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by hrishi19884 » Fri Feb 05, 2010 9:17 am
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-Septemberquarter more than doubling that of

(E) of personal spending in the July-September quarter, that it would more than double that of
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by Osirus@VeritasPrep » Fri Feb 05, 2010 9:39 am
Choose B

A- the comparison is illogical

B- Correct

C- A "that" clause is preferable to a prepositional phrase ("of")

D- Same as C

E- Same as C
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by hrishi19884 » Fri Feb 05, 2010 10:05 am
osirus0830 wrote:Choose B

A- the comparison is illogical

B- Correct

C- A "that" clause is preferable to a prepositional phrase ("of")

D- Same as C

E- Same as C
nice work!

"of personal spending" is incorrect in this sentence as it changes its meaning completely.

that leaves us with A and B

"expectations" should follow with a future tense

"would" is enough to do that in B

Hence B is the answer
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by papgust » Fri Feb 05, 2010 7:05 pm
"expectations" should follow with a future tense

"would" is enough to do that in B


Nice analysis. I would like to extend the explanation more here.

The sentence talks about the future in the PAST. It talks about the retail sales that rose in the past and that intensified expectations. Although expectations imply future, this sentence talks about expectations in the past and thus it implies "future in the past". So, "would" is more appropriate than "will". Hence, B
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by hrishi19884 » Fri Feb 05, 2010 10:06 pm
papgust wrote:
"expectations" should follow with a future tense

"would" is enough to do that in B


Nice analysis. I would like to extend the explanation more here.

The sentence talks about the future in the PAST. It talks about the retail sales that rose in the past and that intensified expectations. Although expectations imply future, this sentence talks about expectations in the past and thus it implies "future in the past". So, "would" is more appropriate than "will". Hence, B
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by vineetbatra » Thu Apr 01, 2010 3:40 pm
Hello,

In B i find one problem.

the sentence says "that personal spending in the July-September quarter would more than double"

here the comparison is between personal spending and the 1.4 percent growth rate. This seems incorrect to me.

That is why I preferred E over B.

Any thoughts?

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by [email protected] » Sun Oct 09, 2016 6:01 am
Experts help!

I reached the answer through the process of elimination. But can someone explain me the meaning of the sentence.

What exactly is going on here.
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