SAT Reading & Writing · Form, Structure, and Sense
The committee's recommendation was more cautious than ______ made by the previous panel three years earlier.
The committee's recommendation was more cautious than ______ made by the previous panel three years earlier.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
Answer and explanation
Answer: C: the one
The sentence compares one recommendation to another, and the comparison needs a singular pronoun standing in for "recommendation" to keep the comparison logically parallel: "more cautious than *the one* made." *It* cannot follow "than" this way without an accompanying verb or clearer structure, leaving the comparison incomplete. *Those* and *them* are both plural, mismatching the singular noun "recommendation" the comparison refers back to.
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