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[Reva]

16. Retail sales rose 0.8 of 1 percent in August,
intensifying expectations that personal spending in
the July-September quarter more than doubled that
of the 1.4 percent growth rate in personal spending
for the previous quarter.
(A) that personal spending in the July-September
quarter more than doubled that of
(B) that personal spending in the July-September
quarter would more than double
(C) of personal spending in the July-September
quarter, that it more than doubled
(D) of personal spending in the July-September
quarter more than doubling that of
(E) of personal spending in the July-September
quarter, that it would more than double that of

OA is A
can anyone please give me the detailed explanations for the above choices.

THANKS

[shovan85]

16. Retail sales rose 0.8 of 1 percent in August,intensifying expectations that personal spending in the July-September quarter more than doubled that of the 1.4 percent growth rate in personal spending for the previous quarter.

(A) that personal spending in the July-September quarter more than doubled that of

(B) that personal spending in the July-September quarter would more than double

(C) of personal spending in the July-September quarter, that it more than doubled

(D) of personal spending in the July-Septemberquarter more than doubling that of

(E) of personal spending in the July-September quarter, that it would more than double that of
OA is A
can anyone please give me the detailed explanations for the above choices.

THANKS

Discard C,D, and E as if we use the preposition "OF" it changes the meaning.
.... intensifying expectations Of personal spending... this implies "personal spending have expectations" which is wrong.

Between A and B,

A is an ambiguous comparison.

The sentence requires future of the past (rose... would)
IMO B

Please check the OA

[Reva]

16. Retail sales rose 0.8 of 1 percent in August,intensifying expectations that personal spending in the July-September quarter more than doubled that of the 1.4 percent growth rate in personal spending for the previous quarter.

(A) that personal spending in the July-September quarter more than doubled that of

(B) that personal spending in the July-September quarter would more than double

(C) of personal spending in the July-September quarter, that it more than doubled

(D) of personal spending in the July-Septemberquarter more than doubling that of

(E) of personal spending in the July-September quarter, that it would more than double that of
OA is A
can anyone please give me the detailed explanations for the above choices.


thanks for the detailed explanation

THANKS

Discard C,D, and E as if we use the preposition "OF" it changes the meaning.
.... intensifying expectations Of personal spending... this implies "personal spending have expectations" which is wrong.

Between A and B,

A is an ambiguous comparison.

The sentence requires future of the past (rose... would)
IMO B

Please check the OA