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[gmat_t1]

Q39:
Minivans carry as many as seven passengers and, compared with most sport utility vehicles, cost less, get better gas mileage, allow passengers to get in and out more easily, and have a smoother ride.

A.Minivans carry as many as seven passengers and, compared with most sport utility vehicles, cost less,
B.Minivans, which carry as many as seven passengers, compared with most sport utility vehicles, they cost less,
C.Minivans carry as many as seven passengers, in comparison with most sport utility vehicles, and have a lower cost, they
D.Minivans, carrying as many as seven passengers, compared with most sport utility vehicles, cost less,
E.Minivans, which carry as many as seven passengers, compared with most sport utility vehicles the cost is lower, and they


Please provide detailed explanation. Thanks

[Cippo]

A for me. Nothing wrong there.

Anyway: http://www.urch.com/forums/gmat-sentence-correction/61320-minivans.htm (Minivans)l

[gmat_t1]

I got A too but for some reason OA is different and I don't agree with OA either. I was wondering whether anyone got the OA as the answer but looks like the other forum as well has gone with A

[getsetgo]

A.Minivans carry as many as seven passengers and, compared with most sport utility vehicles, cost less,…Correct
B.Minivans, which carry as many as seven passengers, compared with most sport utility vehicles, they cost less,...”compared” incorrectly modifies passengers, no clear referent for ”they”
C.Minivans carry as many as seven passengers, in comparison with most sport utility vehicles, and have a lower cost, they … no clear referent for ”they”, Incorrect idiom “in comparison with”
D.Minivans, carrying as many as seven passengers, compared with most sport utility vehicles, cost less,… ...”compared” incorrectly modifies passengers
E.Minivans, which carry as many as seven passengers, compared with most sport utility vehicles the cost is lower, and they…,...”compared” incorrectly modifies passengers, no clear referent for ”they”

[Dzadz]

Originally Posted by getsetgo

A.Minivans carry as many as seven passengers and, compared with most sport utility vehicles, cost less,…Correct
B.Minivans, which carry as many as seven passengers, compared with most sport utility vehicles, they cost less,...”compared” incorrectly modifies passengers, no clear referent for ”they”
C.Minivans carry as many as seven passengers, in comparison with most sport utility vehicles, and have a lower cost, they … no clear referent for ”they”, Incorrect idiom “in comparison with”
D.Minivans, carrying as many as seven passengers, compared with most sport utility vehicles, cost less,… ...”compared” incorrectly modifies passengers
E.Minivans, which carry as many as seven passengers, compared with most sport utility vehicles the cost is lower, and they…,...”compared” incorrectly modifies passengers, no clear referent for ”they”

For choice A the and threw me off. Is the and correct there? "Minivans carry as many as seven passengers and, compared with most sport utility vehicles, cost less..."

[ACETARGET]

IMO A

Following from one of the forum

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The answer to this one is A. No change is needed. What you are looking at here is a list of facts about minivans (carry seven passengers, cost less, better gas mileage, etc) with a dependent clause (compared with most other sport utility vehicles) to other thrown in to confuse you.

The rule is this: the list of facts should be separated by commas, including before 'and'. The rule of dependent phrases is that they are also separated by commas. Therefore the example sentence is not incorrect. But to complete the exercise...

B is wrong because of the 'they' pronoun before cost less. It's unnecessary because it effectively starts a new sentence in the middle of the one we've already got, and ambiguous because it's unclear whether it refers to minivans or other sport utility vehicles. Same thing with answer choice C and E.

D is wrong because 'carrying as many as seven passengers' is unparallel in tense with the rest of the list -- it's in present tense and the rest is in present perfect tense.


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