Mideast immigrants' rates of entrepreneurship exceed virtually every other immigrant group in the increasingly diverse United States economy.
(A) Mideast immigrants' rates of entrepreneurship exceed
(B) Mideast immigrants are exhibiting rates of entrepreneurship exceeding
(C) Immigrants from the Mideast exhibit rates of entrepreneurship exceeding those of
(D) The rates of entrepreneurship in immigrants from the Mideast exceed
(E) The rates of Mideast immigrants' entrepreneurship exceeds those of
immigrants' rates of entrepreneurship
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The answer is C. The right answer must contain 'exceed those of' and the answer E commits a single/plural problem, so the answer is C.
ska7945 wrote:Mideast immigrants' rates of entrepreneurship exceed virtually every other immigrant group in the increasingly diverse United States economy.
(A) Mideast immigrants' rates of entrepreneurship exceed
(B) Mideast immigrants are exhibiting rates of entrepreneurship exceeding
(C) Immigrants from the Mideast exhibit rates of entrepreneurship exceeding those of
(D) The rates of entrepreneurship in immigrants from the Mideast exceed
(E) The rates of Mideast immigrants' entrepreneurship exceeds those of
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1. It should be "exceed those of" so A and D are incorrect.
2. There is subject-verb agreement problem so E is incorrect - rates->is
3. There seems to be missing verb form of "b" in C
Immigrants from the Mideast exhibit rates of entrepreneurship [which are] exceeding those of
would be a better sentecne. I also go for B.
2. There is subject-verb agreement problem so E is incorrect - rates->is
3. There seems to be missing verb form of "b" in C
Immigrants from the Mideast exhibit rates of entrepreneurship [which are] exceeding those of
would be a better sentecne. I also go for B.
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