Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the pronoun which is suitable to complete the sentence.

Government regulations affect the russians more than ________.

  1. we

  2. us

  3. they

  4. them

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

This is an ambiguous construction. Read as 'affect the Russians more than [they affect] us', 'us' is correct as object. But 'more than we [are affected]' would require 'we'. The official answer 'us' favors the object-comparison interpretation.