Standard English ConventionsVery hardLogical comparison that excludes the item itself
Standard English Conventions practice question
The 1911 census recorded more residents in the parish than ____.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. any other census before or sinceCorrect
- B. any census before or since
- C. the other censuses did before or since it did
- D. ever
Answer: A. any other census before or since
"any other" excludes the 1911 census from the comparison.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. any census before or since
- "any census" would include 1911 itself, which cannot record more than itself.
- C. the other censuses did before or since it did
- Garbled.
- D. ever
- "than ever" leaves the comparison unfinished.
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