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The modern rise of mobile, social, and location-based technologies has allowed humans to become more tech-savvy now than at any time in their history.
(A) more tech-savvy now than at any time in their
(B) more tech-savvy than they were at any time in their
(C) more tech-savvy than those at any other time in
(D) more tech-savvy than those at any other time in their
(E) more tech-savvy now than at any time in

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Re: The modern rise of mobile, social, and location-based [#permalink] New post   04 Feb 2013, 14:26
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The modern rise of mobile, social, and location-based technologies has allowed humans to become more tech-savvy now than at any time in their history.

(A) more tech-savvy now than at any time in their

(B) more tech-savvy than they were at any time in their

(C) more tech-savvy than those at any other time in

(D) more tech-savvy than those at any other time in their

(E) more tech-savvy now than at any time in
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Re: The modern rise of mobile, social, and location-based [#permalink] New post   12 Feb 2014, 16:05
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This question is difficult because you have to select a right answer by meaning not by grammars only.

The modern rise of mobile, social, and location-based technologies has allowed humans to become more tech-savvy now than at any time in their history.

(A) more tech-savvy now than at any time in their
Wrong. Correct grammar but wrong meaning. A compares SAME object in different time frames. A seems to convey a meaning that technology has made people now more tech-savvy than themselves in the past. It's totally wrong. The intended meaning is that people now are more tech-savvy than people in the past (different objects).

(B) more tech-savvy than they were at any time in their
Wrong. Same problem as in A. B compares SAME object but in different time frames. It's not intended meaning. See explanation above.

(C) more tech-savvy than those at any other time in
Correct. C compares two DIFFERENT objects - people now and people in the past.

(D) more tech-savvy than those at any other time in their
Wrong. The main problem is "their". D seems to convey an idea that group A (now) is more tech-savvy than group B at anytime in group B's history. Wrong meaning. The intended meaning is "human's history in general".

(E) more tech-savvy now than at any time in
Wrong. Same problem as in A an B. E has correct grammar but wrong meaning. E compares SAME object in different time frames. It's not intended meaning.

Hope it clears your doubt.
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Re: The modern rise of mobile, social, and location-based [#permalink] New post   19 Nov 2012, 06:49
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The modern rise of mobile, social, and location-based technologies has allowed humans to become more tech-savvy now than at any time in their history.
(A) more tech-savvy now than at any time in their
(B) more tech-savvy than they were at any time in their
(C) more tech-savvy than those at any other time in
(D) more tech-savvy than those at any other time in their
(E) more tech-savvy now than at any time in

apples & oranges question
Please explain the answer choices...


I selected E

More X than Y
more .... now (time) than any time in history
more tech-savvy now than at any time in
their is not needed i guess

Correct me if i'm wrong...

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Re: The modern rise of mobile, social, and location-based [#permalink] New post   19 Nov 2012, 21:04
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The answer is C. E is the trap answer we are trying to make the comparison between humans and those humans at other times.
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Re: The modern rise of mobile, social, and location-based [#permalink] New post   19 Nov 2012, 22:38
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nelz007 wrote:
The modern rise of mobile, social, and location-based technologies has allowed humans to become more tech-savvy now than at any time in their history.
(A) more tech-savvy now than at any time in their
(B) more tech-savvy than they were at any time in their
(C) more tech-savvy than those at any other time in
(D) more tech-savvy than those at any other time in their
(E) more tech-savvy now than at any time in

apples & oranges question
Please explain the answer choices...


The logic of the sentence states, "because of the modern rise of technologies, humans have become more tech savy....just think, who has become more tech savy. Is it humans or time. As per some options, the comparison is being made between humans and time which is ridiculous. It should be humans. than those at there is a split between other time and any time. If its any time, then it includes the current time as well at which the humans have more become tech savy. So it CAN illogically compare humans who are tech savy to humans who are tech savy. So it should be OTHER time in history. other time in history.
Moreover it can't be their history. It illogically suggests that humans' age is thousands and thousands of years.
I hope you understand my point.
The best answer as well as the correct one is C.
Hope that helps.
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Re: The modern rise of mobile, social, and location-based [#permalink] New post   19 Nov 2012, 22:53
nelz007 wrote:
The answer is C. E is the trap answer we are trying to make the comparison between humans and those humans at other times.

Thanks nelz007 for correcting me

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nelz007 wrote:
The modern rise of mobile, social, and location-based technologies has allowed humans to become more tech-savvy now than at any time in their history.
(A) more tech-savvy now than at any time in their
(B) more tech-savvy than they were at any time in their
(C) more tech-savvy than those at any other time in
(D) more tech-savvy than those at any other time in their
(E) more tech-savvy now than at any time in

apples & oranges question
Please explain the answer choices...


The logic of the sentence states, "because of the modern rise of technologies, humans have become more tech savy....just think, who has become more tech savy. Is it humans or time. As per some options, the comparison is being made between humans and time which is ridiculous. It should be humans. than those at there is a split between other time and any time. If its any time, then it includes the current time as well at which the humans have more become tech savy. So it CAN illogically compare humans who are tech savy to humans who are tech savy. So it should be OTHER time in history. other time in history.
Moreover it can't be their history. It illogically suggests that humans' age is thousands and thousands of years.
I hope you understand my point.
The best answer as well as the correct one is C.
Hope that helps.


Whats wrong with D?
D) more tech-savvy than those at any other time in their

their refers to humans?
Why not we go with D?
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Re: The modern rise of mobile, social, and location-based [#permalink] New post   19 Nov 2012, 22:59
shanmugamgsn wrote:
nelz007 wrote:
The answer is C. E is the trap answer we are trying to make the comparison between humans and those humans at other times.

Thanks nelz007 for correcting me

Marcab wrote:
nelz007 wrote:
The modern rise of mobile, social, and location-based technologies has allowed humans to become more tech-savvy now than at any time in their history.
(A) more tech-savvy now than at any time in their
(B) more tech-savvy than they were at any time in their
(C) more tech-savvy than those at any other time in
(D) more tech-savvy than those at any other time in their
(E) more tech-savvy now than at any time in

apples & oranges question
Please explain the answer choices...


The logic of the sentence states, "because of the modern rise of technologies, humans have become more tech savy....just think, who has become more tech savy. Is it humans or time. As per some options, the comparison is being made between humans and time which is ridiculous. It should be humans. than those at there is a split between other time and any time. If its any time, then it includes the current time as well at which the humans have more become tech savy. So it CAN illogically compare humans who are tech savy to humans who are tech savy. So it should be OTHER time in history. other time in history.
Moreover it can't be their history. It illogically suggests that humans' age is thousands and thousands of years.
I hope you understand my point.
The best answer as well as the correct one is C.
Hope that helps.


Whats wrong with D?
D) more tech-savvy than those at any other time in their

their refers to humans?
Why not we go with D?


Because it talks about "their history".
Suppose you are a human, in fact you are, but consider yourself in the case. Now if I say that you have become more tech savy now because of bla bla.... than yourself in your history, then it illogically implies that you have been living for ages and have seen the advancement in all the technologies.
hope you understand, what I am trying to convey.
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Re: The modern rise of mobile, social, and location-based [#permalink] New post   20 Nov 2012, 00:17
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Because it talks about "their history".
Suppose you are a human, in fact you are, but consider yourself in the case. Now if I say that you have become more tech savy now because of bla bla.... than yourself in your history, then it illogically implies that you have been living for ages and have seen the advancement in all the technologies.
hope you understand, what I am trying to convey.


Ya...
You mean to say we need not be too specific here...
Already context is based on humans so history should also relate to their history only...
So we need not specify "their history" again !!!
Am i right ????

As usual choices between C and D are completely context driven?
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Re: The modern rise of mobile, social, and location-based [#permalink] New post   Updated on: 20 Nov 2012, 00:33
shanmugamgsn wrote:

Ya...
You mean to say we need not be too specific here...
Already context is based on humans so history should also relate to their history only...
So we need not specify "their history" again !!!
Am i right ????

As usual choices between C and D are completely context driven?


Just to keep it simple "their" in this sentence is ambiguous structurally it is referring to time (preceding noun) but meaning wise we want to compare humans.

Originally posted by nelz007 on 20 Nov 2012, 00:27.
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Re: The modern rise of mobile, social, and location-based [#permalink] New post   20 Nov 2012, 00:30
shanmugamgsn wrote:
Marcab wrote:
Because it talks about "their history".
Suppose you are a human, in fact you are, but consider yourself in the case. Now if I say that you have become more tech savy now because of bla bla.... than yourself in your history, then it illogically implies that you have been living for ages and have seen the advancement in all the technologies.
hope you understand, what I am trying to convey.


Ya...
You mean to say we need not be too specific here...
Already context is based on humans so history should also relate to their history only...
So we need not specify "their history" again !!!
Am i right ????

As usual choices between C and D are completely context driven?

The point is not redundancy here.
"Their history" illogically implies "history of an individual belonging to the humans' ".
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Re: The modern rise of mobile, social, and location-based [#permalink] New post   04 Feb 2013, 16:09
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All options but C and D compare two different things and not the same.

C instead compares humans with those in others era

D is too long.

C seems the best
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The modern rise of mobile, social, and location-based technologies has allowed humans to become more tech-savvy now than at any time in their history.

(A) more tech-savvy now than at any time in their. incorrect comparison terms
(B) more tech-savvy than they were at any time in theirIncorrect comparison terms
(C) more tech-savvy than those at any other time inIt correctly compares humans before to those at any other time in their history
(D) more tech-savvy than those at any other time in their. Use of their restrict the whole human history to a specific part of it. Sentence is comparing tech savy in presence of technology to those in overall history.
(E) more tech-savvy now than at any time in. Incorrect comparison terms
carcass wrote:
All options but C and D compare two different things and not the same.

C instead compares humans with those in others era

D is too long.

C seems the best

Options C and D are same except word 'their' added in D. How could D becomes too long only because of word 'their' ? I am not sure if it is the reason to eliminate D.

Here, We are comparing human beings before rise of technology to those along with presence of technology.
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Re: The modern rise of mobile, social, and location-based [#permalink] New post   28 Sep 2013, 11:39
C,
Any other is required here to emphasize that this time is different and not being included in comparison.

b/w C and D
D uses "their history" which is kind of unnecessary because we know that we are comparing history of human beings.So, C wins on concision.
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Re: The modern rise of mobile, social, and location-based [#permalink] New post   15 Oct 2013, 06:13
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Re: The modern rise of mobile, social, and location-based [#permalink] New post   28 Nov 2013, 09:57
It is a very hard question for me.
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Re: The modern rise of mobile, social, and location-based [#permalink] New post   24 Jan 2014, 15:57
Hi,
I have a doubt here.
With 'than' here between, the things that are compared must logically and structurally parallel i.e. more X than Y.
Here, tech savvy is compared with time in option (a) and with humans in option (c) and (d). Is this comparison correct..? How can tech savvy (adjective) be compared with humans (noun),, though logically more tech savvy humans now should be made parallel with the humans of the any other time in the history but isn't the part (tech savvy, adjective) after 'more' not grammatically parallel with that after 'than'..?
Please if you can elaborate on this.
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Re: The modern rise of mobile, social, and location-based [#permalink] New post   13 Feb 2014, 00:25
WHY D is wrong? why "their" in D is wrong

I think "their" is ambiguous because we do not know to what "their " refer to, "human now" or "human at any other time"

this is the reason why "their" is wrong.

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Re: The modern rise of mobile, social, and location-based [#permalink] New post   13 Feb 2014, 01:46
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WHY D is wrong? why "their" in D is wrong

I think "their" is ambiguous because we do not know to what "their " refer to, "human now" or "human at any other time"

this is the reason why "their" is wrong.

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Yes. I eliminated chocie (D) for the same reason. "Their" is just ambiguous, like you mentioned.
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