Sentence Correction

334. However much United States voters may agree that there is waste in government and that the government as a whole spends beyond its means, it is difficult to find broad support for a movement toward a minimal state.
(A) However much United States voters may agree that
(B) Despite the agreement among United States voters to the fact
(C) Although United States voters agree
(D) Even though United States voters may agree
(E) There is agreement among United States voters that
A? I though it is "many United States voters"...sinc eit is countable

tell me the answer is C!!

I think A is the answer because it is refers to the degree of complaining and no answer actually suits that requirement.

I am wondering what is wrong with E.

E is wrong due to idiom problem no?

what is wrong with D?

Even I opted for D. Is it not the right one because this option misses the imp 'that' at the end as well?

However much United States voters may agree that there is waste in government and that the government as a whole spends beyond its means, it is difficult to find broad support for a movement toward a minimal state.

Parallelism: agree that...and that the gov...
Hence only 2 options are valid A & E.

E: is wordy: if you check OG, many options that starts with "there is a..." , "there were descli..." are termed as wordy.

Hope that helps..

However much United States voters may

By the way what type of construction is however much+ subject?
does it mean
To whatever extent the united states voters may.....


NS:I think somebody should encourage users to underlined to error parts....i was also thinking answer was C initially was i thought 'that' is not in the underlined part....see it changes the whole meaning...and may be correct answer as well

frank1 wrote:However much United States voters may

By the way what type of construction is however much+ subject?
does it mean
To whatever extent the united states voters may.....


NS:I think somebody should encourage users to underlined to error parts....i was also thinking answer was C initially was i thought 'that' is not in the underlined part....see it changes the whole meaning...and may be correct answer as well

Was trying to click Quote, Clicked Thank by mistake

Neways, here we are 'much' doesn't refer to number of voters, which is countable.
Here 'much' refers to 'voters agreement', which is uncountable.

Some New york times link for such construction: https://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/10/us/po ... orano.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/17/arts/ ... 7tind.html

Hope that helps.

loveusonu wrote: Was trying to click Quote, Clicked Thank by mistake

Neways, here we are 'much' doesn't refer to number of voters, which is countable.
Here 'much' refers to 'voters agreement', which is uncountable.

Some New york times link for such construction: https://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/10/us/po ... orano.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/17/arts/ ... 7tind.html

Hope that helps.

thanks doesnt matters to me...
just off tropic
what i learn here matter more to me...
any way i know notion "if she makes mistakes ,we cannot make another mistake in the name of correcting it,otherwise i would have thanked you as well for thanking me accidentily to make things equal...lol...(take back...)

back to tropic
I have got much doesn't refers to voters here
i was trying to ask about awakard construction the sentence has
(usually it drags the non-native speaker's into some sort of trap.......i am no exception..so bit worried...lol)

OA is A

i have never thought that the answer will be A..

However much = No matter how much

However long = No matter how long

However many = No matter how many

However fit = No matter how fit