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1000 SC140

by ranji » Fri Oct 26, 2007 11:32 am
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


I am confused between B and C!

A, D and E can be avoided since it tends to introduce an independant clause using 'and'.
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by jan08 » Thu Nov 29, 2007 7:44 pm
I think its B and its pretty simple..
just becoz B conveys the meaning correctly, The use of "yet" in C changes the meaning of the sentence and if you see the sentence as a whole, the construction is awkward with C.

Experts, any advise?

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by Danielle » Tue Dec 04, 2007 12:09 pm
Jan08, it's definitely B. C is awkward and use of for/yet is not idiomatic.
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by jan08 » Tue Dec 04, 2007 12:13 pm
Thanks Danielle..You are very quick in your response for SC questions but not for CR? Or Is it a wrong perception :?:

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by Danielle » Tue Dec 04, 2007 12:18 pm
I haven't been posting or answering any questions over on that part of the website. So I guess it's not a wrong perception -- I barely even check over there. Post the link of whatever you're referring to and I'll take a look, although I moderate the SC forum only right now.
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