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by tallynik » Thu Nov 06, 2008 9:49 am
307. 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

OA C

I chose B.

My reasoning
- despite "being" unambiguously refers to customers. i.e. B
- I did not find it idiomatic to say that customers(people) are free of claims.
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by lachlanc » Fri Nov 14, 2008 1:44 pm
I think (B) changes the meaning of the sentence. It implies that most consumers are free of damage claims and moving violations. This is not correct - the sentence should say that most consumers are paying higher rates, even if those consumers did not crash their car.
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by Karen » Fri Nov 14, 2008 8:32 pm
The reason B is wrong is that "despite being" has to be interpreted as referring to the cost of auto insurance. In a structure like "X does Y, despite doing Z," the sentence has to be interpreted to mean that X is doing both Y and Z. So there's no way that "being" can be interpreted as referring to the consumers.
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