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Project SC Butler: Sentence Correction (SC2)
For SC butler Questions Click Here Time magazine is known to have
a higher number of women and African American employees in relation to total work force than any major magazine.A) a higher number of women and African American employees in relation to total work force than any major magazine.
B) a higher number of women and African American employees in relation to total work force than do major magazines.
C) a higher number of women and African American employees in relation to total work force more than does any other major magazine.
D) a higher number of women and African American employees in relation to total work force than does any other major magazine.
E) higher numbers of women and African American employees in relation to total work force as any other major magazine.
Two things to look for in this sentence:
Right comparison
Right use of comparative verb form
A) a
higher number of women and African American employees in relation to total work force
than any major magazine.
Right use of comparative verb form
Wrong comparison (employment of employees is compared to major magazine)B) a
higher number of women and African American employees in relation to total work force
than do major magazines.
Right use of comparative verb form
Wrong verb form used- do
Also meaning is changed by removing any.C) a
higher number of women and African American employees in relation to total work force
more than does any other major magazine.
Higher and More redundant.D) a higher number of women and African American employees in relation to total work force than does any other major magazine.
Correct.E) higher numbers of women and African American employees in relation to total work force as any other major magazine.
Wrong use of comparative verb form, than is missing for higher.