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GMAT Practice Question of the Day

Considered to be one of the brightest upcoming legal scholars, Douglas Kysar has written countless articles on environmental law and policy; his writings, which include a book with renowned law professor Daniel Esty, is cited more often than most other young legal scholars.

is cited more often than most other

are cited more often than most other

is cited more often than those of most other

are cited more often than those of most other

are cited more often than are most other

Correct Answer: D

Consider the agreement between the subject and the verb; consider whether the comparison toward the end of the sentence is logical.

There are two major problems with this sentence.

(1) The subject (his writings, which is plural) does not agree with the verb (is, which is singular). Since the words his writings are located outside the underlined portion, the verb is must be changed to are.

(2) The idiom more often than is intended to compare the writings of Douglas Kysar with the writings of other young legal scholars. However, the original sentence compares Kysar writings with other young legal scholars. The correct comparison should compare the writings of Kysar to those of most other young legal scholars, where the pronoun those clearly refers to legal writings--not young professors.

The subject (his writings, which is plural) does not agree with the verb (is, which is singular); the writings of Douglas Kysar are illogically compared to other young legal scholars
The writings of Douglas Kysar are illogically compared to other young legal scholars
The subject (his writings, which is plural) does not agree with the verb (is, which is singular)
The subject (his writings, which is plural) correctly agrees with the verb (are, which is plural); the writings of Douglas Kysar are correctly compared to those [referring to writings] other young legal scholars
The writings of Douglas Kysar are illogically compared to other young legal scholars; the are is awkward

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