122. As a result of the continuing decline in the birth rate, less people will enter the labor force in the 1980s than did in the 1960s and 1970s, a twenty year period during which people born after the war swelled the ranks of workers.
(A) less people will enter the labor force in the 1980s than
(B) less people will be entering the labor force in the 1980s as
(C) fewer people will enter the labor force in the 1980s as
(D) fewer people will be entering the labor force in the 1980s as
(E) fewer people will enter the labor force in the 1980s than
Solution:
Comparison*
A and B can be eliminated as the correct usage is fewer people.
C and D can be eliminated for using fewer as rather than fewer than,
E is the best choice.
Sentence Correction - 1000 Questions with Solution:
(A) less people will enter the labor force in the 1980s than
(B) less people will be entering the labor force in the 1980s as
(C) fewer people will enter the labor force in the 1980s as
(D) fewer people will be entering the labor force in the 1980s as
(E) fewer people will enter the labor force in the 1980s than
Solution:
Comparison*
A and B can be eliminated as the correct usage is fewer people.
C and D can be eliminated for using fewer as rather than fewer than,
E is the best choice.
Sentence Correction - 1000 Questions with Solution: