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The twenty-four biochemical labs in the state all compete for shares of the same government allotment, and so all strive to present their case for funding more successfully than each other.
Title
The twenty-four biochemical
Your Result
Correct
Difficulty
Easy
Your Pace
0:04
Others' Pace
1:07
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Text Explanation
Split #1: to have a comparison with the word "than", we need a comparative in the sentence. Choice (E) uses no comparative, so it is wrong.
Split #2: Think about the competition. If I am in one lab, I want my lab to be more successful than whom?
(A) "each other" – no, this is not the "each other"/"one another" case.
(B) & (D) "the others" – maybe
(C) "one other team" – no, a lab want to beat all others, not just one other
Choices (A) & (C) are incorrect.
Split #3: Pronoun-antecedent agreement in the underlined section.
(A) "all … their" -- both plural = correct
(B) "all … their" -- both plural = correct
(C) "each … their" -- singular/ plural = incorrect
(D) "each … its" -- both singular = correct
Choice (C) is incorrect.
Split #4: as discussed in this post, think about the logic of the situation. Each lab wants something unique: they want their own lab, and no other lab, to be the most successful. In this sense, each lab wants a different outcome, so we can lump them all together in a plural subject. The plural "all" is logically incorrect: we need the singular "each". Choices (A) & (B) are incorrect.
Because of these splits, choice (D) is the only possible answer.
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