1000 SC - 425

[jangojess]

Increases in the cost of energy, turmoil in the international money markets, and the steady erosion of the dollar have altered the investment strategies of United States corporations more radically than those of foreign corporations.

(A) altered the investment strategies of United States corporations more radically than those of
(B) altered the investment strategies of United States corporations more radically than
(C) altered the investment strategies of United States corporations more radically than they have
(D) radically altered the investment strategies of United States corporations more than
(E) radically altered the investment strategies of United States and

OA - A
My Choice - C

Is foreign corp depicted as reason here or like US corp whose stratgey have been altered???

[mschling52]

I agree with A. The sentence deals with the altering of investment strategies, not the corporations themselves. Answer choice C seems to state that the conditions have altered the investment strategies of US corporations more than they have altered foreign coporations themselves.

Since we want to compare the investment strategies of US corp. to the investment strategies of foreign corp., the "those of" which refers back to "investment strategies" is necessary.