The financial crash of October 1987 demonstrated that the world’s

What if there was an option "integrated more closely than ever before and that."

would this be the answer instead of D ?

I feel like for comparison "integrated more closely than" is better than "more closely integrated than"

The financial crash of October 1987 demonstrated that the world’s capital markets are integrated more closely than never before and events in one part of the global village may be transmitted to the rest of the village—almost instantaneously.

(B) closely integrated more than ever before so
(D) more closely integrated than ever before and that

Hello Dmitry, DmitryFarber

In above question, as per your explanation option B conveys that - the markets are integrated MORE FREQUENTLY than they were integrated before.
In option D, MORE is placed in-front of CLOSELY INTEGRATED and option D conveys that - the degree to which the markets are closely integrated has gone up markedly.

I saw another OG question on similar comparison but different interpretation. Question link is https://gmatclub.com/forum/today-s-tech ... 18295.html

Today's technology allows manufacturers to make small cars more fuel-efficient now than at any time in their production history.

A.small cars more fuel-efficient now than at any time in their
B.small cars that are more fuel-efficient than they were at any time in their
C.small cars that are more fuel-efficient than those at any other time in
D.more fuel-efficient small cars than those at any other time in their
E.more fuel-efficient small cars now than at any time in

In this question, in option D, MORE is placed in-front of FUEL-Efficient, but this option conveys that manufacturers are making a GREAT NUMBER of fuel efficient cars, and not cars that are more fuel efficient.

Could you please help me understand why in one question MORE is referring to Degree but in another it is referring to NUMBER instead of degree of fuel efficiency.

The financial crash of October 1987 demonstrated that the world’s capital markets are integrated more closely than never before and events in one part of the global village may be transmitted to the rest of the village—almost instantaneously.

(A) integrated more closely than never before and X
(B) closely integrated more than ever before so X
(C) more closely integrated as never before while X
(D) more closely integrated than ever before and that CORRECT
(E) more than ever before closely integrated as X

The financial crash of October 1987 demonstrated
that the world’s capital markets are more closely integrated than ever before and
that events in one part of the global village may be transmitted to the rest of the village—almost instantaneously

Idiom:
1. that X and that Y
2. closely = adverb modify verb = integrated
Option D is the correct choice

I have the same issue that some people have already mentioned. yes the position of more changes the meaning but it makes sense regardless. I just felt the other factor was much more dominant. D states the two elements as different components whereas E had a cause effect relationship.

can someone confirm if the placement of more in B just changes the meaning or does it make it completely incorrect.

"more than ... closely integrated" is unidiomatic.

The correct form is "more [ADJ/ADV" than". You can't put "than" before the adjective/adverb.





E can be eliminated on the basis above. ("More [ADJ/ADV] than..." is an idiomatic form that you surely know if you're proficient in English.)





It doesn't follow the proper idiomatic form.

Moreover, if you're going to infer a cause/effect relationship, B gets it backwards. The only reasonable cause/effect rl goes in the opposite direction.
Capital markets respond to "events" (e.g., natural disasters, political incidents, etc)—not the other way around.

I rejected B, C, and E because they fail to maintain appropriate parallelism. Is this approach correct?

Narenn

Actually, those versions are all OK in terms of parallelism. They are all flawed because of other construction issues and because of meaning issues, as discussed in posts above.

How do I know that we want to report facts and not provide a reason?

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