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Select the best version of the italicized part of the sentence. If you think the original sentence is best, choose the first answer.

Nightlife entertainment in the suburbs and outlying areas is generally not as plentiful and diverse as it is in the city.


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Okay see writing shmoop ear's going to edit another sentence

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here Nightlife entertainment in the suburbs and outlying areas is

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generally not as plentiful and diverse as it is in

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the city All right not a great sentence there about

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that We're focused on the as it is so and

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compared with as they are and as those compared to

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well let's think about this thiss sense could very well

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be talking about a row of nightclubs but subject of

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the sense is singular entertainment entertainment needs a singular verb

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to match it's a thing it's an it and is

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it's better than carrie bradshaw's evening pumps Yeah so the

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answer is a as it is even though the subject

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includes a descriptor the verb in pronoun must remain singular

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so get rid of b way also can't use the

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plural indefinite pronoun those to take the place of a

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singular noun So i'll give you to see and throwing

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in compared to exit like we've had too much fun

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and excitement already tonight because exactly what entertainment is being

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compared to remains a mystery there so get rid of

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these so answers a as it is as we're smoked

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