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In his study on the failures of the American educational system, Profe 16 Apr 2019, 05:57
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In his study on the failures of the American educational system, Professor Harris states that over two million high school seniors in this country are functionally illiterate, and at least as much as four million others cannot read at an eighth-grade level.

A. at least as much as four million others cannot
B. at least as many as four million and more cannot
C. more than four million of other students are unable to
D. there was at least four million other students unable to
E. more than four million others cannot

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In his study on the failures of the American educational system, Profe 16 Apr 2019, 07:42
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In his study on the failures of the American educational system, Professor Harris states that over two million high school seniors in this country are functionally illiterate, and at least as much as four million others cannot read at an eighth-grade level.

A. at least as much as four million others cannot
B. at least as many as four million and more cannot
C. more than four million of other students are unable to
D. there was at least four million other students unable to
E. more than four million others cannot

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IMHO (E) for the highlighted errors in other options....
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In his study on the failures of the American educational system, Profe 18 Apr 2019, 07:20
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In his study on the failures of the American educational system, Professor Harris states that over two million high school seniors in this country are functionally illiterate, and at least as much as four million others cannot read at an eighth-grade level.

A. at least as much as four million others cannot
B. at least as many as four million and more cannot
C. more than four million of other students are unable to
D. there was at least four million other students unable to
E. more than four million others cannot

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Hi Abhishek,
Could you please elaborate your answer?
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In his study on the failures of the American educational system, Professor Harris states that over two million high school seniors in this country are functionally illiterate, and at least as much as four million others cannot read at an eighth-grade level.
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1. That must be followed by another SV pair.
Here, that is followed by two independent clauses. ",and" brings parallelism in.
So, what follows "and" must be parallel in structure to the clause "over two million high school seniors(Subject) in this country are(verb) functionally illiterate"
2. "four million" is countable. So, use of as much as is wrong.

lets go through the answer choices.

A. at least as much as four million others cannot
B. at least as many as four million and more cannot- much is replaced with many, which is the correct usage. But another error is introduced, 'and more' does not make sense.
C. more than four million of other students are unable to- unable and cannot have different meanings. Cannot shows someones capability whereas unable does not.
D. there was at least four million other students unable to - introduction of "there was" is just wrong and two ICs are not parallel anymore.

E. more than four million others(subject) cannot read(verb) - concise and correct
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In his study on the failures of the American educational system, Professor Harris states that over two million high school seniors in this country are functionally illiterate, and at least as much as four million others cannot read at an eighth-grade level.

A. at least as much as four million others cannot
B. at least as many as four million and more cannot
C. more than four million of other students are unable to
D. there was at least four million other students unable to
E. more than four million others cannot

can anyone explain my confusion here : between C and E , even though E is sharper but I went with c , for this reason :
more than four million others cannot
others refers to: high school seniors
so the sentence would be : more than four million high school seniors cannot read at an eighth-grade level.
I don't know , is this correct ? I'm not getting the meaning here , was it intended to say :
more than four million high school seniors couldn't read at an eighth-grade level.
that's why I though "others" can't refer to the " high school seniors" , it must refer to "students " in general
that's why I went for c
please correct me Abhishek009
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