finance wrote:Providing adequate public health-care
facilities is a crucial task in a county like
Travis, where more than 60 percent of
household incomes are below the poverty line.
A. where more than 60 percent of household
incomes are
B. where more than 60 percent of household
income is
C. which has more than 60 percent of the
household incomes
D. where they have more than 60 percent of
household income
E. where more than 60 percent of them have
household incomes
In D and E,
they and
them have no clear antecedent. Eliminate D and E.
C changes the meaning.
More than 60 percent of the household incomes below the poverty line implies that, of all the household incomes below the poverty line, 60% are in Travis. The intended meaning of the sentence is that
60 percent of household incomes in Travis are below the poverty line. Eliminate C.
In B,
60 percent of household income cannot be below the poverty line. EACH household income in Travis is -- or is not -- below the poverty line. Since the sentence is discussing the NUMBER of incomes below the poverty line, the wording in A is correct:
60 percent of household incomes are below the poverty line. Eliminate B.
Please note that there is no correct answer here. In the non-underlined portion of the sentence,
a county like Travis is incorrect.
Like should not be used to introduce an example.
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