Multiple choice

Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.

Generally speaking, the harder a student studies, more marks he is likely to get.

  1. Generally speaking, the harder a student studies, more marks he is likely to get.

  2. Generally speaking, the harder a student studies, the more marks he is likely to get.

  3. Generally speaking, the harder a student studies, the more the marks he is likely to get.

  4. Generally speaking, the harder a student studies, more the marks he is likely to get.

  5. Generally speaking, the harder a student studies, more are the marks he is likely to get.

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C Correct answer
Explanation

Explanation for (1): 'The harder' should be followed by 'the more'. Also, marks should take the article.

Explanation for (2): This option corrects the error of parallelism, but not that of the article.

Justification for (3): 'The harder' should be followed by 'the more'. Also, marks should take the article. This option does both.
Explanation for (4): 'The harder' should be followed by 'the more'. Explanation for (5): 'The harder' should be followed by 'the more'.