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Question
According to a 1996 survey by the National Association of College and University Business Officers, more than three times as many independent institutions of higher education charge tuition and fees of under $8,000 a year than those that charge over $16,000.
Option A:
than those that charge
Option B:
than are charging
Option C:
than to charge
Option D:
as charge
Option E:
as those charging
Difficulty Level
MediumSolution
Option E is the correct answer.
Option Analysis
Concept tested: Idioms, Comparison
A) Inappropriate usage of the word “than”. We would require “as many independent….as”.
B) Same as A
C) Same as C
D) Not parallel. The non-underlined part of the sentence uses the word “charging”
E) Correct Answer
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