<p>I don't see the point in this. Majority means nothing, especially on a level 5 question. Let's drop the debate.</p>
<p>The answer would of been A but it has "had been" which messes it up.
Read the sentence without "had been" and then read it with "had been".</p>
<p>Answer is E.</p>
<p>I say A. </p>
<p>Comparison 1: The bullies were bigger than the nerds.<br>
Comparison here is between two different things. </p>
<p>Comparison 2: The bullies are bigger today than they were in the pleistocene.<br>
You can't say bigger today than they are in the pleistocene. Likewise you can't say crowds were bigger in 1950* than they were in 1930*. </p>
<p>*can't recall the dates, but I do recall that the fair in Paris was the earlier one. </p>
<p>Hope i'm write!</p>
<p>I second elaslawek.</p>
<p>Read post 211</p>
<p>Honestly, I don't recall what I chose. My brain's been so fried that I'm having trouble remembering my email password.</p>
<p>And the winner is, E!</p>
<p>From the NY Times...</p>
<p>Owing to increased imports the excess of exports was smaller than it had been the previous month.</p>
<p>Google "was smaller than it had been" or "were smaller than they had been". I stand by A!</p>
<p>It's A :P
mm, yes.</p>
<p>pretty sure it was E, i thought "had been" was only past perfect tense so it wouldn't work</p>
<p>Lol... everyone wants to be right and no one wants to be wrong.</p>
<p>Nonetheless, the answer is A.</p>
<p>sumpa-</p>
<p>why do you think the answer is A?</p>
<p>I Put A, but I reallyyyy wasn't sure and I didn't have a solid reason lol</p>
<p>I will prove it to you all.</p>
<p>At the fair, crowds were larger and more enthusiastic than</p>
<p>A- the crowds at the past fair had been</p>
<p>E- those at the past fair</p>
<p>Lets read A without 'had been'
At the fair, crowds were larger and more enthusiastic than the crowds at the past fair.</p>
<p>It sounds good.</p>
<p>If you add the had been, you make the class the crowds at the past fair had been _________ which means A wouldn't work</p>
<p>elaslawek-</p>
<p>Maybe... :P
But I think the sentence was more complicated than that and it made me choose A. :/</p>
<p>Shortened:</p>
<p>The crowd was wilder this year than the crowd last year had been.</p>
<p>The crowd was wilder this year in comparison with last year.</p>
<p>A clearly has grammar errors.</p>
<p>"The crowd was wilder this year in comparison with last year."</p>
<p>Well first of all, this wasn't even what the sentence was like lol</p>
<p>and second of all, it should be "with those from last year" :P</p>
<p>I was actually more talking about how answer A is incorrect.</p>
<p>E Wins.
lol</p>
<p>A wins actually cause I want my 800 writing :P</p>
<p>What would a minus 1 MC with a 10 essay be? 11 essay?</p>
<p>It may be an 800 still.
I got a 780 with -2 and 11 essay.</p>