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All over the world, 80 percent of the people use a computer, 60 percent access the internet and 40 percent are having a computer at home.
A• 80 percent of the people use a computer, 60 percent access the internet and 40 percent are having
B• 80 percent of the people use computers, 60 percent of the people access the internet and 40 percent of the people are having
C• 80 percent of the people use computer, 60 percent access the internet and 40 percent have
D• 80 percent of the people use a computer, 60 percent of them access the internet and 40 percent have
E• 80 percent of the people use a computer, 60 percent access the internet and 40 percent have

OA: please wait

my answer was B
what is the problem with B

thanks

my answer was B what is the problem with B thanks

bsv180985 · Answer

B is is not parallel (same as A)
Vote for C

chetan2u · Answer

C...
 parallel constr'80 percent of the people  use  computer, 60 percent  access  the internet and 40 percent  have '....
B has are having...
 E has "a computer'

mikeCoolBoy · Answer

Another problem with B is that when have means possession acts as a state verb and state verb cannot take the gerund form.

For instance, you cannot say I'm having a car

zura · Answer

IMO E
80 percent use  a  computer

don't we need comma before "and" ?

80 percent of the people use computer, 60 percent access the internet ,  and 40 percent have

sasen · Answer

A• 80 percent of the people use a computer, 60 percent access the internet and 40 percent are having
"USE A COMPUTER" SEEMS AS IF THEY ALL USE THE SAME ONE
"ARE HAVING" SHOULD BE HAVE...OUT
B• 80 percent of the people use computers, 60 percent of the people access the internet and 40 percent of the people are having
WORDY AND REPETETIVE
"ARE HAVING" SHOULD BE HAVE...OUT
C• 80 percent of the people use computer, 60 percent access the internet and 40 percent have
CORRECT AND CONCISE
D• 80 percent of the people use a computer, 60 percent of them access the internet and 40 percent have
"USE A COMPUTER" SEEMS AS IF THEY ALL USE THE SAME ONE
60% OF THEM ..THEM CHANGES MEANING..OUT
E• 80 percent of the people use a computer, 60 percent access the internet and 40 percent have
A COMPUTER IS INCORRECT..OUT

Octobre · Answer

Vote for E.

In B I have a problem with 'are having'

DestinyChild · Answer

E
torn between D & E; skipped D for wordiness
not C for missing   a   computer

prasadrg · Answer

E - Concise and Maintains Parallilsm

Also remember that GMAT mostly hates are + having construction.

riteranj · Answer

Thanks everyone and well done!!

OA- E

ugimba · Answer

I know you posted OA as E, but I think C is correct here.

80 percent of the people use  a computer  can imply that all 80% use one particular computer ('a' here is determiner)...
So I doubt the OA.

serbiano · Answer

Disagree, if it was 80% use THE computer - than that would be ONE computer.

It also says at the end that "40 percent have a computer" - it does not reffer to one specific computer.

However, I do not think that actual GMAT would test difference between C and E since it is one very small difference.

ugimba · Answer

hey good point :" 40 percent have a computer " -

so now E makes sense. all three parts are using determiners ('a', 'the' and 'a').

LM · Answer

a computer is wrong.

Slash A, D, and E

Left with B and C

use computer and not computers. are having is incorrect verb usage. Have is correct.

Thus "C"

urchin · Answer

similarly, a computer, the internet and a computer are parallel.

IMO E

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