Kritesh
Corporation X spends a larger percentage of its revenue on insurance than Corporation Y does on employee salaries.A. Corporation X spends a larger percentage of its revenue on insurance than Corporation Y does on employee salaries.
B. In Corporation X, a larger percentage of the revenues is spent on insurance than is spent on employee salaries in Corporation Y.
C. In Corporation X, they spend a larger percentage of revenues on insurance than Corporation Y does on employee salaries.
D. A larger percentage of Corporation X’s revenue is spent on insurance than Corporation Y spends on employee salaries.
E. Of the Corporations X and Y, a higher percentage of revenues is spent on insurance by the former than the latter spends on employee salaries.
KAPLAN OFFICIAL EXPLANATION:
A
The sentence compares the percentage of revenue that Corporation X spends on insurance with the percentage that Corporation Y spends on salaries. Since these two things have the same form, the comparison is clear and grammatically correct. (A) is correct.
In (B), the phrase
In Corporation X modifies the rest of the sentence, illogically making it seem as if X spends a percentage of its revenue on employee salaries in Corporation Y. It also needlessly uses the passive voice. In (C),
they has no clear antecedent. (D) compares Corporation X's percentage with Corporation Y's actual amount. (E) is awkwardly worded and seems to compare a percentage to an amount.