Middle income families

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Middle income families

by italian7745 » Wed Jun 30, 2010 10:30 pm
As the housing affordability gap widens, middle-income families are especially hard-hit, and these families can no longer qualify to buy homes, and rising rental rates force them to use far more than the standard 25 percent of their incomes for housing, leaving them with no equity or tax write-offs to offset the expenditures.

(A) and these families can no longer qualify to buy homes, and
(B) since these families can no longer afford to buy homes, furthermore
(C) for these families can no longer afford to buy homes, yet
(D) and these families can no longer afford to buy homes; however,
(E) and these families can no longer afford to buy homes, for


[spoiler]Why NOT B ??? OA later[/spoiler]

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by Domnu » Wed Jun 30, 2010 10:32 pm
B doesn't form a complete sentence... a comma is separating two complete phrases. I would say that the answer is E.
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by italian7745 » Wed Jun 30, 2010 10:48 pm
OA is not E...anyone else...

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by kvcpk » Wed Jun 30, 2010 11:16 pm
italian7745 wrote:OA is not E...anyone else...
IMO A

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by jube » Wed Jun 30, 2010 11:25 pm
IMO it's b/w A & C. I'll go with C. What is the OA?

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by jube » Wed Jun 30, 2010 11:28 pm
italian7745, you'll find a good explanation on why B is not the answer here: https://www.beatthegmat.com/q-140-1000-sc-t17584.html