paes wrote:With adjustments for inflation,the relative cost of welfare benefits has been dropping since 1973, resulting in the welfare program now costing about 3 billion real dollars less to implement than in 1973
(a)resulting in the welfare program now costing about 3 billion real dollars less to implement than
(b)resulting in the welfare program now costing about 3 billion real dollars less to implement as
(c)resulting in the welfare program now costing about 3 billion real dollars less to implement than it did
(d)and as a result the welfare program now costs about 3 billion real dollars less to implement than it did
(e)and the welfare program now costs about 3 billion real dollars less as a result to implement than
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Please explain C and D.[/spoiler]
In A, B and C,
resulting in the welfare program is incorrect. The
welfare program was not the result. The result was its
costing about 3 billion real dollars less. The correct construction would be
resulting in the welfare program's costing about 3 billion real dollars less. (Please note that this construction would be grammatically sound but awkward and unlikely to be in the correct answer choice.) Eliminate A, B and C.
E incorrectly compares
3 billion dollars less to implement to
in 1973. Eliminate E.
The correct answer is
D.
In C,
did cannot stand in for
costing because
costing is not a verb but a gerund (a verb being used as a noun).
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GMATGuruNY on Fri Apr 06, 2012 6:25 am, edited 1 time in total.
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