GMAT Sentence Correction (SC) | QOTD: Plants are more efficient at acquiring

Plants are more efficient at acquiring carbon than are fungi , in the form of carbon dioxide, and converting it to energy-richsugars.

Point to remember: ALWAYS read the complete sentence. Here the author has used "and". Thus we must always be looking for parallel structures. Since "converting" is in verb+ing form "acquiring" must also be in verb+ing form.

(A) Plants are more efficient at acquiring carbon than are fungi - The 2 things which are being compared should
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