The market is nearer to them than ________.
Correct answer: B. us
- A. we
- B. us
- C. ours
- D. ourselves
Explanation
After than, us is the required object pronoun in this comparison: nearer to them than us. Ours is possessive and ourselves is reflexive, while we would require a fuller clause such as than we are.
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