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Obesity is more common among American teenagers now than Updated on: 25 Sep 2013, 09:44
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Obesity is more common among American teenagers now than ever before.

than
than it was
than has been
compared with
in terms of

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IMO A.

'now' than 'before' looks okay.
B is wordy and other choices are not justified.
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IMO A,
The rest of answer choices are too wordy, and plus A looks perfectly OK.
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...now than ever before is correct usage.
A is the answer IMO
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Obesity is more common among American teenagers now than 04 Nov 2009, 12:54
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Putting it was does not make the sentence parallel at all.
Look:
Obesity is more common among American teenagers now than ever before.
is more common is not parallel to it was at all.
Plus, though grammatically using it was might be correct, but when u have correct shorter option, it does not make any sense to use the wordy choice, GMAT hates that.
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Obesity is more common among American teenagers now than ever before.

A. than
B. than it was
C. than has been
D. compared with
E. in terms of

I think the answer should be B
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IMO
"it was ever before" is not correct in terms of verb tense. EVER BEFORE requires HAS BEEN
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Obesity is more common among American teenagers now than ever before.

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mikemcgarry,

Could you please provide your comments on this. what is wrong with option B

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Can any expert help on why B is incorrect except being wordy?

'Obesity is' and 'it was' seems to parallel
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While choice B seems grammatically correct, choice A employs the function of ellipsis. Through ellipsis, the words "it is" is not explicitly written in the second half of the comparison but is intended and omitting these two words does not change the intended meaning of the sentence.
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