SC :

[direstraits007]

A survey of American business schools
concludes that female students are more
concerned about job discrimination than
male students.
(A) female students are more concerned
about job discrimination than male
students.
(B) female students are more concerned
about job discrimination than male
students are.
(C) female students, as opposed to male
students, are more concerned about
job discrimination.
(D) female students are more concerned
about job discrimination than male
students are concerned.
(E) female students are more concerned
about job discrimination than their
male counterparts.


source: ARCO

OA: B

I got it A. I later found that A is wrong. But I've one question:

is the usage of "has/have" and "is/are' at the end of sentence.....right/wrong?


Thanks.

GeeMate.

[sunny.jain]

depend on comparison and noun at the end of sentence..



i like cheese more than she.

means :- i like cheese more than i like she.
or
i like cheese more than she does.

in order to clear what we want to convey, we use verb form at the end of sentence.

but if i say this:-
i like cheese more than butter.

it means only :- i like cheese more than i like butter.
it can not mean :-
i like cheese more than butter like cheese.

[RonPurewal]

is the usage of "has/have" and "is/are' at the end of sentence.....right/wrong?

you may need a helping verb to get rid of ambiguity. (that's what happens in this case; technically, (a) could mean that female students are more concerned about job discrimination than they are about male students.)

as for WHERE to put the helping verb:

if the 2nd noun is not followed by a modifier, then the helping verb may go EITHER before OR after the noun.
i know more about shakespeare than my brother does.
i know more about shakespeare than does my brother.
both correct.

if the 2nd noun IS followed by a modifier, then the helping verb MUST go before the noun.
i know more about shakespeare than does my brother, who has never taken a course in literature.