agemroy wrote:A March 2000 Census Bureau survey showed that Mexico accounted for more than a quarter of all foreign-born residents of the United States, the largest share for any country to contribute since 1890, when about 30 percent of the country's foreign-born population was from Germany.
A. the largest share for any country to contribute
B. the largest share that any country has contributed
C. which makes it the largest share for any country to contribute
D. having the largest share to be contributed by any country
E. having the largest share to have been contributed by any country
I received a PM asking me to comment.
In the original SC, a comma appears before the underlined portion.
I've corrected the omission in my post here.
In C,
which incorrectly refers to the
United States. Eliminate C.
In D and E,
any country since 1890 implies -- incorrectly -- that the sentence is discussing countries that have come into existence since 1890. The intended meaning of the sentence is to discuss how the different countries
have contributed since 1890. Eliminate D and E.
In A,
to contribute since 1890 makes no sense.
Since requires the present perfect tense. Eliminate A.
The correct answer is
B.
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