Sentence Correction

716. The company announced that its profits declined much less in the second quarter than analysts had expected it to and its business will improve in the second half of the year.
(A) had expected it to and its business will improve
(B) had expected and that its business would improve
(C) expected it would and that it will improve its business
(D) expected them to and its business would improve
(E) expected and that it will have improved its business


Hi,
It is similar question to #710 which I posted earlier, why "expected it to" is wrong=A) ?

is the answer B?

as far as i know

'IT' must always follow a noun, not an action
eg: Frank says i took his cookies, but i didn't do it --> wrong
Frank says i took his cookies, btu i didn't take them. --> right

yes, the answer is A).

Thank you for clarification! I got it!

heyy..whats the answer :roll:

if we go by the rule "IT" should follow a noun not an action how will A be an answer.

:roll:

Ive just started preparing.

is the sentence "take it easy" wrong as it follows "take" :roll:

This question has taken me 3 minutes to answer, and still I got it wrong