In a recent survey, Physical Fitness Weekly found that people exercisi

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In a recent survey, Physical Fitness Weekly found that people exercising daily consider themselves  no healthier than do people exercising  three to five times a week.

(A) no healthier than do people exercising
(B) not any healthier than do people exercising
(C) not any healthier than do people who exercise
(D) no healthier than are people who are exercising
(E) not as healthy as are people who exercise

AshutoshB · Answer

In a recent survey, Physical Fitness Weekly found that people exercising daily consider themselves no healthier than do people exercising three to five times a week.

(A) no healthier than do people exercising    IMO CORRECT   
(B) not any healthier than do people exercising   NOT ANY HEALTHIER]& NOT HEALTHIER  
(C) not any healthier than do people who exercise   NOT ANY HEALTHIER]& NOT HEALTHIER  
(D) no healthier than are people who are exercising   Not good ||  
(E) not as healthy as are people who exercise   Not good ||

BARUAH · Answer

In a recent survey, Physical Fitness Weekly found that people exercising daily consider themselves  no healthier than do people exercising  three to five times a week.

(A) no healthier than do people exercising : Correct
(B)  not any healthier  than do people exercising : No healthier is better expression than Not any healthier.
(C)  not any healthier  than do people who exercise : Same as B
(D) no healthier than are people who  are exercising  :Exercise is not happening at that time. So use of present continuous is wrong. 
(E) not  as healthy as  are people who exercise : Meaning error: No healthier means : as healthy as or less healthy.This sentence covers only one.

Bunuel · Answer

MANHATTAN REVIEW OFFICIAL EXPLANATION:

One thing you have to consider in this sentence is parallel structure. Because you say ‘people exercising daily’, you have to maintain the same form later. That eliminates choices C, D and E. Choice B uses the inefficient expression ‘not any healthier’. Choice A is the correct answer.

Shashwatrakesh · Answer

What is 'do' referring to here? 
As per my knowledge do should refer to a verb like a pronoun.
Can anyone point out where I went wrong?

jrk23 · Answer

Anyone please explain why the usage of "not" is not correct.

PSP92 · Answer

Hi  Shashwatrakesh ,
A pronoun never refers to a verb. It refers to its antecedent, 'a noun'.
The word do stands for 'consider themselves'.
DO is a helping verb and helping verbs can stand in for longer verbs or verb phrases.
Consider this example: I don't charge for my service but most people do. Here do stands for 'charge for their service'.

PSP92 · Answer

Hi  jrk23 .
The use of 'not' is unidiomatic when used with 'than' here.
The correct use can be understood with the example below:
His performance was no less (or 'no more') impressive than Tom's.

SushantSaini · Answer

IMO what the word do is doing here is that it is presenting a comparison between how people who exercise daily and who exercise 3-5 times a week think about themselves. If we remove do then it would mean how people who exercise daily think about themselves and those who exercise 3-5 times a week. Hope this helps

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