Multiple choice

Which of the following is the best revision of the underlined portion of sentence no. (1) below? is as nothing compared to the silly levity with which we tolerate poverty as

  1. Insert 'this' at the beginning

  2. Insert 'as' after 'nothing'

  3. Delete 'as' before 'nothing'

  4. Change 'compared to' after 'nothing' to 'as'

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C Correct answer
Explanation

(C)  'As' before nothing is redundant.