Direction.
Select the most appropriate set of words from the given choices to fill in the blanks.
___________, the more they remain the same.
People all over the world change
The more people change
The more they are different
The less people change
Correct Answer :
B. The more people change
The second clause identifies that it is a part of a comparative correlative, so option (a) can be ruled out as it does not make logical sense anyway. Option (b) is correct, because it hints towards an idiom that the more you change, the more you remain the same.
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