Of all the economies of Europe, Great Britain's economy is the most

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Of all the economies of Europe,  Great Britain's economy is the most strongly affected by the recession .

A. Great Britain's economy is the most strongly affected by the recession

B. the economy of Great Britain is the more strongly affected than any of the others by the recession

C. Great Britain's economy stands out forbeing the most affected by the recession

D. Great Britain has the most strongly affected economy by the recession

E. Great Britain's is the most strongly affected economy

Source: QS LEAP

arun6765 · Answer

IMO A

here we need the superlative form in A(most) instead of comparative form as in B(more), since we are comparing GB economy with all other economies.

KB04 · Answer

Of all the economies of Europe, Great Britain's economy is the most strongly affected by the recession.

The sentence is correct as is. Option A is very precise and conveys the meaning to the point. We are talking about the economies and we need economy after the phrase "of all the economies of Europe" as we are comparing economies.

A. Great Britain's economy is the most strongly affected by the recession
Correct.

B. the economy of Great Britain is the  more  strongly affected than any of the others by the recession
This option is grammatically incorrect and wordy enough to be eliminated.

C. Great Britain's economy  stands out for being  the most affected by the recession
"stands out for being" can easily be replaced by "is". Wordy, eliminate.

D.  Great Britain  has the most strongly affected economy by the recession
Improper comparison. Phrase "of all the economy in Europe" is comparing economies. Here the comparison is between economies and GB. Eliminate.

E.  Great Britain's  is the most strongly affected  economy 
Awkword construction.

Adi93 · Answer

+1 for A
The first part of the sentence is modifying economy.
A is making the best sense here.

AkshdeepS · Answer

A. Great Britain's economy is the most strongly affected by the recession

B. the economy of Great Britain is the  more  strongly affected  than any of the others  by the recession

C. Great Britain's economy  stands out for being  the most affected by the recession

D.  Great Britain  has the most strongly affected economy by the recession

E.  Great Britain's  is the most strongly affected economy

A for me.

B. we need "most" as we are comparing "all economies" with Britain's economy"

C. Unnecessary wordy using "stands out for being"

D. Comparing "economy" with "Great Britain"

E. Certainly A is better than E. Here "Great Britain's" is working as an adjective that should modify noun "economy", but in E it seems modifying the verb "is working". This does not makes sense.

Kurtosis · Answer

A. Great Britain's economy is the most strongly affected by the recession - Correct

B. the economy of Great Britain is the more strongly affected than any of the others by the recession - Comparison requires superlative degree 'most'. Also, ideal usage is 'the most' and not 'the more'

C. Great Britain's economy stands out for being the most affected by the recession - incorrect use of 'being' + wordy

D. Great Britain has the most strongly affected economy by the recession - Incorrect comparison. Economy is compared with Great Britain

E. Great Britain's is the most strongly affected economy - Meaning shift. Misses the 'recession' part.

Answer: A

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