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ritika_bsg: Junior | Next Rank: 30 Posts; Posts: 24; Joined: Wed Sep 01, 2010 1:27 amFollowed by: 1 member; Thanked: 1 times

by ritika_bsg » Fri Aug 03, 2012 11:54 pm

Retail sales rose 0.8 of 1 percent in August,intensifying expectations that personal spending in
the July-September quarter more than doubled that of the 1.4 percent growth rate in personal spending
for the previous quarter.
(A) that personal spending in the July-September
quarter more than doubled that of
(B) that personal spending in the July-September
quarter would more than double
(C) of personal spending in the July-September
quarter, that it more than doubled
(D) of personal spending in the July-September
quarter more than doubling that of
(E) of personal spending in the July-September
quarter, that it would more than double that of

Why is E wrong ?

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patanjali.purpose: Legendary Member; Posts: 784; Joined: Sun Apr 03, 2011 3:51 amFollowed by: 12 members; Thanked: 114 times

by patanjali.purpose » Sat Aug 04, 2012 12:43 am

ritika_bsg wrote:Retail sales rose 0.8 of 1 percent in August,intensifying expectations that personal spending in the July-September quarter more than doubled that of the 1.4 percent growth rate in personal spending for the previous quarter.

(B) that personal spending in the July-September quarter would more than double
(E) of personal spending in the July-September quarter, that it would more than double that of

Why is E wrong ?

E: intensifying expectations OF PERSONAL SPENDING.., THAT IT WOULD..
issues with E
a) presence of COMMA makes it unclear what THAT refers to
b) IT does not have any referent

c) THAT in THAT OF refers to EXPECTATIONS - it distorts the meaning by saying that EXPECTATIONS OF THE 1.4 GROWTH RATE..PREVIOUS QUARTER. But previous quarter is already finished and original sentence does not intend to compare EXPECTATIONS OF CURRENT QUARTER with EXPECTATIONS OF PREVIOUS QUARTER. Original intends to compare EXPECTATIONS OF CURRENT QUARTER with ACTUAL GROWTH RATE of previous quarter

IMO B

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neer.king: Senior | Next Rank: 100 Posts; Posts: 38; Joined: Tue Jun 12, 2012 8:48 pm

by neer.king » Sat Aug 04, 2012 1:28 am

IMO B

In E not clear what 'it' refers to

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