shanks2020 wrote:
Hi
GMATGuruNYReally nice explanation!
And do you think option E has any other error, apart from concision when compared with option A and use of "what" as mentioned by GMATNINJA?
I dont think i will ever be able to see "what" in exam the way GMATNINJA has explained...
The posted version of this SC does not reflect the official version found in my copies of the Verbal Review.
In the Verbal Review 2nd edition, the 2017 Verbal Review, and the 2018 Verbal Review, option E does NOT include the usage of
what.
See the screenshot below:
Unless someone can provide a screenshot of the version posted here by the OP, do not worry about this version.
It seems unlikely that the GMAT would make us choose between options A and E.
Both answers seem viable, especially in light of the following OA in GMATPrep:
In the 1980’s the rate of increase of the minority population of the United States was nearly twice what it was in the 1970’s.
As this OA illustrates, the construction in blue is considered correct.
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