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Phirozz: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 232; Joined: Sun Feb 28, 2010 10:47 pm; Thanked: 10 times

real estate market

by Phirozz » Mon Sep 06, 2010 1:03 pm

When the real estate market is uncertain, homeowners are more likely to put money into stocks or certificates of deposit than into home improvements.
(A) than into
(B) than they do into
(C) than they are into
(D) as into
(E) as

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by BastiG » Mon Sep 06, 2010 4:29 pm

IMO a

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by debmalya_dutta » Mon Sep 06, 2010 7:13 pm

my pick is A

@Deb

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by puneetdua » Mon Sep 06, 2010 7:16 pm

IMO A , please post the OA.

Thanks
Puneet

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by prakhag » Mon Sep 06, 2010 7:50 pm

IMO A.

Please provide OA.

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by scorpionz » Mon Sep 06, 2010 9:04 pm

One more vote for A..

OA Plz..?

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by paes » Mon Sep 06, 2010 10:13 pm

IMO B

OA please ?

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by hi.itz.mani » Mon Sep 06, 2010 10:35 pm

IMO A

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by uwhusky » Mon Sep 06, 2010 11:09 pm

I'll go with B...though my reasoning might be false.

"...more likely to put money into stocks or certificates of deposit than they do into home improvements.

But then again, I could be wrong, because there isn't any ambiguity on the comparison.

Yep.

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by Phirozz » Mon Sep 06, 2010 11:20 pm

OA A

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by paes » Mon Sep 06, 2010 11:29 pm

Phirozz,

what is the source of this question ?

Can you please write the official explanation for A and B.

Like uwhusky, I am confused with A and B.

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by uwhusky » Mon Sep 06, 2010 11:38 pm

I think B is wrong for wordy because it isn't necessary to have the second helping verb. I have to get it clear into my head on how these comparisons should work...

Yep.

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by niksworth » Tue Sep 07, 2010 6:48 am

B is ungrammatical because of presence of do.

do breaks the parallelism because the verb in the previous part of the sentence is are

When the real estate market is uncertain, homeowners are more likely to put money into stocks or certificates of deposit than they do into home improvements.

A is best.

When the real estate market is uncertain, homeowners are more likely to put money
- into stocks or certificates of deposit
than
- into home improvements.

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