Questions with solution, Still Not convinced

A recent study, published by the California Bureau of Employment, found that people who sent in resumes with ethnic-sounding names had a much more difficult time getting called back from employers as people who sent in resumes showing similar qualifications but white-sounding names.



(A)employers as people who sent in resumes showing similar qualifications but white-sounding names.

(B)employers as those who did send in resumes showing similar qualifications but with white-sounding names.

(C)employers than those who sent in resumes showing similar qualifications but white-sounding names.

(D)employers than those who did send in resumes showing similar qualifications but with white-sounding names.

(E)employers than people did who sent in resumes showing similar qualifications but with white-sounding names.

Solution: E
Explanation: This problem requires that you properly frame the comparison: people who sent in resumes with these characteristics had a more difficult time getting called back than people did who had resumes with these characteristics.
In (A) and (B) the as is incorrect: you say more than not more as.
In (C), you need a with after the but: without it, the sentence means that the resume showed qualifications AND white names, clearly nonsensical.
For (D), the did is in the wrong place: it seems to indicate that only those who decided to send in resumes were affected. The did needs to be before or after people, not after the who. Answer is (E).


Primarily I am still not comfortable with explanations for C and D.

E is the worst answer and it is the correct Choice here, Why? "employers than people did who sent in resumes " seems to be very awkward here.Image may be NSFW.
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