There is a widespread belief in the United States and Western Europe that young people have a smaller commitment to work and a career than their parents and grandparents and that the source of the change lies in the collapse of the "work ethic".
A) a smaller commitment to work and a career than their parents and grandparents
B) less of a commitment to work and a career than their parents and grandparents
C) a smaller commitment to work and a career than that of their parents and grandparents
D) less of a commitment to work and a career than their parents and grandparents had
E) a lessening of the commitment to work and a career that their parent and grandparents had
OA is __D__.
My questions are:
i. Why is A ambiguous?, Why is "had" required in the OA?
ii. Is there a technique to determine whether a sentence is ambiguous?
iii. Is there a difference between "smaller" and "less of..."? I read in other forum that smaller is better for physical objects while "less of" is better for abstract concepts.
A) a smaller commitment to work and a career than their parents and grandparents
B) less of a commitment to work and a career than their parents and grandparents
C) a smaller commitment to work and a career than that of their parents and grandparents
D) less of a commitment to work and a career than their parents and grandparents had
E) a lessening of the commitment to work and a career that their parent and grandparents had
OA is __D__.
My questions are:
i. Why is A ambiguous?, Why is "had" required in the OA?
ii. Is there a technique to determine whether a sentence is ambiguous?
iii. Is there a difference between "smaller" and "less of..."? I read in other forum that smaller is better for physical objects while "less of" is better for abstract concepts.
