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by sparkles3144 » Mon Jun 09, 2014 12:38 am
Although not quite as liquid an investment as a money-market account , financial experts recommend a certificate of deposit for its high yield.

A) Although not quite as liquid an investment as
B) Although it is not quite as liquid an investment as
C) While not being quite as liquid an investment as
D) While it is not quite as liquid as an investment
E) Although not quite liquid an investment as

Answer is B

Source: Princeton Review

Explanation for B and D: Each have a subject- in both cases, the word it turns the modifying phrase into an adverbial clause.

I don't get the adverbial clause part. I don't get how adding it is modifying anything.

Please explain.

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by varung79 » Mon Jun 09, 2014 10:20 am
Hi sparkles3144

Option A
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by [email protected] » Mon Jun 09, 2014 12:13 pm
Hi sparkles3144,

This is an oddly-worded SC. The opening phrase is descriptive, which means that it should modify whatever immediately follows the comma (since the wording describes "investment", we would expect to see "an investment of some kind" after the comma). However, the phrase "financial experts" follows the comma; none of the answer choices handles the modification perfectly. Two of the answers do use a pronoun ("it") to reference an investment though - answers B and D. Between the two choices, answer B uses the "as....as" correctly, so I'd choose that answer.

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by manyaabroadtpr » Thu Jun 12, 2014 1:32 am
Although not quite as liquid an investment as a money-market account , financial experts recommend a certificate of deposit for its high yield.

A) Although not quite as liquid an investment as
B) Although it is not quite as liquid an investment as
C) While not being quite as liquid an investment as
D) While it is not quite as liquid as an investment
E) Although not quite liquid an investment as

The phrase Although not quite as liquid an investment as is misplaced when it is placed before finanacial experts. When the pronoun it is introduced the phrase turns into a clause which is noticed in B and D. The idiomatic construction in B is correctly used.
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by GMATGuruNY » Thu Jun 12, 2014 5:49 am
sparkles3144 wrote:Although not quite as liquid an investment as a money-market account, financial experts recommend a certificate of deposit for its high yield.

A) Although not quite as liquid an investment as
B) Although it is not quite as liquid an investment as
C) While not being quite as liquid an investment as
D) While it is not quite as liquid as an investment
E) Although not quite liquid an investment as

Answer is B
A: Although not quite as liquid an investment as
C: While not being quite as liquid an investment as
E: Although not quite liquid an investment as
When an introductory although-clause or while-clause omits a subject, the implied subject is the SUBJECT OF THE MAIN CLAUSE.
Here, the subject of the main clause is financial experts.
Thus, A, C and E imply the following:
A: Although [financial experts are] not quite as liquid an investment as a money-market account
C: While [financial experts are] not being quite as liquid an investment as a money-market
E: Although [financial experts are] not quite liquid an investment as
In each of these answer choices, the words in brackets are omitted, but their presence is implied.
The result is a nonsensical meaning.
Eliminate A, C, and E.

B: Although it is not quite as liquid an investment as
D: While it is not quite as liquid as an investment
When an introductory modifier includes a pronoun without an antecedent, the referent for the pronoun must be the FIRST WORD OF THE MAIN CLAUSE.
Here, the pronoun in the introductory modifier (it) lacks an antecedent, but the referent for the pronoun is not the first word of the main clause (financial experts).
Eliminate B and D.

There is no correct answer here.
I would ignore this SC.
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by pooja181 » Thu Jun 12, 2014 10:58 am
Only thing I can add .option d out as it change . An investment.
Now b\n . A and B. b is with. It. And it's. So more formal configuration

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by chetan86 » Fri Jun 13, 2014 12:27 am
I eliminated A and E, because "Although" introduces subordinate clause, which requires independent SV pair.
In C usage of being is not appropriate.
I left with B and D.
In D, comparison is not making sense between "liquid" and "an investment", so even though B sounds awkward I selected B.

Experts, please let me know if there are any flaws in my above strategy.
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