2012-04-26 09:00:50

Though the Union won the Civil War, the Confederate army

 (A)

actually had less casualties throughout the conflict

   (B)       (C)

than did the Union army. No error

  (D)                    (E)

The correct answer is C

Explanation: The error in this sentence occurs at choice C where the modifier "less" is incorrectly used to refer to a countable noun. Because "casualties" can be counted, "less" is inappropriate in context. This error could be corrected by changing "less" to "fewer."