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Gone are the sharp ages and jutting planes of styles from former eras; instead designers from everything from cars to computer monitors have adopted a corner less style of smooth style of smooth surfaces and curves that is  more ergonomic, conforming to the shape of the body rather than flaunting shape  for its own sake.

(A) More ergonomic, conforming to the shape of the body rather than flaunting shape

(B) More ergonomic, conformed to the bodyâ€™s shape and not to flaunting shape

(C) Ergonomic, conforming more to the shape of the body than flaunting shape

(D) Ergonomic, more conformed to the shape of the body and not to shape flaunted

(E) Ergonomic, conforming more to the bodyâ€™s shape rather than shape flaunted

FN · Answer

I say C sounds best...

I think C is more concise than A...

FN · Answer

actually reading the sentence again...i begin to wonder what is flaunted..its the shape..for ...shapes sake...

C gets that wrong..

E is best..

haas_mba07 · Answer

(A)  More ergonomic , conforming to the shape of the body rather than flaunting shape
Misplaced More... emphasis is on the "conforming" than the ergonomics.

(B) More ergonomic,  conformed  to the bodyâ€™s shape and not to flaunting shape
Incorrect tense.

 (C) Ergonomic, conforming more to the shape of the body than flaunting shape 

(D) Ergonomic,  more conformed  to the shape of the body and not to shape flaunted
Tense Problem.

(E) Ergonomic, conforming more to the bodyâ€™s shape rather than  shape flaunted for its 
Possesive "its" pronoun is for the body or shape?
Unclear referent.

haas_mba07 · Answer

Dont you think the possesive pronoun reference "its" is unclear?

 It looks like "its" refers to the body, but note that there is no noun to refer back to. There is a "body's shape" but no body.

FN · Answer

exactly...its the shape that is flaunted..not body..C gets that wrong..

trivikram · Answer

In option E I dont think  more....rather than   construct is necessary

Option C has  more....than  ..should be enough

mahesh004 · Answer

A ruled out...I think we dont need to say more ergonomic. It's not compared against something which is ergonomic.

E is ruled out for 'more x rathar than y' and 'shape flauted' is awkward.

C makes sense.

uvs_mba · Answer

C is not right here. The answer is A.

This is a GMATPREP question. I don't have a very good explaination for this. I hope one of the SC experts here can comment on why A is correct.

Juaz · Answer

Going with A here.
In E, "shape flaunted" sounds little awkward.

tennis1ball · Answer

I also choose C. Can posters entitle it as "GMATPrep question" if it is from GMATprep? :evil:

uvs_mba · Answer

Tennis ball, I just had this question in my GMATPrep, I can't post the attachment from my desktop so I went searching for it on the forum and luckily Swagatlakshmi had her thread, so i just brought it up. Take my word it is a GMATPrep Q :-D

And i just double checked it, that A on the screen laughs at my face=(

And i just double checked it, that A on the screen laughs at my face=(

keeeeeekse · Answer

i eliminated C,D,and E right away because we are comparing things, the old styles and the new styles. Therefore we need 'more ergonomic', between A and B is the parallelism that decides it

conforming...flaunting

kevincan · Answer

The orginal is correct and clear: gerund RATHER THAN gerund is used to illustrate what is meant by 'more ergonomic'. In (C), conforming more to (NOUN) than to (NOUN) should be used- (B) and (D) are out because of unidiomatic 'comformedÂ´. (E) is awkward and should not include RATHER

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