was 2.7% of the 2011 rate.
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Though this choice may sound a bit wordy, it correctly compares the 2010 rate to the 2009 rate and correctly modifies the preceding clause. Sometimes on the GMAT, shorter is not always better!
If you chose (A), “fewer as” is an incorrect idiom. “Fewer” is a countable modifier. For example, we might say, “fewer hats” but not “fewer rates”. We can also say that the 2012 rate was higher/greater or lower/less than the 2011 rate.
If you chose (B), we’re comparing the 2012 rate to the 2011 rate. This choice compares the 2012 rate to the year 2011.
If you chose (D), “what it was” is ambiguous. It’s unclear what “it” refers to, and the overall the verbiage is clumsy. This choice also makes it sound like the 2012 rate was 2.7% of the 2011 rate.
If you chose (E), this choice has no obvious grammatical error, but it changes the meaning. The intended meaning is that the 2012 rate of crime was 2.7% less than the 2011 rate. This choice makes it sound like the 2012 rate was 2.7% of the 2011 rate.
https://www.gmatpracticequestions.com/gm ... tice-test/
30 Jul 2017, 07:46
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Newly-released data published by City Hall reveals that in 2012 the rate of knife crime was estimated at 9.7 per 200,000 inhabitants, 2.7% fewer as the 2011 rate.
A. 2.7% fewer as the 2011 rate.
B. 2.7% less than 2011.
C. a 2.7% decrease when compared with the rate in 2011.
D. 2.7% what it was in 2011.
E. 2.7% the rate in 2011.
A. 2.7% fewer as the 2011 rate.
B. 2.7% less than 2011.
C. a 2.7% decrease when compared with the rate in 2011.
D. 2.7% what it was in 2011.
E. 2.7% the rate in 2011.
