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by sana.noor » Thu Apr 18, 2013 4:58 am
4. The census bureau reports that more than three fifths of all married couples in the united states now have two incomes, significantly more than earlier decades did.
(a) earlier decades did
(b) earlier decades
(c) in earlier decades
(d) earlier decades have
(e) that in earlier decades

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by Jim@StratusPrep » Thu Apr 18, 2013 5:30 am
Yep. You are comparing the time now to the time in earlier decades.
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by neha24 » Thu Apr 18, 2013 5:33 am
well "in the earlier decades" is an adverbial modifier .so here comparison is basically of time
but i still want to know the source !!
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by Nachiket » Thu Apr 18, 2013 5:52 am
neha24 wrote:well "in the earlier decades" is an adverbial modifier .so here comparison is basically of time
but i still want to know the source !!
Reason why E is not correct ?
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by neha24 » Thu Apr 18, 2013 5:59 am
Reason why E is not correct ?
well i tried millions of combination to justify as to what "that" can refer but i failed hence i eliminated this choice
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by Nachiket » Thu Apr 18, 2013 6:17 am
neha24 wrote:
Reason why E is not correct ?
well i tried millions of combination to justify as to what "that" can refer but i failed hence i eliminated this choice

If choice E would have been :-

(e) those in earlier decades
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by neha24 » Thu Apr 18, 2013 8:43 am
those in earlier decades
it wud still be wrong .this expression does not have parallel counterpart in the first clause
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by ice_rush » Thu Apr 18, 2013 9:54 am
see below
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by ice_rush » Thu Apr 18, 2013 9:55 am
neha24 wrote:
those in earlier decades
it wud still be wrong .this expression does not have parallel counterpart in the first clause

Actually placing 'those' would create ambiguity. We don't know whether 'those' refers to couples or incomes.
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by sana.noor » Fri Apr 19, 2013 12:27 am
source: multiple sources (urch.com, 1000Sc and V2)
please i want an expert to explain this question
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