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Old 15-May-2007, 18:34
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Alaska is a very large state with very few people, .......... that, on average, only 0.42 people live on every square kilometre.

A) as
B) less
C) enough
D) such
E) fewer

Could you please explain why if possible?

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Old 15-May-2007, 19:20
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Why don't you use "as such"
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Old 16-May-2007, 10:55
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I haven't got any sufficent answer yet...
Please help me...
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Default Re: Multiple Choice?

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Alaska is a very large state with very few people, .......... that, on average, only 0.42 people live on every square kilometre.

A) as
B) less
C) enough
D) such
E) fewer

Could you please explain why if possible?

Thanks...

(ELS Yayın, Turkey.)
A, B, C, and E are wrong.

I'd normally ask you to try to solve this sort of thing first; but in this case I don't want to encourage this use of 'such that'!

In maths/physics questions, it's common to use 'such that' to start a specification [with the meaning 'of such a kind that']: "ABCD is a square such that A and B form the base of an equilateral triangle ABE."

In your example, the same meaning could apply: 'Alaska is a ... state of such a kind that....' But as you've already said it's sparsely populated, your sentence needs some other expression or punctuation to announce that the rest of the sentence gives evidence of that sparseness. You're not giving the specifications of Alaska, you're giving figures to support the statement that it's a very large state with very few people. I'd use a simple colon:

Alaska is a very large state with very few people: on average, only 0.42 people live on every square kilometre.
But if you're looking for an answer to the multiple choice question, I'm afraid it has to be D.

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thank you very much
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Old 22-May-2007, 15:58
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Why don't you use "as such"
aous02, that was not one of the options given by the poster.

Please be reminded, you are welcome to reply to posts as long as your response contributes to the poster's questions. If you do not know the answer, please refrain from replying.

Moreover, if you are not a teacher you need to state that in each thread you post in.
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