In ancient Greece and Rome, the likelihood of preservation was much hi

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In ancient Greece and Rome, the likelihood of preservation was much higher for a text considered to have great pedagogical value than  if it contained important historical information .

A. if it contained important historical information
B. if its contents were important to history
C. for one that contained important historical information
D. one containing information important to history
E. whether it contained important historical information

ArunSharma12 · Answer

Option C makes the comparison explicitly clearer. we are comparing one text to another.
The likelihood of preservation was higher -> 
 for a text..with pedagogical value than
for one that..with historical information

ArtVandaley · Answer

look for parallel entries. higher for X than for Y

Kinshook · Answer

A.  if it  contained important historical information
B.  if its  contents were important to history
C.  for one  that contained important historical information
D.  one  containing information important to history
E.  whether it  contained important historical information

Only C has correct parallelism

IMO C

khera · Answer

it's D
C IS WRONG CAUSE ONE AND THAT CANNOT BE USE TOGETHER 
IT CAUSES REDUCTANCY

ExpertsGlobal5 · Answer

Hello  khera ,

We hope this finds you well.

To provide a bit of clarity here, the correct answer is indeed C; in this case, the use of "one" alongside "that" is not redundant, as "that" serves as a preposition within a modifier phrase.

More importantly, please remember, that redundancy is not a deal-breaker on the GMAT; redundancy should only be taken into consideration if two or more answer choices are otherwise entirely error-free.

We hope this helps.
All the best!
Experts' Global Team

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