I have no idea why the correct answer is B...
A: I want to be an archaeologist, just like in the movies.
B: Well, real archaeologists have less excitement than they're depicted ______.

(a) as
(b) as having
(c) as having it
(d) as they have

according to the answer sheet, the correct answer is (b).
but, i don't know why it should be (b).
please help me

Question

I have no idea why the correct answer is B...
A: I want to be an archaeologist, just like in the movies.
B: Well, real archaeologists have less excitement than they're depicted ______.

(a) as
(b) as having
(c) as having it
(d) as they have

according to the answer sheet, the correct answer is (b).
but, i don't know why it should be (b).
please help me

Answer

The answer is not A because a sentence cannot end with a preposition.

Answers C and D are would make the sentence sound awkward because both endings include pronouns that are unnecessary for understanding and because it is repetitious. So in ending C "as having IT" ... "it" refers to "excitement", which we don't need to have repeated, and in ending D "as THEY have" they refers to archaeologists, which we also don't need to have repeated.

Answer B works because it keeps the sentence from ending on a preposition, and it conveys the desired message without the use of unneeded pronouns.

Hope this helps!

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