karthikchandru wrote:Policy makers remain concerned about the prospect of inflation, although there are few signs of increasing energy prices driving up the cost of other goods so far.

(a) remain concerned about the prospect of inflation, although there are few signs of increasing energy prices driving up the cost of other goods so far


(b) still remain concerned about the prospects of inflation; there are as yet few signs that increasing energy prices are currently driving up the cost of other goods....still remain is redundant


(c) remain concerned about the prospect for inflation, even though as yet few signs of higher energy prices are driving up the cost of other goods so far


(d) still remain concerned about inflation, even though there are currently few signs that increasing energy prices drive up the cost of other goods redundant still remain


(e) remain concerned about the prospect of inflation, despite the dearth of signs thus far that increasing energy prices are driving up the cost of other goods

OA after some inputs.

Birottam Dutta wrote:Firstly, prospect of inflation is the correct idiom so on the basis of that, C and D are eliminated.

B is not conveying the intended message of the sentence and is awkward. Also B has "as yet" as well as "currently" which I feel are the same so one is redundant.

A has one problem that "so far" should be placed immediately after "there are few signs" otherwise it is ambiguous as to what it is modifying, I.e., it may be modifying driving up as well so it is not clear.

E is absolutely clear in meaning and grammatically correct.

Hen e, E!

agautam7879 wrote:what is the source of the question because i believe that the answer should be A because despite is a preposition and can not join two clauses