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TOEFL question: Living organisms contain more water ... substance #1 (permalink) Sat Jan 22, 2005 0:40 am   TOEFL question: Living organisms contain more water ... substance
 

Living organisms contain more water _________ substance.

(A) than do any other
(B) does than any other
(C) other than do they any
(D) than they do any other

my answer is: A

Is this answer correct or not?

If not why?

thanks

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Pls explain me this #2 (permalink) Sat Jan 22, 2005 10:41 am   please explain me this
 

latha wrote:
Living organisms contain more water _________ substance.
(A) than do any other
(B) does than any other
(C) other than do they any
(D) than they do any other



Hi Latha, (A) can't be correct because the word order is wrong. What would work is this: Living organisms contain more water than any other systems do. Also, substance is singular, so the verb would have to be does in your sentence.
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You mean... #3 (permalink) Wed Jan 26, 2005 4:43 am   You mean...
 

You may want to say that "substance" is singular. Am I right?
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Substance is singular #4 (permalink) Wed Jan 26, 2005 8:56 am   Substance is singular
 

Hi Richard,

Yes of course you are right. Many thanks for following our threads and pointing out mistakes.
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Pls explain me this #5 (permalink) Fri Jan 28, 2005 6:13 am   please explain me this
 

you are reading the question wrong the answer is d because the question says that living organisms are mostly made of water obviously they do not contain more water than other substances because water in itself is a substance that contains more water.
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