Registered voters

sulabh

Although there was no contest for senator or governor and voters were expected to be apathetic, the referenda proved so controversial that 90% of those registered showed up at the polls.
A. of those registered showed up at the polls
B. of the registered showed up at the polls
C. of the registered voters showed up at the polls to vote
D. were registered to vote
E. who were not showed up at the polls

chidcguy · Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 11:07 am Post subject:

My pick B

D & E wrong as they change the meaning

C is redundant with the "to vote" at the end.

B is concise & clear

those is not necessary in A. 90% of the registered is better than 90% of those registered

sulabh · Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 11:18 am Post subject:

B is ambigous to me.'Registered' what? It should be registered voters.
What say?

chidcguy · Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 11:20 am Post subject:

I thought about it. registered cannot refer to any one else but voters in the sentence.

A clear or easy to pick answer would have voters in there

What is the OA?

g_beatthegmat · Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 11:25 am Post subject:

I feel it should be (c).

(b) reads - "90% of the registered (voters) showed up". (voters) is implied here, but ellipsis like this one makes the sentence a bit confusing.

What's the OA?

sulabh · Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 11:26 am Post subject:

OA is B.registered cannot refer to any one else but voters in the sentence still doesn't mean that you don't need 'voters'.It makes it clear. I Aaso 'to vote' is not redundant.