Wednesday, November 4, 2020

GMAT sentence correction - concept: Parallelism/ countable vs non countable nouns/idioms

 

Correct answer  is D

search for clue words in the question statement:

And - is it parallelism ???
Fewer- Is cavities countable or non countable???

From X to Y - idiom...

Lets analyze

From X to Y is there in all options.

Cavities is countable so we have to use fewer not less. Hence Option B is ruled out 

Now lets check parallelism

In option A: Adults getting  fewer cavities and becoming more...
"adults are getting" is preferred over "adults getting"...
Option A is ruled out

In option C: Adults who are both getting fewer cavities and becoming
"adults who are" is wordy..
adults are getting is precise
Option C is ruled out            

In option D:  adults are getting fewer and are also becoming..

"Adults are getting and adults are also becoming..."

Sentence structure is perfect.

In option E: adults getting fewer cavities and becomes....
Getting and becomes not parallel

Hence option D is answer



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