When the real estate market is uncertain, homeowners are more likely to put money into stocks or certificates of deposit than into home improvements.
(A) than into
(B) than they do into
(C) than they are into
(D) as into
(E) as
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I'll go with B...though my reasoning might be false.
"...more likely to put money into stocks or certificates of deposit than they do into home improvements.
But then again, I could be wrong, because there isn't any ambiguity on the comparison.
"...more likely to put money into stocks or certificates of deposit than they do into home improvements.
But then again, I could be wrong, because there isn't any ambiguity on the comparison.
Yep.
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B is ungrammatical because of presence of do.
do breaks the parallelism because the verb in the previous part of the sentence is are
When the real estate market is uncertain, homeowners are more likely to put money into stocks or certificates of deposit than they do into home improvements.
A is best.
When the real estate market is uncertain, homeowners are more likely to put money
- into stocks or certificates of deposit
than
- into home improvements.
do breaks the parallelism because the verb in the previous part of the sentence is are
When the real estate market is uncertain, homeowners are more likely to put money into stocks or certificates of deposit than they do into home improvements.
A is best.
When the real estate market is uncertain, homeowners are more likely to put money
- into stocks or certificates of deposit
than
- into home improvements.
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