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demoskopico
02-10-2008, 08:05 AM
According to public health officials, in 1998 Massachusetts became the first state in which more babies were born to women over the age of thirty than under it.
A. than
B. than born
C. than they were
D. than there had been
E. than had been born
kevin
02-10-2008, 05:39 PM
According to public health officials, in 1998 Massachusetts became the first state in which more babies were born to women over the age of thirty than under it.
A. than
B. than born
C. than they were
D. than there had been
E. than had been born

I would say "born to women over the age of 30 than to women under it"

I think that the second "to women" can be omitted i(ellipsis), so only A makes sense to me: don't change the verb tense!
demoskopico
02-11-2008, 10:32 AM
I would say "born to women over the age of 30 than to women under it"

I think that the second "to women" can be omitted i(ellipsis), so only A makes sense to me: don't change the verb tense!

so many OA in gmat prep sets are wrong, I suppose....