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A recent poll showed that people working in white-collar industries consider themselves no more financially secure than do people working in blue-collar industries.
(A) no more financially secure than do people working
(B) not any more financially secure than do people working
(C) not any more financially secure than do people who work
(D) no more financially secure than are people who are working
(E) not as financially secure as are people who work
(A) no more financially secure than do people working
(B) not any more financially secure than do people working
(C) not any more financially secure than do people who work
(D) no more financially secure than are people who are working
(E) not as financially secure as are people who work
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Experts' Global Official Explanation:
Comparison + Meaning + Verb Forms + Redundancy/Awkwardness
Understanding the intended meaning is key to solving this question; the intended meaning of this sentence is that people working in white-collar industries do not consider themselves any more financially secure than people working in blue-collar industries do.
- • Comparison must always be made between similar elements.
A. Correct. This answer choice correctly compares “people working in white-collar industries consider themselves no more financially secure” and “do” (consider themselves financially secure) people working in blue-collar industries, conveying the intended meaning of the sentence- that people working in white-collar industries do not consider themselves any more financially secure than people working in blue-collar industries do. Further, Option A maintains parallelism between “people working in white-collar industries” and “people working in blue-collar industries”. Additionally, Option A is free of any awkwardness or redundancy.
B. Trap. This answer choice uses the needlessly wordy phrase “not any more”, leading to awkwardness.
C. This answer choice incorrectly compares “people working in white-collar industries” to “people who work in blue-collar industries” rather than with people working in blue-collar industries; please remember, comparison must always be made between similar elements. Further, Option C uses the needlessly wordy phrase “not any more”, leading to awkwardness.
D. This answer choice incorrectly compares “people working in white-collar industries consider themselves” to “are (financially secure) people who are working in blue-collar industries” rather than to how financially secure people working in blue-collar industries consider themselves; this comparison incorrectly implies that people working in white-collar industries consider themselves no more financially secure than people working in blue-collar industries are; the intended meaning of the sentence is that people working in white-collar industries do not consider themselves any more financially secure than people working in blue-collar industries do; please remember, comparison must always be made between similar elements.
E. Trap. This answer choice alters the meaning of the sentence through the phrase “not as financially secure as”; the construction of this phrase incorrectly implies that people working in white-collar jobs consider themselves less financially secure than people working in blue-collar jobs; the intended meaning of this sentence is that people working in white-collar industries do not consider themselves any more financially secure than people working in blue-collar industries do.
A is the best answer choice.
