Multiple choice

According to a recent poll, owning and living in a freestanding house on its own land is still a goal of a majority of 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

Error of vocabulary usage. 'Like' is used for comparing verbs; 'as' is used for comparing nouns. No  need of demeonstrative adjective 'that'. 'That' should be replaced by 'it'.

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