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by GMIHIR » Mon Mar 26, 2012 4:43 am
As the housing affordability gap widens, middle-income families are especially hard-hit, and these families can no longer qualify to buy homes, and rising rental rates force them to use far more than the standard 25 percent of their incomes for housing, leaving them with no equity or tax write-offs to offset the expenditures.
(A) and these families can no longer qualify to buy homes, and
(B) since these families can no longer afford to buy homes, furthermore
(C) for these families can no longer afford to buy homes, yet
(D) and these families can no longer afford to buy homes; however,
(E) and these families can no longer afford to buy homes, for

Can anyone please explain why C is the right answer and not E ? Thanks!
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by GmatKiss » Mon Mar 26, 2012 5:59 am
GMIHIR wrote:As the housing affordability gap widens, middle-income families are especially hard-hit, and these families can no longer qualify to buy homes, and rising rental rates force them to use far more than the standard 25 percent of their incomes for housing, leaving them with no equity or tax write-offs to offset the expenditures.

(A) and these families can no longer qualify to buy homes, and
(B) since these families can no longer afford to buy homes, furthermore
(C) for these families can no longer afford to buy homes, yet
(D) and these families can no longer afford to buy homes; however,
(E) and these families can no longer afford to buy homes, for

E is ambiguous and C is better than D, IMO: C
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by sam2304 » Mon Mar 26, 2012 6:36 am
A/E - There is no contrast shown.
B - usage of furthermore brings in additional information whereas it should be contrast.
D - and these families - this is wrong.

C is better compared to D with the usage of 'for these families'

IMO C.
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