THE CORRECT ANSWER IS (B). THE ORIGINAL VERSION CREATES CONFUSION...

11. The correct answer is (B). The original version creates confusion by separating the

two parallel clauses the greater . . . and the less. . . . Also, will be is unnecessary and

undermines the parallel structure of the two clauses. Choice (B) remedies both

problems. (The words smaller and lesser may be used interchangeably here, because

both refer to amount rather than quantity.)