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Sub Prime issue

by DROBULESH » Thu Aug 07, 2008 12:01 am
The prime lending rate is a key rate in the economy: not only are the interest rates on most loans to small and medium-sized businesses tied to the prime, but also on a growing number of consumer loans, including home equity loans.
(A) not only are the interest rates on most loans to small and medium-sized businesses tied to the prime, but also on
(B) tied to the prime are the interest rates not only on most loans to small and medium-sized businesses, but also on
(C) the interest rates not only on most loans to small and medium-sized businesses are tied to the prime, but also
(D) not only the interest rates on most loans to small and medium-sized businesses are tied to the prime, but also on
(E) the interest rates are tied to the prime, not only on most loans to small and medium-sized businesses, but also
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by stubbornp » Thu Aug 07, 2008 1:32 am
IMO C....
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by eccentric » Thu Aug 07, 2008 1:48 am
there r 2 errors in original sentence
1. incorrect idiomatic usage
2. dangling modifier

option E corrects both the error!!!!!
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by drgmatIL » Thu Aug 07, 2008 2:29 am
IMO B

OA?
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by DROBULESH » Thu Aug 07, 2008 3:41 am
OA is B
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by drgmatIL » Thu Aug 07, 2008 4:24 am
eccentric wrote:there r 2 errors in original sentence
1. incorrect idiomatic usage
2. dangling modifier

option E corrects both the error!!!!!
E is not parrall...
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by Vignesh.4384 » Thu Aug 07, 2008 6:38 am
IMO B
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by Stockmoose16 » Thu Aug 07, 2008 9:36 am
eccentric wrote:there r 2 errors in original sentence
1. incorrect idiomatic usage
2. dangling modifier

option E corrects both the error!!!!!
What is wrong with the idiomatic usage in A?
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by Stockmoose16 » Thu Aug 07, 2008 9:37 am
eccentric wrote:there r 2 errors in original sentence
1. incorrect idiomatic usage
2. dangling modifier

option E corrects both the error!!!!!
What is wrong with the idiomatic usage in A?
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