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17. Asset allocators create portfolios, often in the form of of mutual funds, with the intention to turn in good results in both “bullâ€
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I guess A
it shouldn't be C/D since
C--> no 2 verbs create and intended in a sentence
D--> break the parallelism structure in a sentence, create and intending
E is strange to me
B is too wordy
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C it is
A) portfolios cannot have any intention
C) portfolios however can be intended for some given goal
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C was pick too...
I often find "intended to" in articles etc. (don't know if familiarity always works  )
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Paul wrote: C it is
A) portfolios cannot have any intention
C) portfolios however can be intended for some given goal
OA is 'C'
Good Point! I overlooked it.
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I would like to go for more detail on the grammar in this question.
Asset allocators create portfolios, often in the form of of mutual funds, intended to turn in good results in both “bullâ€
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Paul wrote: C it is
A) portfolios cannot have any intention
C) portfolios however can be intended for some given goal
But reading sentence, it seems we're supposed to be describing the investors rather than portfolios...
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subject: asset allocators
verb: create
object: portfolios
past participle(introducing participial phrase): intended
A
subject: Asset allocators
verb: create
object: portfolios
preposition(introducing prepositional phrase): with the intention...
The point is that in either A or C, the subject/verb/object stay similar. The difference is in the phrase which follows which are supposed to modify the noun immediately preceding them in which case is "portfolios". As you can see, once again, portfolios can be intended for X but cannot have any kind of intention as A implies
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One more question Paul :
how about using a passive past participle
Assets allocators create portfolios,...., are intended to turn in good result in both "bull" and "bear" markets
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Late but C it is . It's been previously discussed on this forum too
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Paul wrote: C
subject: asset allocators
verb: create
object: portfolios
past participle(introducing participial phrase): intended
A
subject: Asset allocators
verb: create
object: portfolios
preposition(introducing prepositional phrase): with the intention...
The point is that in either A or C, the subject/verb/object stay similar. The difference is in the phrase which follows which are supposed to modify the noun immediately preceding them in which case is "portfolios". As you can see, once again, portfolios can be intended for X but cannot have any kind of intention as A implies
Paul,
A quick question on idiom. is "with the intention to" correct uage of English. Thanks
Good explanation
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patrickpui, "with the intention to" is an idiom but it must have a proper subject, an animate object, who can "have such an intention".
ex: Robert believed that he with intention to make a quick profit will not prevail in the long run.
subject: he--> animate object who can have an intention
tsefsnoopy, you cannot use the passive form of "to be(auxiliary) + past participle"
Assets allocators create portfolios,...., are intended to turn in good result in both "bull" and "bear" markets.
The second half of the sentence simply does not have a connector which links the second clause with the independent clause. "which" would have been good but because which could ambiguously refer to "mutual funds", the passive form is not good. Either way, you are better off with the more simple participial form which is clear and concise.
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