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On comparison

by lenacat » Sat Jun 06, 2009 4:42 pm
The guiding principles of the tax plan released by the Treasury Department could have even a greater significance for the economy than the particulars of the plan.
(A) even a greater significance for the economy than
(B) a significance that is even greater for the economy than
(C) even greater significance for the economy than have
(D) even greater significance for the economy than do
(E) a significance even greater for the economy than have

Could anyone help to find the correct answer and explain why? THX!
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Re: On comparison

by dtweah » Sun Jun 07, 2009 3:55 am
lenacat wrote:The guiding principles of the tax plan released by the Treasury Department could have even a greater significance for the economy than the particulars of the plan.
(A) even a greater significance for the economy than
(B) a significance that is even greater for the economy than
(C) even greater significance for the economy than have
(D) even greater significance for the economy than do
(E) a significance even greater for the economy than have

Could anyone help to find the correct answer and explain why? THX!
Choose C. The construction in C does not require a repetition of significance after "have" or a demonstrative pronoun referring to significance. You can reorder C to be: even greater significance than the particulars of the plan have=even greater significance than have the particulars of the plan.

In B. you want "..than that of the particulars of the plan or than the significance of the particulars of the plan", either of which is missing.
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