Although producer prices rose at an unexpectedly steep rate in September, analysts said
that the increase resulted mostly from temporary factors and not necessarily
foreshadowing that there would be a resurgence of inflation.
A. factors and not necessarily foreshadowing that there would be
B. factors and not necessarily that it foreshadowed
C. factors and did not necessarily foreshadow
D. factors, while not necessarily a foreshadowing of
E. factors, while it did not necessarily foreshadow that there would be
OA - C pls explain
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My pick will be (C) for following reason
(A)- "not necessarily foreshadowing" , simple past should be used
(B)- "it" is ambiguous
(D) Incorrect usuage of "while" & simple past should be used
(E) Wordy
Please correct me if i am wrong
(A)- "not necessarily foreshadowing" , simple past should be used
(B)- "it" is ambiguous
(D) Incorrect usuage of "while" & simple past should be used
(E) Wordy
Please correct me if i am wrong
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Could someone explain the answer choices why they are incorrect ? I can feel them, but want to know the precise reasons . 
crackgmat007 wrote:Although producer prices rose at an unexpectedly steep rate in September, analysts said
that the increase resulted mostly from temporary factors and not necessarily
foreshadowing that there would be a resurgence of inflation.
A. factors and not necessarily foreshadowing that there would be
B. factors and not necessarily that it foreshadowed
C. factors and did not necessarily foreshadow
D. factors, while not necessarily a foreshadowing of
E. factors, while it did not necessarily foreshadow that there would be
OA - C pls explain
My 2 Cents,
A. And acting as a conjunction should join 2 parallel phrases / clauses or things, the increase resulted is not parallel wid foreshadowing
B. "it" referring to wat???
C. perfect
D. same error as A
E. parallelism wrt and is not present.
