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 Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 9:50 am Post subject: og 11 |
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Retailers reported moderate gains in their November sales, as much because of their sales of a year earlier being so bad as that shoppers were getting a head start on buying their holiday gifts.
A. of their sales of a year earlier being so bad as that
B. of their sales a year earlier having been as bad as because
C. of their sales a year earlier being as bad as because
D. their sales a year earlier had been so bad as because
E. their sales of a year earlier were as bad as that
Altough the question was discussed in forum, the explanations are not satisfying, can anybody explain it in a detailed way? |
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| Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 10:15 am Post subject: Re: og 11 |
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| thegmatbeater wrote: | Retailers reported moderate gains in their November sales, as much because of their sales of a year earlier being so bad as that shoppers were getting a head start on buying their holiday gifts.
A. of their sales of a year earlier being so bad as that
B. of their sales a year earlier having been as bad as because
C. of their sales a year earlier being as bad as because
D. their sales a year earlier had been so bad as because
E. their sales of a year earlier were as bad as that
Altough the question was discussed in forum, the explanations are not satisfying, can anybody explain it in a detailed way? |
imo D
this question is testing parallel structures. 'as much because X as because Y' is the correct form. Only D (in my opinion) is correct in this form...also 'so' is the intensifier here for 'bad' so it should not be confused for any idiom structure
Also, a/b/c are using 'because of'. Now i personally think that, for eg, it happened because he went to onsite is better than it happened because of him going to onsite. right?
Out of d/e, e is again using 'sales of a year'...so we are left with D |
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