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Innamuris Posted 18 years ago
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comparitive conjunction

can anyone help me in choosing the correct answer below?

The underlined portion below may have some grammatical mistake.

After the Colonial period’s 50 percent mortality rate, life expectancy improved for children, but as late as the nineteenth century about one child in three died before reaching the age of six.

(A) After the Colonial period’s 50 percent mortality rate, life expectancy improved for children, but
(B) Even though children’s life expectancy, which improved over the Colonial period’s 50 percent mortality rate,
(C) Although life expectancy for children improved after the Colonial period, during which the mortality rate was 50 percent,
(D) While there was an improvement in life expectancy for children after the 50 percent mortality rate of the Colonial period, still
(E) Despite children’s life expectancy improvement from the Colonial period’s 50 percent mortality rate,

The key for this question is 'as late as' which express the sameness in value w.r.t numbers or frequency or quality.
  

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Hi, can anyone help me in choosing the correct answer below? The underlined portion below may have some grammatical mistake. After the Colonial period’s 50 percent mortality rate, life expectancy improved for children, but as late as the nineteenth century about one child in three died before reaching the age of six.

  • Hi, can anyone help me in choosing the correct answer below?
  • The underlined portion below may have some grammatical mistake.
  • After the Colonial period’s 50 percent mortality rate, life expectancy improved for children, but as late as the nineteenth century about one child in three died before reaching the age of six.
  • (A) After the Colonial period’s 50 percent mortality rate, life expectancy improved for children, but This option means no change from what is above.
  • This seems OK to me.
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Hi,

can anyone help me in choosing the correct answer below?

The underlined portion below may have some grammatical mistake.

After the Colonial period’s 50 percent mortality rate, life expectancy improved for children, but as late as the nineteenth century about one child in three died before reaching the age of six.



(A) After the Colonial period’s 50

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