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by gmat_perfect » Thu Aug 19, 2010 1:35 pm
Retail sales rose 8/10 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

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by SeemaSkl » Thu Aug 19, 2010 2:15 pm
IMO B. BTW thanks for posting so many questions, post answers soon too :).

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by BlindVision » Thu Aug 19, 2010 4:19 pm
GMAT_Perfect,

Would you please be so kind to post the ANSWER in your Spoiler? You have many good questions that are posted in many threads but I do not want to subscribe to so many threads. Thank you so much in advance. Good luck with your GMAT journey :)
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by madhukumar_v » Thu Aug 19, 2010 6:39 pm
B.

Expectations - future tense, need will or would, only B satisfies (E has it error).

A: dont need that, that is only used when the comparison noun is missing. If you replace that with personal spending then the sentence wont make sense; "doubled personal spending of the 1.4 percent growth rate in personal speding..."
C:it error
D: SAME as A, and doubling word
E: it error and that error.

So B.