Sentence Correction

A recent study, published by the California Bureau of Employment, found that people who sent in resumes with ethnic-sounding names had a much more difficult time getting called back from employers as people who sent in resumes showing similar qualifications but white-sounding names.

a. employers as people who sent in resumes showing similar qualifications but "white-sounding" names.

b. employers as those who did send in resumes showing similar qualifications but with "white-sounding" names.

c. employers than those who sent in resumes showing similar qualifications but "white-sounding" names.

d. employers than those who did send in resumes showing similar qualifications but with "white-sounding" names.

e. employers than people did who sent in resumes showing similar qualifications but with "white-sounding" names.


[spoiler]OA:E

I really not sure why E is correct and why D is wrong. The OE is as follows - Explanation: This problem requires that you properly frame the comparison: "people who sent in resumes with these characteristics had a more difficult time getting called back than people did who had resumes with these characteristics." In (A) and (B) the "as" is incorrect: you say "more than" not "more as". In (C), you need a "with" after the "but": without it, the sentence means that the resume showed qualifications AND white names, clearly nonsensical. For (D), the "did" is in the wrong place: it seems to indicate that only those who decided to send in resumes were affected. The "did" needs to be before or after people, not after the who. Answer is (E).[/spoiler]