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 have been 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

I am between A and B because "expectations that is the right word", but I feel that the answer choice A is in past tense and is therefore wrong but in B "would have been" is not good. It should have been "would more than double" ..........can you please check with B option........

i'm confused with the usage of 'of' and 'that'

sodha.rakesh 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.

(A) that personal spending in the July-September quarter more than doubled that of
(B) that personal spending in the July-September quarter would have been 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

IMO Later

Posting the correct question is a GOOD practice.
Plz refer OG 12, SC 16. B would read as ;

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

Hi gmatmachoman,

Thank you for the suggestion, indeed the question is from OG 12, SC 16.

But, idea here to modify the answer of the question is to force the test taker to look for the other options!!!
:roll:

As we all know, for the SC we need to choose the best answer among the answer choice and not the best answer in the world! Makers of the GMAT are intelligent enough to surprise you by modifying the popular answer!!

As per the OG 12, the answer choice D has no technical/grammatical error!

IMO D

All the best! & Happy GMATing

sodha.rakesh wrote:Hi gmatmachoman,

Thank you for the suggestion, indeed the question is from OG 12, SC 16.

But, idea here to modify the answer of the question is to force the test taker to look for the other options!!!
:roll:

As we all know, for the SC we need to choose the best answer among the answer choice and not the best answer in the world! Makers of the GMAT are intelligent enough to surprise you by modifying the popular answer!!

As per the OG 12, the answer choice D has no technical/grammatical error!

IMO D

All the best! & Happy GMATing

SO u intentionally tweaked the question? i dont think its a good idea then. people like me are still learning the nuances of SC and tweaking an SC answer choice that too from OG would confuse us more.
my 2 cents. thanks.

Bad idea...please keep it the way it is

IMO B