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For the last five years the Dutch economy has grown faster than Britai 02 Apr 2021, 23:22
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For the last five years the Dutch economy has grown faster than Britain, France, or Germany, with the unemployment rate having remained well below that of the other three countries.

(A) Britain, France, or Germany, with the unemployment rate having remained

(B) have those of Britain, France, or Germany, and the unemployment rate remaining

(C) have Britain, France, and Germany, and the unemployment rate has remained

(D) the economy of Britain, France, and Germany, with the unemployment rate that has remained

(E) the economies of Britain, France, and Germany, and the unemployment rate has remained


This question is stupid.
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This question is official, and totally a good and valid question. The right answer is airtight, and every wrong answer has multiple legitimate issues. I think it is not the best test-prep strategy to write it off as "stupid."

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How come the three counties cannot share the same economy BUT share the same unemployment rate???
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I would suggest reading the many comments above that make efforts to explain why those countries cannot have the same economy (a large, complex system of businesses, consumers, and transactions) but can have the same unemployment rate (simply a number).

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If we use the economies here, we shall use "THOSE" of the other three countries.
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This is demonstrably false, for the reasons explained above. Furthermore, the phrase "that of the other three countries" is not underlined and therefore is not subject to question by the likes of us.
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For the last five years the Dutch economy has grown faster than Britai 22 Jan 2024, 03:04
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Here we need to make a logical comparison between the Dutch economy and the economies of the other nations listed. Therefore, we can immediately eliminate (A), (B), and (C). As for 'economy' vs. 'economies', 'economy' would suggest that Britain, France, and Germany share the same economy. This is clearly not the case, so the answer is (E).

That noted, the original poster may want to take another look at the end of the answer choices. For instance, (E) and the unemployment rate has remained
compares well with all the three other countires, despite the incorrect spelling of 'countries' is nonsensical. 'Compares' needs to be dropped and 'below' needs to follow 'well.'

Hope that helps resolve any confusion :).
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But doesn't stating economies, can be considered as each country has multiple economies? just a thought.
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