Tanchat wrote:
bmwhype2 wrote:
Ranked as one of the most important of Europe’s young playwrights, Franz Xaver Kroetz has written forty plays; his works—translated into over thirty languages—are produced more often than any contemporary German dramatist.
(A) than any
(B) than any other
(C) than are any
(D) than those of any other
(E) as are those of any
AndrewN Thank you your response [again and always
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I forgot "as". I thought it was "than". However, if (E) contained "than" instead of "as", would it be grammatically correct?
My point is that whether it is correct to have "are" in choice (E)
You still have to be careful,
Tanchat. Yes, in isolation, the comparison itself would start off fine enough:
his works are produced more often than are [the works] of.... However, you have to consider whether Franz Xaver Kroetz is German. If so, the comparison would need to continue,
than are those of any other contemporary German dramatist, and this word is noticeably absent in (E).
- Andrew
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