In celebrating Charles A. Lindberghs epic flight in the

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In celebrating Charles A. Lindbergh’s epic flight in the Spirit of St. Louis in 1927,  it is nowadays generally forgotten that Alcock and Brown made the first successful transatlantic crossing, eight years earlier and twice as fast as Lindbergh’s flight.

A. it is nowadays generally forgotten that Alcock and Brown made the first successful transatlantic crossing, eight years earlier and twice as fast as Lindbergh’s flight 
B. it is nowadays generally forgot that Alcock and Brown made the first successful transatlantic crossing, eight years earlier and twice as fast as Lindbergh’s flight 
C. we nowadays generally forget that Alcock and Brown made the first successful transatlantic crossing, eight years ahead and twice as fast as Lindbergh 
D. it has nowadays generally been forgotten that Alcock and Brown made the first successful transatlantic crossing, eight years sooner and twice as fast as Lindbergh’s flight 
E. we nowadays generally forget that Alcock and Brown made the first successful transatlantic crossing, eight years earlier than, and twice as fast as, Lindbergh

scheol79 · Answer

E.

It (A, B & D) vs We (C & E) split. (We celebrate)

C eight years ahead (x)
E eight years earlier (0)

ermks279 · Answer

Good Question

The question tests - 
1) Comparison to have a 2/3 split. Its Alcock and Brown did blah blah... earlier than Lindbergh (not Lindbergh’s flight ) . So A, B and D out.
2) In C and E, eight years ahead and twice as fast as VS eight years earlier than, and twice as fast as, -- Idiomatic

E seems to be clear winner

shekharvineet · Answer

E.
Correct use of comparision. Avoids the the phrase "it is...that" which is generally considered redundant on GMAT. Moreover, always use a comparative with "than".None of the other answer choices uses the correct form of comparison.

schumi252 · Answer

I did get the answer using POE but again, in the last part of the sentence
 
Alcock and Brown made the first successful transatlantic crossing, eight years earlier than, and twice as fast as, Lindbergh.

here, shouldnt we be comparing the action of Alcock and Brown with Lindbergh`s action?

shouldnt the ending be

eight years earlier than, and twice as fast as, Lindbergh`s  flight .

Can some one shed some light on this question?

daagh · Answer

@eight years earlier than, and twice as fast as, Alcock and Brown.

If you change it to  Lindbergh`s flight , then you are committing the error of comparing 
Alcock and Brown with  Lindbergh`s flight.

But if you say Alcock and Brown made the first successful transatlantic crossing, eight years earlier than, and twice as fast as,  Lindbergh did  - This might be more appropriate since you are now genuilnely comparing what Alcock and Brown made with what Lindbergh did or how he did.

ptm30 · Answer

In Option E, is the word "did " already implied?

rockroars · Answer

E <img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/1f642.png" class="forumSmileyItem" width="20" height="20" alt=":)" title="Smile" />

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