Sentence Correction

According to leading economists across the world, rising inflation is one of the factors that seem to indicate than an economy might be headed for a recession.

A) factors that seem to indicate than an economy

B) factors, which seem to indicate that an economy

C) factors that seem to indicate an economy

D) factors that seem to indicate than an economy

E) factors which seems to indicate that an economy

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Hi Experts ,

Please give me a reason to eliminate option B.

Many thanks in advance.

SJ

Please give me a reason to eliminate option B.

The sentence is about inflation being one of a particular group of factors. Which factors? The factors that seem to indicate that an economy might be headed for a recession.

So you need a restrictive modifier, one beginning with that, to define the set of factors being discussed.

The point is not that inflation is one of the factors, which seem to indicate that an economy might be headed for a recession. That does not make sense, and if we remove the modifier, we get this sentence that does not express what the sentence is meant to express.

According to leading economists across the world, rising inflation is one of the factors.

If a sentence no longer works after a modifier is removed, you need that modifier to be a restrictive, essential modifier, in this case, one that starts with that rather than with which.

The point is that inflation is one of the factors that seem to indicate that an economy might be headed for a recession.

Hi Marty ,

Thanks for your reply.

Just a quick question. If the sentence would be like below , then can we use WHICH ?

Please explain


According to leading economists across the world, rising inflation is the factors that seem to indicate than an economy might be headed for a recession.

jain2016 wrote:If the sentence would be like below, then can we use WHICH ?

Please explain

According to leading economists across the world, rising inflation is the factors that seem to indicate than an economy might be headed for a recession.

You still have the same issue. Rising inflation is the factor that seems to indicate ...

Remove the modifier and the sentence no longer works.

According to leading economists across the world, rising inflation is the factor.

Here's an example in which which works.

According to leading economists across the world, inflation, which can be used as an indicator, is rising.

Notice, the modifier is not restrictive or essential, and the sentence works without it.

According to leading economists across the world, inflation is rising.

Hi Marty ,

Thanks for your reply. All clear.

Thanks,

SJ

[squote="Marty Murray"]

Please give me a reason to eliminate option B.

I totally agree, yet I have a Question.
How come answer d says "factors than indicate"
shouldn't it say "factors that indicate"? Or was that just a typo?


The sentence is about inflation being one of a particular group of factors. Which factors? The factors that seem to indicate that an economy might be headed for a recession.

So you need a restrictive modifier, one beginning with that, to define the set of factors being discussed.

The point is not that inflation is one of the factors, which seem to indicate that an economy might be headed for a recession. That does not make sense, and if we remove the modifier, we get this sentence that does not express what the sentence is meant to express.

According to leading economists across the world, rising inflation is one of the factors.

If a sentence no longer works after a modifier is removed, you need that modifier to be a restrictive, essential modifier, in this case, one that starts with that rather than with which.

The point is that inflation is one of the factors that seem to indicate that an economy might be headed for a recession.[/quote]

I totally agree, yet I have a Question.
How come answer d says "factors than indicate"
shouldn't it say "factors that indicate"? Or was that just a typo?

Looks as if it's just a typo.