One of the duties of the Securities and Exchange Commission

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One of the duties of the Securities and Exchange Commission is to guarantee that individual or small investors have the same information about the financial health of a company as do the large, institutional investors.

A. as do the the large, institutional investors
B. as does the large, institutional investors
C. like the large, institutional investors have
D. in addition to the large, institutional investors
E. as the large, institutional investors

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by deloitte247 » Sun Sep 23, 2018 12:30 pm

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We are in a familiar territory i guess, who don't like investment?. Let's take a ride along the various options presented in the article.

Option A - INCORRECT.
The using of ''do'' here suggests a doing verb. We must bear in mind that those larger companies are only privy to such information, they don't command it. We could also argue that there isn't much inference to be drawn from the particular option since it bears semblance with the original content.

Option B - INCORRECT.
''Does'' is a second person plural verb that indicates an action carried out by a people, an entity or an organization. Here, the linguistic complexity ensures it doesn't fall under the categories of verb to be used in this context.

Option C - INCORRECT.
''Like'' here means in form of, near, almost etc. It can be used to express the industry of the writer because the intention and ''like'' are not consistent with each other.

Option E - CORRECT.
Here, information is the keyword. I.e. been going out means the large firms enjoy a particular luxury that will certainly be replicated with the smaller firms. It is apparently fitting and presents the most appropriate argument.

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