Sentence Correction

While fifteen years ago, only 20 percent of girls between the ages of 10 and 16 played soccer, today that figure is 40 percent, making soccer the most popular sport for girls as well as for boys.


as well as for boys


as well as the boys


and boys too


and boys as well


and also boys

IMO: A

Dude,

Please mention your explanation?????

digvijayk wrote:IMO: A

Well let me eliminate one by one:

E. And + Also -> Redundant. So eliminated without second thoughts.

D. And Boys as well -> Again, we look at the meaning, it would just suffice to say And Boys - redundancy.

C. And Boys too -> We use this a lot in spoken english. But when we look at meaning, again AND+TOO- BAD

B. and A. try to use "as well as" which is the correct idiom. But, "for girls" and "for boys" is the correct parallel construction, not "for girls" and "the boys". So B eliminated.

We're left with A. Correct idiom and correct parallel construction.

OA is A

digvijayk wrote:Well let me eliminate one by one:

E. And + Also -> Redundant. So eliminated without second thoughts.

D. And Boys as well -> Again, we look at the meaning, it would just suffice to say And Boys - redundancy.

C. And Boys too -> We use this a lot in spoken english. But when we look at meaning, again AND+TOO- BAD

B. and A. try to use "as well as" which is the correct idiom. But, "for girls" and "for boys" is the correct parallel construction, not "for girls" and "the boys". So B eliminated.

We're left with A. Correct idiom and correct parallel construction.