Jatinder wrote: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

If B, then why not C and if C, then Why not B
In short, justify the elimination

homeowners( SUBJECT) are more likely to put money into stocks or certificates of deposit than into home improvements.

subject are more likely to put money into X than into Y

So, why not A ?

Jatinder wrote: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

If B, then why not C and if C, then Why not B
In short, justify the elimination

1. idiom or even normal readers can identify

More X than Y

X and Y must be parallel

This eliminates D and E


2. B and C use, They which is really not required as its understood due to only one plural subject "Homeowners"

C also changes the meaning as if they make start making home or join home making profession


3. When the real estate market is uncertain homeowners are more likely to put money into stocks or certificates of deposit than into home improvements.

Bold parts are parallel hence A

IMO B

DE can be easily eliminated as we need more... than


more into stocks than into home improvements
is corrrect usage but here we have more before likely to put
hence A is also wrong

than they do into / are into

homeowners are
more
likely to put money into stocks or certificates of deposit
than
they they are into.............

homeowners are into stocks is incorrect
so C is also wrong

we are left with B

One more vote for A

More likely to put money into X than into Y

Only A maintains the parallelism into stocks than into home improvements.

As a request, can you please underline the part to be corrected in the question. It makes life much simpler. Thanks

A for me.

and also, would it hurt you guys to underline the stem? jeez!

A for me.

and also, would it hurt you guys to underline the stem? jeez!

or is a cordinating conjunction.

Cordinating conjunction is used to join two independent clauses.

1st independent clause
When the real estate market is uncertain homeowners are more likely to put money into stocks than into home improvement.

2nd independent clause
When the real estate market is uncertain homeowners are more likely to put money into certificates of deposit than into home improvements.


When 2 independent clauses are joined together we need PARALLELISM.

if you notice, in 2nd independent clause we need a PRONOUN to refer to homeowners.

This eliminates A,D,E.

Choice C "Than they are into" changes the meaning i.e. verb is not parallel.

Choice B. parallelism: They (homeowners) are more likely "to put" (action) money into stocks or certificates of deposit than they(homeowners) "do" (action) into home improvements.

Whats the OA?

stop@800 wrote:IMO B

DE can be easily eliminated as we need more... than


more into stocks than into home improvements
is corrrect usage but here we have more before likely to put
hence A is also wrong

than they do into / are into

homeowners are
more
likely to put money into stocks or certificates of deposit
than
they they are into.............

homeowners are into stocks is incorrect
so C is also wrong

we are left with B

Perfect!! ..OA is B

@parallel_chase- although your answer is correct but your explanation is not. There is only 1 independant cluase.

Jatinder wrote:

stop@800 wrote:IMO B

DE can be easily eliminated as we need more... than


more into stocks than into home improvements
is corrrect usage but here we have more before likely to put
hence A is also wrong

than they do into / are into

homeowners are
more
likely to put money into stocks or certificates of deposit
than
they they are into.............

homeowners are into stocks is incorrect
so C is also wrong

we are left with B

Perfect!! ..OA is B

@parallel_chase- although your answer is correct but your explanation is not. There is only 1 independant cluase.

I am not convinced!! I am sorry

logitech wrote:

Jatinder wrote:

stop@800 wrote:IMO B

DE can be easily eliminated as we need more... than


more into stocks than into home improvements
is corrrect usage but here we have more before likely to put
hence A is also wrong

than they do into / are into

homeowners are
more
likely to put money into stocks or certificates of deposit
than
they they are into.............

homeowners are into stocks is incorrect
so C is also wrong

we are left with B

Perfect!! ..OA is B

@parallel_chase- although your answer is correct but your explanation is not. There is only 1 independant cluase.

I am not convinced!! I am sorry

Whats your doubt buddy?

stop@800 wrote: Whats your doubt buddy?

Stop, can you please explain this to me again:

stop@800 wrote: more into stocks than into home improvements
is corrrect usage but here we have more before likely to put
hence A is also wrong

stop@800 wrote:

logitech wrote:

Jatinder wrote:

stop@800 wrote:IMO B

DE can be easily eliminated as we need more... than


more into stocks than into home improvements
is corrrect usage but here we have more before likely to put
hence A is also wrong

than they do into / are into

homeowners are
more
likely to put money into stocks or certificates of deposit
than
they they are into.............

homeowners are into stocks is incorrect
so C is also wrong

we are left with B

Perfect!! ..OA is B

@parallel_chase- although your answer is correct but your explanation is not. There is only 1 independant cluase.

I am not convinced!! I am sorry

Whats your doubt buddy?

I'm with Logitech. B doesn't sound right to me. I think it's A.

I will go for A.

Without applying much brain, it's simple, concise and meaningful.

logitech wrote:

stop@800 wrote: Whats your doubt buddy?

Stop, can you please explain this to me again:

stop@800 wrote: more into stocks than into home improvements
is corrrect usage but here we have more before likely to put
hence A is also wrong

I just rephrase what stop800 meant:

stop@800 wrote: more into stocks than into home improvements
is corrrect usage but here we have more before likely to put
hence A is also wrong

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idiom is more X than Y
X= likely to put
Y = are

Hence they are not parallel

Take B
X= likely to put
Y = do

Parallel ...bingo!!