Multiple choice

According to a survey, owning a house and a car is still the primary goal of a majority of working young adults, like that of earlier generations.

  1. like that of earlier generations

  2. as that for earlier generations

  3. just as earlier generations did

  4. as have earlier generations

  5. as it was of earlier generations
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E Correct answer
Explanation

'Like' is used to compare nouns while we have a comparison of clauses in this sentence. So the comparison should use 'as' in preference. Parallelism of structure with 'primary goal of a majority....' should be taken into consideration to choose 'as it was of ....'. Hence (5).

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