SC 1000 #252

[Osirus@VeritasPrep]

Dr. Hakuta's research among Hispanic children in the United States indicates that the more the children use both Spanish and English, their intellectual advantage is greater in skills underlying reading ability and nonverbal logic.

(A) their intellectual advantage is greater in skills underlying reading ability and nonverbal logic
(B) their intellectual advantage is the greater in skills underlaying reading ability and nonverbal logic
(C) the greater their intellectual advantage in skills underlying reading ability and nonverbal logic
(D) in skills that underlay reading ability and nonverbal logic, their intellectual advantage is the greater
(E) in skills underlying reading ability and nonverbal logic, the greater intellectual advantage is theirs


OA is C

Do you not need a verb in the dependent clause? If not why not?

[akahuja143]

My answer would be A

[Osirus@VeritasPrep]

My answer would be A

No, "the more" should be followed with "the greater" or something like that in order to maintain parallelism. The OA is just awkward imo.

[becnil]

You are right. Something like "the greater is their intellectual advantage in skills underlying reading ability and nonverbal logic " may have been better. However, considering the answer choices, C is the only one with the "the more..the greater" combo.

[money9111]

whew I got C as well... i know we're not supposed to use our ears here but these sounded fishy to me:

A -
B - is the greater
C
D - their intellectual advantage is the greater
E - the greater intellectual advantage is theirs