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qwerty12321: Senior | Next Rank: 100 Posts; Posts: 63; Joined: Sat May 17, 2014 9:01 amFollowed by: 1 member

by qwerty12321 » Wed Jul 16, 2014 10:45 pm

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Can someone please explain how option E is correct?

Thanks

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by [email protected] » Wed Jul 16, 2014 11:23 pm

Hi qwerty12321,

This SC is based on some rarer Style/Idiom rules and a bit of Modification:

1) Redundancy - Redundant language and phrases are rarely correct (barring some types of parallelism). For example, "new initiative" and "combined together" are redundant phrases. Grammatically-speaking, you don't need both words in each phrase (e.g. the word "initiative" means "new", so having both words is unnecessary and incorrect style). The phrase "still remain" is another redundant phrase. Eliminate B and D.

2) Idioms - The word "prospect" should be followed by the word "of." Eliminate C.

3) Modification - The phrase "so far" or "thus far" are in reference to the number of "signs" of inflation. Whichever phrase you use, it should be as close as possible to the noun that it's modifying. Answer A puts it next to "other goods"; Answer E puts it next to "signs." Eliminate A.

Final Answer: E

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by confused13 » Thu Jul 17, 2014 4:36 am

is the phrase "there are" also an elimination point? Shouldn't there refer to an place ? We clearly never refer to a physical place?
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by GMATGuruNY » Thu Jul 17, 2014 6:01 am

confused13 wrote:is the phrase "there are" also an elimination point? Shouldn't there refer to an place ? We clearly never refer to a physical place?
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there are does not have to refer to a physical place.
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