The structures designed by Ralph C. Harris were fifteen- and seventeen

Question

The structures designed by Ralph C. Harris were fifteen- and seventeen-story buildings, and for their  time, were some of the larger and more luxurious hotels and residences  in existence.

A. time, were some of the larger and more luxurious hotels and residences

B. era, they were some of the larger and more luxurious hotels and residences

C. era, were some of the largest and more luxurious hotels and residences

D. time, they were some of the largest and most luxurious hotels and residences

E. era, were some of the largely and more luxuriously hotels and residences

ElninoEffect · Answer

I think only the superlative form fits the bill.

A. time, were some of the  larger and more luxurious  hotels and residences
 Comparative form is used.

B. era, they were some of the  larger and more luxurious  hotels and residences
 Comparative form is used.

C. era, were some of the  largest and more luxurious  hotels and residences
 Not parallel

D. time, they were some of the  largest and most luxurious  hotels and residences
 Correct

E. era, were some of the  largely and more luxuriously  hotels and residences
 Wrong

thakurarun85 · Answer

which one is correct time or era in this context?

DashingNightmare2 · Answer

Since " ,and " is there in non underlined portion we will need an independent clause,  A C E out  
since we are comparing among more than 2 hotels and residences, superlative form -est will be used.  B out

Hence IMO D

Bunuel · Answer

OFFICIAL EXPLANATION

The sentence as it is written leaves out a subject to the verb  “were,”  as does  C  and  E . The main difference between the remaining answer choices is the use of the superlatives  (largest/most)  versus comparatives  (larger/more) , and because it is reasonable to assume that the buildings are being compared to multiple others,  D  is the best answer.

Answer: D

Rohitq · Answer

The structures designed by Ralph C. Harris were fifteen- and seventeen-story buildings, and for their time, were some of the larger and more luxurious hotels and residences in existence.

The sentence means that 
Structures designed by Ralph were 15 and 17 story and these structures were largest and most luxuries building known to have existed at that period of time

Clearly the buildings are compared to all the building created during that period, hence the comparison is with all the buildings and not among 2 buildings. Larger and more are used for comparison between 2 entity, whereas more than 2 begs for superlative form i.e. largest and most

Hence by clear elimination answer choice is D
A. time, were some of the  larger and more luxurious  hotels and residences

B. era, they were some of the  larger and more luxurious  hotels and residences

C. era, were some of the largest and  more luxurious  hotels and residences

D. time, they were some of the  largest and most luxurious  hotels and residences - Correct form

E. era, were some of the  largely and more luxuriously  hotels and residences

Hope this helps!!

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