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334. However much United States voters may agree that there is waste in government and that the government as a whole spends beyond its means, it is difficult to find broad support for a movement toward a minimal state. (A) However much United States voters may agree that (B) Despite the agreement among United States voters to the fact (C) Although United States voters agree (D) Even though United States voters may agree (E) There is agreement among United States voters that can you explain why ... is right?
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Ayrish wrote: 334. However much United States voters may agree that there is waste in government and that the government as a whole spends beyond its means, it is difficult to find broad support for a movement toward a minimal state.
(A) However much United States voters may agree that
(B) Despite the agreement among United States voters to the fact
(C) Although United States voters agree
(D) Even though United States voters may agree
(E) There is agreement among United States voters that
can you explane why ... is right? My ans is A //ism--> require that at the ending of the answer choices. Eliminate B,C,D In E, it is the run on sentence (2 sentences without conjunction)--> A remains
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334. However much United States voters may agree that there is waste in government and that the government as a whole spends beyond its means, it is difficult to find broad support for a movement toward a minimal state. (A) However much United States voters may agree that (B) Despite the agreement among United States voters to the fact (C) Although United States voters agree (D) Even though United States voters may agree (E) There is agreement among United States voters that We need a 'that' in the end of the underline portion to make it parallel to 'and that the government...' Hencee only A and E are left... With E... it forms a run off sentence and hence is rejected... I would go with A....!
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I don't feel like going with any of the choices ,
Even if I go by Jeeteshsingh's logic and narrow down to A , I still feel that many shd characterize united states voters.
Sm1 please explain...????
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Thanks for posting with underline jeeteshsingh, it really helps with these sc problems on the forum.
@ raths are you referring to the usage of many vs. much? If so, many would be incorrect here because the sentence isn't requiring the number of voters that agree but rather to the extent the voters agree (how much they agree the govt spends too much). This is needed for the contrast in the second half of the sentence.
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yea. we cannot use much with voters (countable). I went with D which sounded much better except 'that' is missing at the end
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There is an aspect of altered intent to this question, which seems to have been overlooked so far. The passage states that ‘However much United States voters “ may agree”. This “ may agree” part is an important intent of the text. Changing the ‘may agree’ to “ agreement” in B and E and simply to “ agree” in choice C indulges in substantial alteration of intent. This leaves us with choices A and D; D is however woefully inadequate in llism, by dropping the connector “ that” in the first part.
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IMO -E there.........that... that is necessary .without that sentence will be ambiguous
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The answer is A based on llism.
That X...and that Y
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+1 A Parallelism requires "that". We need a subordinator, "however", to avoid a run on sentence.
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