Using Vista and can't get the explanation on the GMAT prep. Please help:
Noting that the Federal Reserve had raised a key short-term interest rate last month, analysts said that they expected orders for durable goods to decline soon because rising interest rates makes it more expensive to buy them on credit.
1) Same
2) rising interest rates make buying on credit more expensive
3) a rise in interest rates make it more expensive to buy on credit
4) a rise in interest rates make buying on credit more expensive
5) a rise in interest rates makes it more expensive for them to be bought on credit
Answer is number 2. Question: What is the difference between 1, 2, and 3. What is wrong with these answers? I picked number 1. Thanks in advance.
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acecoolan
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1) rising interest rates makes it more expensive to buy them on credit.
No clear referent to 'it' or 'them' - Hence wrong
3) a rise in interest rates make it more expensive to buy on credit
No clear referent to 'it'. What does 'it' refer to - not clear. Hence wrong
2) rising interest rates make buying on credit more expensive
No such problem. correct option
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No clear referent to 'it' or 'them' - Hence wrong
3) a rise in interest rates make it more expensive to buy on credit
No clear referent to 'it'. What does 'it' refer to - not clear. Hence wrong
2) rising interest rates make buying on credit more expensive
No such problem. correct option
-A
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mpaudena wrote:Using Vista and can't get the explanation on the GMAT prep. Please help:
Noting that the Federal Reserve had raised a key short-term interest rate last month, analysts said that they expected orders for durable goods to decline soon because rising interest rates makes it more expensive to buy them on credit.
1) Same
orders --plural
2) rising interest rates make buying on credit more expensive
because + noun phrase... --- i think is preferable
3) a rise in interest rates make it more expensive to buy on credit
orders--- plural
4) a rise in interest rates make buying on credit more expensive
a rise makes
5) a rise in interest rates makes it more expensive for them to be bought on credit
orders- plural
them --??
Answer is number 2. Question: What is the difference between 1, 2, and 3. What is wrong with these answers? I picked number 1. Thanks in advance.
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thephoenix
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1 and 5 are wrong for the reasons quoted by kstvkstv wrote:What is the correct option ?
A little more discussion will do no harm.
IMO B
cos' them is 1. and 5. does not have clear antecedents.
Again is the parallelism issue being addressed.
3 is wrong for sub-verb agreement error ......make (plural verb) does not agree to a rise(singular sub)
it has no refrence
4sub verb agreement make does not agree to a rise(singular)
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kstv wrote:What is the correct option ?
A little more discussion will do no harm.
IMO B
cos' them is 1. and 5. does not have clear antecedents.
Again is the parallelism issue being addressed.
as thephoenix has already pointed out, subject-verb agreement can be another way to eliminate most of the choices.
The subject and the verb that can go along with each other :
*rising rates - make
*a rise in rates - makes
only 2 & 5 remain, "them" in 5 has no clear referent. hence, B
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