Question

"Some people buy organic food because they believe organically grown crops are more nutritious and safer for consumption than (the people who purchase) their conventionally grown counterparts.

The underlined portion would be most improved by being replaced with:



NO CHANGE


the purchase of


purchasing


DELETE the underlined portion.

Answer 1

No change. Also, for future reference, you might want to try reading out the sentence with each option to see what sound right.