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by figs » Tue May 05, 2009 1:19 am
For most consumers, the price of automobile insurance continues to rise annually, even if free of damage claims and moving violations.
A. even if
B. despite being
C. even if they are
D. although they may be
E. even if remaining
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by matterover » Tue May 05, 2009 1:28 am
IMO C

the modifier "even if free of ..." does not give the intended meaning of who is free of.. a) Consumer or the price of automobile insurance.

C) clearly indicates that the consumers are free of damage claims and moving violations.

D) is changing the meaning by introducing may be.

E) remaining..incorrect.

B)despite being - does not clearly indicate who is free of ...
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by dendude » Tue May 05, 2009 9:48 am
IMO B
Only B and C were worth consideration, but rejected C for being wordy.

What's the OA?
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by ketkoag » Tue May 05, 2009 9:51 am
clearly B coz they refers to consumers and that is way too awkward.
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by ketkoag » Tue May 05, 2009 9:51 am
clearly B coz they refers to consumers and that is way too awkward.
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by ajaypatil_am » Tue May 05, 2009 10:17 pm
A. even if --Correct IMO
B. despite being --being always wrong
C. even if they are ---they are not necessary here
D. although they may be --wordy
E. even if remaining ---remaining not needed
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by mehravikas » Tue May 05, 2009 11:28 pm
IMO - C

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by mharv » Wed May 06, 2009 1:28 am
For most consumers, the price of automobile insurance continues to rise annually, even if free of damage claims and moving violations.
A. even if
B. despite being
C. even if they are
D. although they may be
E. even if remaining
ajaypatil_am wrote:A. even if --Correct IMO
B. despite being --being always wrong
C. even if they are ---they are not necessary here
D. although they may be --wordy
E. even if remaining ---remaining not needed
why do you say that A is correct, even if free of damage claims and moving violations. It is unclear if consumers are free of damage claims, or the prices of automobile insurance is free of these claims. A is wrong buddy.

B being is very rarely correct, so ok eliminated

C even if they are, they refers only to consumers so correct ref

D changes meaning of intended sentence

E consumers cannot be remaining free of damage claims, the wrong tense is used.
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by figs » Thu May 07, 2009 3:25 am
OA:C
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Re: For most consumers..

by kanha81 » Fri May 08, 2009 8:29 pm
figs wrote:For most consumers, the price of automobile insurance continues to rise annually, even if free of damage claims and moving violations.
A. even if
B. despite being
C. even if they are
D. although they may be
E. even if remaining
This is damn interesting POST. Really beauifully disguised.

I opted for , fully aware that "being" is in the sentence. On further scrutiny did I realize that "they" is correctly referring to the consumers for the reasons cited in the sentence- damage claims and moving violations---> this certainly should have been a SIGNAL that "they" is referring to the consumers.
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