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by vaivish » Tue Jul 15, 2008 9:23 am
353. In 1973 mortgage payments represented twenty-one percent of an average thirty-year-old male’s income; and forty-four percent in 1984.
(A) income; and forty-four percent in 1984
(B) income; in 1984 the figure was forty-four percent
(C) income, and in 1984 forty-four percent
(D) income, forty-four percent in 1984 was the figure
(E) income that rose to forty-four percent in 1984
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by kiranlegend » Tue Jul 15, 2008 9:42 am
vaivish wrote:353. In 1973 mortgage payments represented twenty-one percent of an average thirty-year-old male’s income; and forty-four percent in 1984.
(A) income; and forty-four percent in 1984
(B) income; in 1984 the figure was forty-four percent
(C) income, and in 1984 forty-four percent
(D) income, forty-four percent in 1984 was the figure
(E) income that rose to forty-four percent in 1984
IMO B

could anyone pls give the correct explanation for why E is wrong? just wanna measure how correct i'll be at explaining:)
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by BlueRain » Tue Jul 15, 2008 10:31 am
IMO B as well.

A - fragmented sentence, the part after ; is not a complete thought
C - fragmented sentence, the part after , is not a complete thought
D - awkward expression
E - "that" modifies income not the percentage

What is the OA?
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by reachac » Tue Jul 15, 2008 10:34 am
IMO B
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by vaivish » Tue Jul 22, 2008 11:02 am
OA is 'B
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by gmatinjuly » Wed Jul 23, 2008 8:24 am
IMO B
Parallel …

In .1973…payments ….21% ……; In 1984 THE FIGURE was 44%

E is close but not correct coz that refers to income not the %
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by pjain01 » Sun Oct 31, 2010 4:48 pm
Hi All,
Just wanted to understand that why "that" in option (E) is referring to "income".Is it because, it was immediately preceded by "income".
If short , I just wanted to understand
1)if 'that' comes after comma,to what it will refer to, whether it will refer to entire previous clause or to only the last noun as is done in case of 'which'.
2)if there is no comma before 'that',
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by way2ashish » Sat May 04, 2013 10:20 pm
In 1973 mortgage payments represented twenty-one percent of an average thirty-year-old male's income; and forty-four percent in 1984.
(A) income; and forty-four percent in 1984 - incorrect. sentence after semi colon is not capable of independent existence.
(B) income; in 1984 the figure was forty-four percent - correct
(C) income, and in 1984 forty-four percent - verb missing
(D) income, forty-four percent in 1984 was the figure - incorrect
(E) income that rose to forty-four percent in 1984 - changes the meaning of the sentence
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