ColumbiaDream wrote:
According to the National Science Foundation, in 2003 there were 198, 113 female science and engineering graduate students, almost 42% of the graduate students in those fields, twice as much as 1981.
(A) twice as much as 1981
(B) twice as many as 1981
(C) double the figure for 1981
(D) double what it was in 1981
(E) a number double that of 1981’s
OFFICIAL EXPLANATION
In the original sentence, “much” incorrectly references the quantity of female graduate students. Students are countable,
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