Quote:
More people travel to Hong Kong in an average week than many other large cities experience in an entire year.
Okay, so we're seeing here quite a straightforward comparison problem: we need to compare either cities, or the number of people (which seems more plausible), but not mix and match the two categories.
Let's look at the options:
Quote:
(A)
More people travel to Hong Kong in an average week than
many other large cities experience
People compared to cities? Immediately
INCORRECT.Quote:
(B) In an average week,
more people travel to Hong Kong than
to many other large citiesHere people are compared to people - due to the preposition TO, which is in its place. However, 'in an average week' is divided by a comma - which pretty much means it is relatable to the whole sentence instead of just the first part. This is illogical (because we need to contrast it to 'an entire year' in the end) - so
INCORRECT.Quote:
(C)
The number of people who travel to Hong Kong in an average week is greater than
that of other cities
Comparison is relatively fine here - finally we compare the number to the number. However, what does it mean: the number of other cities? Is it their quantity, or the visitors? Unclear, therefore
INCORRECT.
Quote:
(D)
More people, in an average week, travel to Hong Kong
than to many other large citiesThe comparison is okay - but again, 'in an average week' is divided with commas. We cannot do that, because we need the contrast 'week - year' to be on equal terms from the grammatical perspective. Therefore,
INCORRECT.Quote:
(E)
More people travel to Hong Kong in an average week than
to many other large citiesAgain we are fine with comparisons - and finally, 'an average week' is not divided in any way, so we can safely contrast it to 'an entire year'.
CORRECT!