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According to a recent study, adolescents require nine hours of sleep every night, more than other ages require.
A) more than other ages require
B) more than people of other ages require
C) more than those of other ages do
D) more than the requirement of other ages
E) more than other ages
17 Jul 2021, 23:59
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OFFICIAL EXPLANATION
THE PROMPT
→ That is, make sure that you are comparing apples to apples.
In the nonunderlined portion, we read about adolescents [who] require nine hours of sleep.
Adolescents = both a group of people and a group of people of a certain age.
The object of comparison must also be a group of people in a different age group.
THE OPTIONS
→ This sentence illogically compares adolescents with other age groups.
Adolescents are people, not age categories.
ELIMINATE A
• This sentence logically compares adolescents with people of other ages.
• The word more refers to sleep.
In fact, sleep is implied, this way: " . . . more [sleep] than people of other ages require."
KEEP
→ The word those refers back to adolescents.
This sentence thus illogically compares adolescents with adolescents of (those of) other ages. Huh?
ELIMINATE C
→ This sentence illogically compares adolescents with the requirement of other ages.
Even if we are very generous and allow the requirement to mean "number of hours of sleep," we are still improperly comparing adolescents with requirements— with needs. Adolescents are people, not needs.
ELIMINATE D
→ This sentence illogically compares adolescents with other ages.
Adolescents are people who fall in a certain age range, but they are not themselves ages.
ELIMINATE E
The correct answer is B.
COMMENTS
NawalDwivedi and richi1234 , welcome to SC Butler.
These answers are clear, crisply written, and easy to follow.
Nice work!
Project SC Butler: Sentence Correction (SC2)
THE PROMPT
Quote:
According to a recent study, adolescents require nine hours of sleep every night, more than other ages require.
• In this sentence, we can logically compare adolescents with people of other age groups.→ That is, make sure that you are comparing apples to apples.
In the nonunderlined portion, we read about adolescents [who] require nine hours of sleep.
Adolescents = both a group of people and a group of people of a certain age.
The object of comparison must also be a group of people in a different age group.
THE OPTIONS
Quote:
A) more than other ages require
• comparison error→ This sentence illogically compares adolescents with other age groups.
Adolescents are people, not age categories.
ELIMINATE A
Quote:
B) more than people of other ages require
• correct• This sentence logically compares adolescents with people of other ages.
• The word more refers to sleep.
In fact, sleep is implied, this way: " . . . more [sleep] than people of other ages require."
KEEP
Quote:
C) more than those of other ages do
• comparison error→ The word those refers back to adolescents.
This sentence thus illogically compares adolescents with adolescents of (those of) other ages. Huh?
ELIMINATE C
Quote:
D) more than the requirement of other ages
• comparison error→ This sentence illogically compares adolescents with the requirement of other ages.
Even if we are very generous and allow the requirement to mean "number of hours of sleep," we are still improperly comparing adolescents with requirements— with needs. Adolescents are people, not needs.
ELIMINATE D
Quote:
E) more than other ages
• comparison error→ This sentence illogically compares adolescents with other ages.
Adolescents are people who fall in a certain age range, but they are not themselves ages.
ELIMINATE E
The correct answer is B.
COMMENTS
NawalDwivedi and richi1234 , welcome to SC Butler.
These answers are clear, crisply written, and easy to follow.
Nice work!
18 Jul 2021, 01:54
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A) more than other ages require
Looks good
B) Requirement of sleep is compared with People -Illogical
C) What is "those" ? Not very clear -Eliminate
D) -Looks good. Let us keep
E) Not very clear: Requirement is compared with other ages-Eliminate
B/W A and D, I will pick A as A includes verb to explicitly indicate comparison of actions.
In D Underlined portion compares noun i.e requirement with action
(A) is my pick
Looks good
B) Requirement of sleep is compared with People -Illogical
C) What is "those" ? Not very clear -Eliminate
D) -Looks good. Let us keep
E) Not very clear: Requirement is compared with other ages-Eliminate
B/W A and D, I will pick A as A includes verb to explicitly indicate comparison of actions.
In D Underlined portion compares noun i.e requirement with action
(A) is my pick
