Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.
The company hopes to eventually provide Singapore with the second-biggest electric car-sharing service in the world, (second to Paris only).
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
The correct answer is option 1, i.e. second only to Paris.
- Adverbs such as 'only' cannot be applied after a noun, unless we use a noun and add more information to the sentence. It is appropriate to use such adverbs before any noun to denote it's (noun's) sole existence.