zagcollins wrote:In 1981 children in the United States spent an average of slightly less than two and a half hours a week doing household chores; by 1997 they had spent nearly six hours a week.

A. chores; by 1997 they had spent nearly six hours a week
B. chores; by 1997 that figure had grown to nearly six hours a week
C. chores, whereas nearly six hours a week were spent in 1997
D. chores, compared with a figure of nearly six hours a week in 1997
E. chores, that figure growing to nearly six hours a week in 1997

Vignesh.4384 wrote:IMO D.

A& B are easy to eliminate ..
c->passive
e->not parallel

and as for compared with and compared to ....

The human brain is compared to the computer ---> dissimilar objects are compared.

The original bill was compared with the duplicate ----> similar thing are compared

Aldiablo wrote:IMO D.

A and B are easy to eliminate because clause after ';' should be a complete sentence.

kiranlegend wrote:

Aldiablo wrote:IMO D.

A and B are easy to eliminate because clause after ';' should be a complete sentence.

isn't it a clause?