1) Richard Wright enjoyed success and
influence _____ among Black American
writers of his era.

A)were unparalleled
B)are unparalleled
C)unparalleled
D)the unparalleled

The correct answer of this question is C,unparalleled.
Is anyone who can explain to me why the answer A,were unparalleled, is not a right answer.
I can eliminate B and D at first sight but I can’t tell the difference between A and C.
A is the omission of ”which” and C is the omission of ”which were” I feel.
---> ....influence which were unparalleled among Black American .....

2) Because of its vast tracts of virtually
uninhabited northern forest, Canada has
one of the lowest population density in
the world.

In this question we have to find the word that should be corrected.
The answer is ”density”.
But how can I get it corrected or rewritten?
I assume it’s uncountable. We can’t change ”population density” for ”population densities”, right?
How come it’s incorrect?

Help me solve these two questons.
Thanks in advance.

>A is the omission of ”which” and C is the omission of ”which were” I feel.


You are getting there.

If there’s ”which” in the choice A, then A and C would be the same meaning. But there’s no WHICH in A, so you cannot choose A.

Richard Wright enjoyed success and influence WHICH WERE UNPARALLELED among Black American writers of his era.

=

Richard Wright enjoyed success and influence UNPARALLELED among Black American writers of his era.

Those 2 senteces above have same meaning.


Got it??


Use either
- both WHICH and WERE
or
- NEITHER of them.


Hope you can get what I wrote here.




　

Yes! I got it!
I can’t thank you more.
Your remark is relevant every time.

How do you think about the question 2?
I pondered it over again.
Then I concluded that ”density” should be changed for ”densities”.
There is no alternative I guess.


　

＞Then I concluded that ”density” should be changed for ”densities”.


I think you are right. But do you know why it should be plural??

When you say ”one of ---”, the ”---” is always a plural noun unless of course the noun is uncountable.

That’s why the word ”destiny” should be ”destinies”. The word DESTINY is a countable noun.

OK??


Glad that you got it on the Q1.
Hope it helps this time again.


Good luck!!

　

Sometimes, when we use ”one of xxx” to mean that it is one among xxx, so the form of xxx must be plural.Moreover density is countable or uncountable in the dictionary, it is said that it is the very what we want to get.