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A higher interest rate is only of the factors, albeit an important one, that keeps the housing market from spiraling out of control, like it did earlier in the decade.A. … B. That keep the housing market from spiraling out of control, as it did earlier in the decade. C. That keeps the housing market from spiraling out of control, as it did earlier in the decade D. That keep the housing market from spiraling out of control, like earlier in the decade. E. That keep the housing market from spiraling out of control, like it did earlier in the decade. Which one is the subject here? Mari
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within the given AC.. i think C is correct option
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Third singular person of the verbs: so keepS beetwen A and C --> C is better for the usage of AS ..........  hence C
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A slight modification, "A higher interest rate is only one of the factors", ergo keep. D is missing it that leaves E and B. 50/50 from me.
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IMO, it is B. "...only one of the factors THAT..." The sentence is describong those factors. So, it is plural.
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OA is B. Thanks
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yeah the subject here is "only one of the factors"....but have to add, we should discard the subject when attached within a prepositional phrase, this one seems to bother me.
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amma4u wrote: yeah the subject here is "only one of the factors"....but have to add, we should discard the subject when attached within a prepositional phrase, this one seems to bother me.
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amma4u wrote: yeah the subject here is "only one of the factors"....but have to add, we should discard the subject when attached within a prepositional phrase, this one seems to bother me.
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amma4u wrote: yeah the subject here is "only one of the factors"....but have to add, we should discard the subject when attached within a prepositional phrase, this one seems to bother me.
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The subject is here factors ;hence we have to take keep. and the second thing as or like---like can't be there because of these mentioned reasons.
!-like never follow clauses or preposition phrase
2-like is used for similar in behavior comparing noun (metaphorical comparison )not the actual one.
Ex- i danced the whole night away,like someone possessed.....(some thing similar)
ex-- Nadal serve like a storm (metaphorical comparison )
B-is correct
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mariyea wrote: A higher interest rate is only of the factors, albeit an important one, that keeps the housing market from spiraling out of control, like it did earlier in the decade.
A. …
B. That keep the housing market from spiraling out of control, as it did earlier in the decade.
C. That keeps the housing market from spiraling out of control, as it did earlier in the decade
D. That keep the housing market from spiraling out of control, like earlier in the decade.
E. That keep the housing market from spiraling out of control, like it did earlier in the decade.
Which one is the subject here?
Mari First thing to note is - ' one of the' needs special attention. John is one of the guys who appreciate my efforts. John is the only guy who appreciates my efforts. John is one of those guys who appreciate my efforts. Among all the guys John appreciates my efforts. A higher interest rate is only of the factors...that keep the housing market from spiraling out of control, as it[market] did earlier in the decade. The usage of like is not proper here. Strictly speaking like is a preposition and not a conjunction. Therefore it can be used to introduce a prepositional phrase (John is tall like my father) but not a clause: My brother cannot sit on chair like he did before the accident. WRONGMy brother cannot sit on chair as he did before the accident. RIGHT. So answer should be B. I hope it will help
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+ 1 B.. see what that is modyifying...i.e factors.. thus plural is required..
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