The writer Katherine Mansfield produced a body of work with a number o

Hi arya251294,

They're going for a body of work here, so we need to read that option like this ~"X has more {something} than Y".

1. The writer Katherine Mansfield produced a body of work comprising more titles than that produced by James Joyce...

Both a body of work and that are singular.

Hello arya251294,

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To answer your query, in this sentence the comparison is between Mansfield's "body of work" (singular) and Joyce's "body of work" (singular); thus, "that" is the correct pronoun, not "those".

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The writer Katherine Mansfield produced a body of work with a number of titles greater than James Joyce but only half the total number of pages, as many of her pieces are short stories while his are dense novels.

A) with a number of titles greater than James Joyce but only half the total number of pages, as many
This is an incorrect comparison between Katherine Mansfield's body of work and James Joyce (as a human).

B) containing more titles than James Joyce had, but Katherine Mansfield wrote only half the total number of pages, and many
The original sentence intends to use the "many....novels" clause to express the rationale. "Had" also isn't necessary here.

C) containing a number of titles that is greater than James Joyce's, but hers had only half the total number of pages, as many
We finally get the possessive right here but...."a number" and "is" is not the right verb agreement!

D) comprising more titles than the work of James Joyce, but consisting of only half the total number of pages, and many
Incorrect comparison between "Katherine Mansfield produced X" and "the work of James Joyce"....

E) comprising more titles than that produced by James Joyce but consisting of only half the total number of pages, since many
"That'' refers to "[body of work] produced by James Joyce" and is properly aligned with "Katherine Mansfield produced a body of work." The "since" adequately portrays the last clause as a cause/rationale.

E remains.

how is B wrong "had" is making sense for comparing the title

Can someone explain why C is incorrect?

Shouldn't we have "those" in option E instead of "that" as we are comparing titles(plural).
Please help

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