Employment costs rose up 2.8 percent in the 12 months that ended in September, slightly less than they did in the year that ended in the previous quarter.
A- less than they did
B- less than it did
C- less than they were
D- lower than
E- lower than they were
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In B, it (singular) does not agree with costs (plural).gmattoend wrote:Employment costs rose 2.8 percent in the 12 months that ended in September, slightly less than they did in the year that ended in the previous quarter.
A- less than they did
B- less than it did
C- less than they were
D- lower than
E- lower than they were
Eliminate B.
C: Employment costs rose...less than they were
Here, an ACTION (rose) is illogically compared to a STATE-OF-BEING (were).
Eliminate C.
lower is an ADJECTIVE.
It must serve to modify a NOUN.
D and E: Employment costs rose...lower
Here, lower (adjective) cannot serve to modify rose (verb).
Eliminate D and E.
OA: Employment costs rose...less than they did.
Here, less is an ADVERB serving to express HOW employment costs ROSE.
did is standing in for the antecedent verb rose.
Conveyed comparison:
Employment costs rose less in the 12 months that ended in September than they rose in the year that ended in the previous quarter.
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