OG SC 16 - 12th edition

[hemant_rajput]

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

[spoiler]OA:B[/spoiler]
My reasoning for eliminating options [spoiler]A, D ,and E was that we don't need "that of" phrase for comparison as we are not comparing personal spending of July-September quarter with personal spending of 1.4% .[/spoiler]

Now I've eliminate D because of "that" .[spoiler] First of all "that" is restrictive modifier, so it doesn't require COMMA before it and second that is referring to July-September quarter instead of referring to personal spending.[/spoiler]


Is my reasoning correct?

[sparkles3144]

Retail sales rose 0.8 of 1 percent in August,intensifying expectations....

Expectations refer to something that might happen in future.
We can eliminate A and C, because they refer to past tense.

of in C, D and E is distorting meaning.

E is too confusing and awkward

We are left with B

[theunheardmelody]

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

[spoiler]OA:B[/spoiler]
My reasoning for eliminating options [spoiler]A, D ,and E was that we don't need "that of" phrase for comparison as we are not comparing personal spending of July-September quarter with personal spending of 1.4% .[/spoiler]

Now I've eliminate D because of "that" .[spoiler] First of all "that" is restrictive modifier, so it doesn't require COMMA before it and second that is referring to July-September quarter instead of referring to personal spending.[/spoiler]


Is my reasoning correct?

I picked
Bsince "Intensifying expectations" is a for the future so you cannot have a sentence stariting with of .. so that leaves us with A and B.

Of the two I chose B cause we are expecting so "would" makes a difference.