Multiple choice

Directions: The following question presents a sentence, part of which or all 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.

It seemed that hardly any vote was cast on the Senate or House floor without some calculation as to how it might affect the midterm election.

  1. without some calculation as to how

  2. without there is some calculation as to how

  3. without that there is some calculation as to how

  4. without some calculation as how

  5. without some calculation to how
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A Correct answer
Explanation

The best answer is (1). The construction as to is idiomatic. In (4) and (5), the use of as alone or to alone is incorrect.

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