Formulas for cash flow and the ratio of debt to equity do not apply to new small businesses in the same way as they do to established big businesses, because they are growing and are seldom in equilibrium.
(A) Formulas for cash flow and the ratio of debt to equity do not apply to new small businesses in the same way as they do to established big businesses, because they are growing and are seldom in equilibrium.
(B) Because they are growing and are seldom in equilibrium, formulas for cash flow and the ratio of debt to equity do not apply to new small businesses in the same way as they do to established big businesses.
(C) Because they are growing and are seldom in equilibrium, new small businesses are not subject to the same applicability of formulas for cash flow and the ratio of debt to equity as established big businesses.
(D) Because new small businesses are growing and are seldom in equilibrium, formulas for cash flow and the ratio of debt to equity do not apply to them in the same way as to established big businesses.
(E) New small businesses are not subject to the applicability of formulas for cash flow and the ratio of debt to equity in the same way as established big businesses, because they are growing and are seldom in equilibrium.
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I may be wrong, but trying my best hererish wrote:Formulas for cash flow and the ratio of debt to equity do not apply to new small businesses in the same way as they do to established big businesses, because they are growing and are seldom in equilibrium.
(A) Formulas for cash flow and the ratio of debt to equity do not apply to new small businesses in the same way as they do to established big businesses, because they are growing and are seldom in equilibrium. Incorrect. "They" is ambiguous. It is referring to big businesses.
(B) Because they are growing and are seldom in equilibrium, formulas for cash flow and the ratio of debt to equity do not apply to new small businesses in the same way as they do to established big businesses. Incorrect. "They" refers to forumlas over here. It should refer to small businesses. Formulas and big businesses are not growing. It is small business which is growing.
(C) Because they are growing and are seldom in equilibrium, new small businesses are not subject to the same applicability of formulas for cash flow and the ratio of debt to equity as established big businesses. Incorrect. It fixes the problem of "they" because "they" clearly refer to small businesses. But it introduces the error of parallelism.
(D)Because new small businesses are growing and are seldom in equilibrium, formulas for cash flow and the ratio of debt to equity do not apply to them in the same way as to established big businesses. Correct. Parallelism is correct here and also "they" is referring to small businesses correctly.
(E) New small businesses are not subject to the applicability of formulas for cash flow and the ratio of debt to equity in the same way as established big businesses, because they are growing and are seldom in equilibrium. Incorrect. "They" refers to "big businesses" here.
D IMO. I have explained my reasoning in the quotes.
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I think these are the idiomatic expressions (someone confirm?)
X applies to A as it applies to B.
X applies the same way to A as (*) to B.
(*) = "it applies" can be omitted in the second expression
X applies to A as it applies to B.
X applies the same way to A as (*) to B.
(*) = "it applies" can be omitted in the second expression
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the answer should be D as the modifier for small businesses should be near to what it is modifying. inspite of passive voice usage... the best one among choices would be D.
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In the option D what confused me the use of "them". I am sure that D is the best of all the options given however i have some confusion. From Manhattan SC I understand that "them" should refer back to object nouns. How did everyone come to a conclusion that "new small businesses" is the object ?
Am i missing something here.
Am i missing something here.
