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by nationalfuel » Sun Jul 20, 2008 6:26 pm
595.Rather than continue to produce most of the items necessary for subsistence, a growing number of farm families during the first decades of the nineteenth century began to specialize in the production of grain or cotton and to use the cash proceeds from selling their crops for buying necessities.
(A) selling their crops for buying
(B) the sales of their crops for buying
(C) their selling of crops so as to buy
(D) their selling crops for buying of
(E) the sale of their crops to buy

what is the problem for A and B[/quote]
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Re: sc 595

by kiranlegend » Sun Jul 20, 2008 7:26 pm
nationalfuel wrote:595.Rather than continue to produce most of the items necessary for subsistence, a growing number of farm families during the first decades of the nineteenth century began to specialize in the production of grain or cotton and to use the cash proceeds from selling their crops for buying necessities.
(A) selling their crops for buying
(B) the sales of their crops for buying
(C) their selling of crops so as to buy
(D) their selling crops for buying of
(E) the sale of their crops to buy

what is the problem for A and B
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from.. to is the idiom. Hence, E is correct!

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by reachac » Sun Jul 20, 2008 8:43 pm
IMO E

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by Aldiablo » Sun Jul 20, 2008 11:52 pm
IMO E.
When you think you can or you cannot, you are generally correct.

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by ricky » Mon Jul 21, 2008 2:04 am
IMO E


'...For buying..' looks awkward...

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