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by clock60 » Mon Oct 18, 2010 12:54 pm
When housing prices climb too quickly, the Federal Reserve often responds by raising the key interest rate, which has the curious effect of actually lowering housing prices instead of raise them, as one might expect.

a)which has the curious effect of actually lowering housing prices instead of raise them

b)an action that has the curious effect of actually lowering housing prices rather than raising them

c)which has the curious effect of actually lowering housing prices instead of raising them

d)which rather than raising housing prices actually has the curious effect of lowering them

e)an action that has the curious effect of actually lowering housing prices instead of raise them
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by sanabk » Mon Oct 18, 2010 4:00 pm

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by vishalj » Mon Oct 18, 2010 4:59 pm
IMO B

Appositive is appropriate here. The relative clause "which" is modifying "interest rate", which is incorrect.

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by phoenixhazard » Mon Oct 18, 2010 6:34 pm
vishalj wrote:IMO B

Appositive is appropriate here. The relative clause "which" is modifying "interest rate", which is incorrect.
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by Dangerous Dude » Tue Oct 19, 2010 1:40 am
B... an action represents the whole clause preceding it.. and parallel too

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by sumit.sinha » Tue Oct 19, 2010 1:59 am
B.
the phrase "the curious effect of actually lowering housing prices instead of raise them" should modify "raising the key interest rate", which is an event, and not "the interest rate" itself.


and in B lowering and raising are in parallel.
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by clock60 » Tue Oct 19, 2010 7:55 am
well done guys oa is B

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