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by confuse mind » Sun May 29, 2011 12:18 am
For most consumers, the price of automobile insurance continues to rise annually, even if free of damage claims and moving violations.
(A) even if
(B) despite being
(C) even if they are
(D) although they may be
(E) even if remaining

answer-'c'

doubts-
1.why not 'b'
2.can someone please explain me the usage of 'despite being'

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by smackmartine » Sun May 29, 2011 12:38 am
IMO C

A) subject of the dependent sentence is missing.
B) being is wordy (OG says)
C) "They" can only refer to customers because there is no other plural word. Only customers can be free of moving violations.
D) "may" tries to change the certainty of the sentence, which is incorrect. More over legal obligations/records are almost always certain.
E) awkward- who is remaining?? not clear.


despite being -

we need to be certain to refer a "subject" back to despite.

eg.
"Despite being easy, the test had a high failure rate" or
"Despite the test being easy, many failed."
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by sameerballani » Sun May 29, 2011 2:58 am
confuse mind wrote:For most consumers, the price of automobile insurance continues to rise annually, even if free of damage claims and moving violations.
(A) even if
(B) despite being
(C) even if they are
(D) although they may be
(E) even if remaining

answer-'c'

doubts-
1.why not 'b'
2.can someone please explain me the usage of 'despite being'

Thanks,
Confused
Good Question. I am not sure but the only reason i can think of is that it is lacking the subject. I mean I feel it should be: Despite it/they being , but here also we can avoid being[rule of thumb] by using: Despite it/they is/are

Also, What's the source. And can you please check whether the question is written correctly esp the part: the price of automobile insurance

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