ranjeet75 wrote:Based on recent box office receipts, the public's appetite for documentary films, like nonfiction books, seems to be on the rise.
"¢ like nonfiction books
"¢ as nonfiction books
"¢ as its interest in nonfiction books
"¢ like their interest in nonfiction books
"¢ like its interest in nonfiction books
OA after some discussions
A comparison must compare APPLES TO APPLES: it must compare the right two things.
A and B incorrectly compare
the public's appetite to
non-fiction books. Eliminate A and B.
In C,
their (plural) does not agree with
public's (singular). Eliminate C.
D incorrectly uses
AS to compare two nouns (
the public's appetite and
its interest). LIKE is used to compare nouns; AS is used to compare ACTIONS. Eliminate D.
The correct answer is
E.
In E,
its (singular possessive pronoun) is correctly used to refer to another singular possessive construction (
the public's).
I'm a bit troubled by the non-underlined portion. The introductory modifier seems to imply that
the public's appetite is
based on recent box office receipts.
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