52. According to the Better Business Bureau, if you fail to advertise the highest price in a range of prices for a service or product as prominently as that of the lowest, it violates the New York Consumer Protection Law.
(A) if you fail to advertise the highest price in a range of prices for a service or product as prominently as that of the lowest, it
(B) if one fails to advertise the highest price in a range of prices for a service or product as prominently as the lowest price, it
(C) failure to advertise the highest price in a range of prices for a service or product as prominently as the lowest
(D) failure to advertise as prominently the highest price in a range of prices for a service or product as the lowest
(E) failing to advertise as prominently the highest price in a range of prices for a service or products as that of the lowest
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IMO Bsoumyopriyosaha wrote:52. According to the Better Business Bureau, if you fail to advertise the highest price in a range of prices for a service or product as prominently as that of the lowest, it violates the New York Consumer Protection Law.
(A) if you fail to advertise the highest price in a range of prices for a service or product as prominently as that of the lowest, it
(B) if one fails to advertise the highest price in a range of prices for a service or product as prominently as the lowest price, it
(C) failure to advertise the highest price in a range of prices for a service or product as prominently as the lowest
(D) failure to advertise as prominently the highest price in a range of prices for a service or product as the lowest
(E) failing to advertise as prominently the highest price in a range of prices for a service or products as that of the lowest
C,D and E lacks llelism
A use of that is redundant
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Here (A) & (B) can be eliminated because of the usage of 'it'soumyopriyosaha wrote:52. According to the Better Business Bureau, if you fail to advertise the highest price in a range of prices for a service or product as prominently as that of the lowest, it violates the New York Consumer Protection Law.
(A) if you fail to advertise the highest price in a range of prices for a service or product as prominently as that of the lowest, it
(B) if one fails to advertise the highest price in a range of prices for a service or product as prominently as the lowest price, it
(C) failure to advertise the highest price in a range of prices for a service or product as prominently as the lowest
(D) failure to advertise as prominently the highest price in a range of prices for a service or product as the lowest
(E) failing to advertise as prominently the highest price in a range of prices for a service or products as that of the lowest
In (D) & (E) 'as prominently ___________ as' is incorrect
My take is (C) ... 'as prominently as' is correct
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I honestly have no idea why C would be correct... substituting that back into the sentence... 'It' then throws me off. Can someone please explain?
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money9111, i believe that "it" should also be a part of the underlined portion in the question. Otherwise, none of the answer choices would be correct. If we consider "it" to be a part of the underlined statement, then answer choice (C) is perfect, and I'm sure you will see that too.money9111 wrote:I honestly have no idea why C would be correct... substituting that back into the sentence... 'It' then throws me off. Can someone please explain?
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I chose C initially. Here's why:
[spoiler]A - What does "it" refer to? Nothing.
B - Same as A... "it" doesn't refer to anything
D - Failure to advertise as prominently? This is unidiomatic
E - In addition to being unidiomatic, this is wordy.[/spoiler]
[spoiler]A - What does "it" refer to? Nothing.
B - Same as A... "it" doesn't refer to anything
D - Failure to advertise as prominently? This is unidiomatic
E - In addition to being unidiomatic, this is wordy.[/spoiler]
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I am not convinced with "C". Need someone to elaborate and help me understand...
I was vacillating between A and B but went for A finally. I rejected C, D, E by just looking at first word "failure" in each of these options. If it has to be "failure" then it can not start with "it" after comma...
I see someone has put comment that its a kind of typo/error and "it" should be part of underlined statement...its so confusing...
I WOULD SUGGEST EVERYONE TO BE EXTRA CAREFUL WHILE POSTING QUESTION...obviously because so many people spend time and serious thoughts on questions and such error makes the effort futile...
I was vacillating between A and B but went for A finally. I rejected C, D, E by just looking at first word "failure" in each of these options. If it has to be "failure" then it can not start with "it" after comma...
I see someone has put comment that its a kind of typo/error and "it" should be part of underlined statement...its so confusing...
I WOULD SUGGEST EVERYONE TO BE EXTRA CAREFUL WHILE POSTING QUESTION...obviously because so many people spend time and serious thoughts on questions and such error makes the effort futile...
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mmon wrote:IMO C
A & B - it doesn't have an clear antecedent.
C- Correctly uses the idiom 'advertise X of ABC as prominently as Y'
D - as prominently X as the Y
E- Failing is wrong here
agreed..C uses proper Idiom.
Could you explain why is 'as prominently ___________ as' incorrectkomal wrote:Here (A) & (B) can be eliminated because of the usage of 'it'soumyopriyosaha wrote:52. According to the Better Business Bureau, if you fail to advertise the highest price in a range of prices for a service or product as prominently as that of the lowest, it violates the New York Consumer Protection Law.
(A) if you fail to advertise the highest price in a range of prices for a service or product as prominently as that of the lowest, it
(B) if one fails to advertise the highest price in a range of prices for a service or product as prominently as the lowest price, it
(C) failure to advertise the highest price in a range of prices for a service or product as prominently as the lowest
(D) failure to advertise as prominently the highest price in a range of prices for a service or product as the lowest
(E) failing to advertise as prominently the highest price in a range of prices for a service or products as that of the lowest
In (D) & (E) 'as prominently ___________ as' is incorrect
My take is (C) ... 'as prominently as' is correct
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C for me
soumyopriyosaha wrote:52. According to the Better Business Bureau, if you fail to advertise the highest price in a range of prices for a service or product as prominently as that of the lowest, it violates the New York Consumer Protection Law.
(A) if you fail to advertise the highest price in a range of prices for a service or product as prominently as that of the lowest, it
(B) if one fails to advertise the highest price in a range of prices for a service or product as prominently as the lowest price, it
(C) failure to advertise the highest price in a range of prices for a service or product as prominently as the lowest
(D) failure to advertise as prominently the highest price in a range of prices for a service or product as the lowest
(E) failing to advertise as prominently the highest price in a range of prices for a service or products as that of the lowest
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