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by niketdoshi123 » Wed Jul 18, 2012 7:07 am
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

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

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
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by Kasia@EconomistGMAT » Wed Jul 18, 2012 8:39 am
Answer A is ambiguous, the meaning of the clause " there are few signs of increasing energy prices driving up the cost of other goods so far" is vague.
Answer B unnecessarily uses the word "still" and thus is redundant.
Answer C uses an incorrect phrase "remain concerned FOR"
Answer D is also redundant (the use of "still")
Answer E is correct.
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by mv12 » Wed Jul 18, 2012 8:59 am
My pick E.

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by niketdoshi123 » Thu Jul 19, 2012 10:06 am
OA is E

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