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
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