Anybody please help me with this gramma question!!!

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<p>Please help me with this question. Thanks a lot.</p>

<p>With the Louisiana Purchases, the US acquired a (larger territory in area than if you combined Britain, France, Italy, Germany, Spain, and Portugal).</p>

<p>A.territory larger in area than if Britan, France, Italy, Germany, Spain, and Portugal were combined.</p>

<p>B.territory larger in area than Britain, France, Italy, Germany, Spain, and Portugal combined.</p>

<p>C.territory larger than if the area of Britain, France, Italy, Germany, Spain, and Portugal combined.</p>

<p>Right answer: B</p>

<p>Can anybody tell me why the answer is B? why A and C are wrong?</p>

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<p>A is grammatically correct, but wordier than B; C is wrong because “if” is there, but not “were”: if begins the clause, but without the verb, the clause is incomplete (combine is not being used in an active way; that is, factors can combine to create something, but countries, in this context, are being combined in a passive sense to create a larger entity).</p>