TargetMBA007 wrote:
Guys,
I dropped B due to the use of "More and more" which sounded wordy. It was obviously not the right choice, as B is the OA, but I wonder, if in general "more and more" is considered wordy?
GMAT SC is all about priorities, and "wordiness" should be a
very low priority as you eliminate answer choices. There are a couple of reasons for this:
1) Wordiness is a bit subjective, and you risk eliminating a correct answer that YOU think is wordy, but the GMAT thinks is fine.
2) If you focus on something squishy like wordiness, you might miss out on much more glaring issues with the grammar or meaning of the sentence.
Overall, it's best to narrow your focus to definite errors and meaning issues first, and then ONLY if all else fails do you have to consider wordiness as a reason to eliminate an answer choice. For this question, there are high-priority grammar errors in (A), (C), and (D) ("like" is incorrect in (A) and (D), "those of" is incorrect in (C)). (E) distorts the meaning of the sentence as described in
this post.
So, while "more and more" might not be a phrase that you or I would choose to put in this sentence, (B) is the only option left. At the end of the day, it doesn't matter whether "more and more" would generally be considered wordy -- it is a low-priority reason to eliminate an answer choice, and here it doesn't come into play at all.
For more on this overall approach to SC, check out
this article.
I hope that helps!
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