marcodonzelli wrote:
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 find a point here.
look at choice b.
it means
more babies were born to women over the age of thirty than /babies were/born /to women /under it
there is 2 phrases which is cut off here. this is impossible.
in contrast, choice a means
more babies were
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