Liverpool has slowly emerged from its post-industrial decline

Question

Liverpool has slowly emerged from its post-industrial decline as a newly thriving city with a population of over five hundred thousand and more investors interested in large urban renewal projects than would have been thought possible twenty years ago.

a) of over five hundred thousand and more
b) of more than five hundred thousand and of more
c) more than five hundred thousand and greater
d) greater than five hundred thousand and greater
e) of more than five hundred thousand, with

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TaN1213 · Accepted Answer

Interesting ! 
firstly, "investors interested in large urban renewal projects   than   would have been thought possible twenty years ago. "
has a comparative 'than'.
 so 'investors' should also be preceded by a comparative adjective.  
'Greater investors' is incorrect as investors is countable. we need 'more investors'. Leaves us with A and B. 'Of more' in B is incorrect as it will refer to 'population' illogically.
Therefore A it is. 
With is common to the two NOUN items of the list as follows-
Liverpool has slowly emerged from its post-industrial decline as a newly thriving city  with  
1. a population of over five hundred thousand 
and
2. more investors interested in large urban renewal projects than would have been thought possible twenty years ago.

aaronTgmaT · Answer

Thanks for the explanation. I was thinking of E

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vaibhav1221 · Answer

For E to be correct we need an 'and', right?

TaN1213 · Answer

The missing key is the comparative adjective 'more'. As per your doubt, we already have a common 'with' at the start of the list.

chetan2u · Answer

Liverpool has slowly emerged from its post-industrial decline as a newly thriving city with a population  of over five hundred thousand and more  investors interested in large urban renewal projects than would have been thought possible twenty years ago.

Now the question talks of Liverpool emerging out of its post-industrial decline. Then adds two things to it WITH A and B 
A and B have to be parallel.

a) of over five hundred thousand and more 
 correct A is "a population of....." and B is "more investors invested..." So noun phrases. INVESTED... Is modifying investors.

b) of more than five hundred thousand and of more 
 because of addition of OF, the second portion becomes parallel in the following way..... With a population of .... and a population of more investors....
Illogical

c) more than five hundred thousand and greater 
 greater is wrongly used. There is no reason to drop OF from a population OF more....

d) greater than five hundred thousand and greater 
 same as C

e) of more than five hundred thousand, with
  removing AND destroys the parallelism and intended meaning

A

hiranmay · Answer

Liverpool has slowly emerged from its post-industrial decline as a newly thriving city with a population  of over five hundred thousand and more  investors interested in large urban renewal projects  than  would have been thought possible twenty years ago.

a) of over five hundred thousand and more -->  correct :  than  is there  The  end, so  more  should be present in the underlined portion - " than  would have been "
b) of more than five hundred thousand and  of  more --> "of more  investors  interested": last portion after  and  work as a noun phrase not as a sentence
c) more than five hundred thousand and  greater  
d)  greater  than five hundred thousand and  greater  
e) of more than five hundred thousand, with --> no more in the 2nd segment of the sentence

AkshdeepS · Answer

Even after knowing the rule, I got it wrong as B.

Liverpool emerged as new thriving city

WITH

1. a population of....and

2. more investors....

So A is correct.

How B looks let's see.

Liverpool emerged as new thriving city

WITH

1. a population of....and

2. of more investors....

Therefore

A. Liverpool emerged as new thriving city WITH a population of....and WITH more investors....

B. Liverpool emerged as new thriving city WITH a population of....and WITH of more investors....

Mick1005 · Answer

E looks like a run on sentence. So A.

Prashantsri · Answer

‘greater’ is the wrong adjective to use here. ‘Investors’ can be measured numerically. So C and D are out. E is wrong because it changes the meaning, from ‘here are more investors’ to just ‘there are investors’. B is wordy and redundant.
 
So by PoE, A is the correct answer.

furkanicus · Answer

Is there an OA for this question?

Liverpool has slowly emerged from its post-industrial decline

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