2012-04-04 09:00:21

Though the framers of the Constitution

   (A)

intended for nearly all Americans to vote in every

  (B)

election, voter turnout is dismally low in

                            (C)

presidential elections, and even less people

                                 (D)

vote in local elections. No error

                           (E)

The correct answer is D

Explanation: The error in this sentence occurs at choice D where the adjective “less” is incorrectly used to modify the noun “people.” Because “people” is a countable noun, “less” is inappropriate, since “less” is only used to modify uncountable nouns. This word choice error could be corrected by changing “less” to the grammatically correct “fewer.”