433. Intended primarily to stimulate family summer travel, the new airfare, which allows both an adult and a child to fly for the price of one ticket, and also shortens the advance-purchase requirement for family travel to a minimum of seven days rather than fourteen.
(A) and also shortens the advance-purchase requirement for family travel to a minimum of seven days rather than
(B) and also lessens the advance-purchase requirement for family travel to a seven-day minimum from
(C) also shortens the advance-purchase requirement for family travel to a minimum of seven days rather than that of
(D) also lessens the advance-purchase requirement for family travel to a seven-day minimum from
(E) also shortens the advance-purchase requirement for family travel to a minimum of seven days rather than
Solution:
Logical
A and B: "and" at the beginning is inappropriate.
the new airfare, which allows…, and also shortens
the part between the commas is a modifier, which can be eliminated in the determination of subject-verb agreement.
C: “rather than that of” is awkward because nothing belongs to “fourteen”.
D: Usually, "lessen" is used with abstract qualities such as tension, disagreement, excitement, and so forth; "lessen" can’t be used for discrete quantitative things (such as numbers of days, in this problem). Moreover, “seven-day minimum” is awkward according to GMAT standard.
E: “minimum of seven days” is better than “seven-day minimum”. “shortens” is fine. Best choice.
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(A) and also shortens the advance-purchase requirement for family travel to a minimum of seven days rather than
(B) and also lessens the advance-purchase requirement for family travel to a seven-day minimum from
(C) also shortens the advance-purchase requirement for family travel to a minimum of seven days rather than that of
(D) also lessens the advance-purchase requirement for family travel to a seven-day minimum from
(E) also shortens the advance-purchase requirement for family travel to a minimum of seven days rather than
Solution:
Logical
A and B: "and" at the beginning is inappropriate.
the new airfare, which allows…, and also shortens
the part between the commas is a modifier, which can be eliminated in the determination of subject-verb agreement.
C: “rather than that of” is awkward because nothing belongs to “fourteen”.
D: Usually, "lessen" is used with abstract qualities such as tension, disagreement, excitement, and so forth; "lessen" can’t be used for discrete quantitative things (such as numbers of days, in this problem). Moreover, “seven-day minimum” is awkward according to GMAT standard.
E: “minimum of seven days” is better than “seven-day minimum”. “shortens” is fine. Best choice.
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