Question

Though margarine was introduced as a supposedly healthful alternative to butter, recent studies suggest it is as harmful or worse than butter.

• A. it is as harmful or worse than butter
• B. it is just as harmful or even worse than butter
• C. that it is as harmful as or worse than butter
• D. it is as harmful as if not worse than butter

Answer 1

The correct option is C

that it is as harmful as or worse than butter

The original sentence incorrectly omits "that" following the verb "suggest." Moreover, it contains the incomplete construction "as . . . or worse than" (missing the second "as").

(A) This choice is incorrect as it repeats the original sentence.
(B) This choice incorrectly omits "that" following the verb "suggest" and it contains the unnecessary word "just." Moreover, it contains the incomplete construction "as . . . or even worse than" (missing the second "as").
(C) CORRECT. This choice correctly uses the word "that" to introduce a clause that follows the verb "suggest." Also, it contains the complete construction "as . . .as or worse than."
(D) This choice incorrectly omits "that" following the verb "suggest."