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by anksm22 » Fri Jul 17, 2015 9:19 pm
Heating-oil prices are expected to be higher th is year than last because refiners are paying about $5 a barrel more for crude oil than they were last year.

(A) Heating-oil prices are expected to be higher this year than last because refiners are paying about $5 a barrel more for crude oil than they were
(8) Heating-oil prices are expected to rise higher this year over last because refiners pay about $5 a barrel for crude oil more than they did
(C) Expectations are for heating-oil prices to be higher this year than last year's because refiners are paying about $5 a barrel for crude oil more than they did
(d) It is the expectation that heating-oil prices will be higher for this year over last because refiners are paying about $5 a barrel more for crude oil now than what they were
(E) It is expected that heating-oil prices will rise higher this year than last year's because refiners pay about $5 a barrel for crude oil more than they did



D,E-----> can we eliminate D and E because they contain both expected/expectation and will
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by Jim@StratusPrep » Sat Jul 18, 2015 5:10 am
I would eliminate D and E more because they each begin with it. This is redundant because you still need to identify another noun to have clarity of the meaning of the sentence - in this case heating-oil prices.

A more efficient sentence simply says "heating-oil prices are expected..."
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