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Sedentary activity is less effective at burning energy than [#permalink] Sedentary activity is less effective at burning energy than   Updated on: 19 Aug 2014, 20:18
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Sedentary activity is less effective at burning energy than aerobic exercise, stored in the form of fat, and thereby reducing body weight.


A)Sedentary activity is less effective at burning energy than aerobic exercise,


B)Sedentary activity is less effective at burning energy than is aerobic exercise,


C)Sedentary activity is less effective than aerobic exercise at burning energy,


D)Sedentary activity, less effective than aerobic exercise at burning energy,


E)Sedentary activity burns energy less effectively than aerobic exercise,


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Originally posted by guerrero25 on 18 Aug 2014, 08:44.
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Re: Sedentary activity is less effective at burning energy than [#permalink] Sedentary activity is less effective at burning energy than   18 Aug 2014, 09:03
i will pick C but i am wary for the non underlined (at the end) portion of this sentence

what is the source of this question?
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Re: Sedentary activity is less effective at burning energy than [#permalink] Sedentary activity is less effective at burning energy than   18 Aug 2014, 09:51
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burning energy should be in the end as the last pasrt is modifying the latter.
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Re: Sedentary activity is less effective at burning energy than [#permalink] Sedentary activity is less effective at burning energy than   18 Aug 2014, 12:14
guerrero25 wrote:
Sedentary activity is less effective at burning energy than aerobic exercise, stored in the form of fat, and thereby reducing body weight.


A)Sedentary activity is less effective at burning energy than aerobic exercise,


B)Sedentary activity is less effective at burning energy than is aerobic exercise,


C)Sedentary activity is less effective than aerobic exercise at burning energy,


D)Sedentary activity, less effective than aerobic exercise at burning energy,


E)Sedentary activity burns energy less effectively than aerobic exercise,


OA to follow


IMO C..But the interesting part is in "thereby reducing body weight". Could you please clarify what is being modified ?
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Re: Sedentary activity is less effective at burning energy than [#permalink] Sedentary activity is less effective at burning energy than   06 Sep 2020, 22:02
Sedentary activity is less effective at burning energy than aerobic exercise, stored in the form of fat, and thereby reducing body weight.


A)Sedentary activity is less effective at burning energy than aerobic exercise, Ambigous Comparison


B)Sedentary activity is less effective at burning energy than is aerobic exercise, Comparison is not correctly made


C)Sedentary activity is less effective than aerobic exercise at burning energy,Correct Choice


D)Sedentary activity, less effective than aerobic exercise at burning energy, Run on sentence


E)Sedentary activity burns energy less effectively than aerobic exercise, improper comparison between energy& exercise
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