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by prac » Sun Jan 09, 2011 8:33 am
With adjustments for inflation,the relative cost of welfare benefits has been dropping since 1973, resulting in the welfare program now costing about 3 billion real dollars less to implement than in 1973

(a)resulting in the welfare program now costing about 3 billion real dollars less to implement than
(b)resulting in the welfare program now costing about 3 billion real dollars less to implement as
(c)resulting in the welfare program now costing about 3 billion real dollars less to implement than it did
(d)and as a result the welfare program now costs about 3 billion real dollars less to implement than it did
(e)and the welfare program now costs about 3 billion real dollars less as a result to implement than

what is wrong with C here?
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by BastiG » Sun Jan 09, 2011 10:22 am
1. Pls underline the sentence!!! It makes the sentence so much easier to read.

2. C is wrong because resulting is modifying "the relative cost" (Subject). It should rather modify the drop in costs. So you can eliminate a,b,c.

3. As is wrong, so you can eliminate b.

4. e is wrong because it distorts the meaning. (placement of as a result)

5. I think you need "it did" to have the correct comparison. But you can eventually ellipse it.
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by prac » Sun Jan 09, 2011 10:39 am
Thanks a lot.



BastiG wrote:1. Pls underline the sentence!!! It makes the sentence so much easier to read.

2. C is wrong because resulting is modifying "the relative cost" (Subject). It should rather modify the drop in costs. So you can eliminate a,b,c.

3. As is wrong, so you can eliminate b.

4. e is wrong because it distorts the meaning. (placement of as a result)

5. I think you need "it did" to have the correct comparison. But you can eventually ellipse it.
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by Target2009 » Sun Jan 09, 2011 2:39 pm
[spoiler]IMO : D [/spoiler]

With adjustments for inflation, the relative cost of welfare benefits has been dropping since 1973, resulting in the welfare program now costing about 3 billion real dollars less to implement than in 1973

(a) resulting in the welfare program now costing about 3 billion real dollars less to implement than
(b) resulting in the welfare program now costing about 3 billion real dollars less to implement as
(c) resulting in the welfare program now costing about 3 billion real dollars less to implement than it did
(d) and as a result the welfare program now costs about 3 billion real dollars less to implement than it did
(e) and the welfare program now costs about 3 billion real dollars less as a result to implement than
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