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Many financial experts believe that policy makers at the Federal Reserve, now viewing the economy as balanced between moderate growth and low inflation, are almost certain to leave interests rates unchanged for the foreseeable future. A. Reserve, now viewing the economy as balanced between moderate growth and low inflation, are B. Reserve, now viewing the economy to be balanced between that of moderate growth and low inflation and are C. Reserve who, now viewing the economy as balanced between moderate growth and low inflation, are D. Reserve, who now view the economy to be balanced between that of moderate growth and low inflation, will be E. Reserve, which now views the economy to be balanced between moderate growth and low inflation, is
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Bull78 wrote: Many financial experts believe that policy makers at the Federal Reserve, now viewing the economy as balanced between moderate growth and low inflation, are almost certain to leave interests rates unchanged for the foreseeable future.
A. Reserve, now viewing the economy as balanced between moderate growth and low inflation, are
B. Reserve, now viewing the economy to be balanced between that of moderate growth and low inflation and are
C. Reserve who, now viewing the economy as balanced between moderate growth and low inflation, are
D. Reserve, who now view the economy to be balanced between that of moderate growth and low inflation, will be
E. Reserve, which now views the economy to be balanced between moderate growth and low inflation, is First split to be seen is - "is v/s are" both of these be-forms are referring to "policy makers", hence it should be "are"Now are is in A, B and C. Lets look at C - the use of "who" is misplaced here, it would have been correct if it was modifying "policy makers" because they can view the economy not the "Federal reserve" as such. Between B and A - very subtle difference between the modifier "now viewing the economy to be" V/S "now viewing the economy as"Correct idiom is "view X as Y" and Not View X to be Yhence {A}
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Hi Sachin, Yes you are correct, 'that of' is wrong here. It doesn't have anything to link back to. As others have said it is correct as in A. Cheers, James
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Re: Many financial experts believe that policy makers at the Fed [#permalink]
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Here is a yet another dimension to solve this tangle the grammar way; A. Reserve, now viewing the economy as balanced between moderate growth and low inflation, are ---- correct sentence with a working plural verb -are- for the subject policy makers B. Reserve, now viewing the economy to be balanced between that of moderate growth and low inflation and are ……. .The conjunction- and – spoils the party, by weaning away the verb and leaving the first part of the sentence a fragment without a working verb C. Reserve who, now viewing the economy as balanced between moderate growth and low inflation, are … the intrusion of who despoils the structure of the sentence by rendering the main clause a fragment. D. Reserve, who now view the economy to be balanced between that of moderate growth and low inflation, will be --- as already punted out, the pronoun –who- does not gel with the Fed, literally an inanimate body E. Reserve, which now views the economy to be balanced between moderate growth and low inflation, is ------ policy makers and is – S-V mismatchThese observations are in addition to the other idiomatic mistakes pointed by other posters .
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Bull78 wrote: Many financial experts believe that policy makers at the Federal Reserve, now viewing the economy as balanced between moderate growth and low inflation, are almost certain to leave interests rates unchanged for the foreseeable future.
A. Reserve, now viewing the economy as balanced between moderate growth and low inflation, are
B. Reserve, now viewing the economy to be balanced between that of moderate growth and low inflation and are
C. Reserve who, now viewing the economy as balanced between moderate growth and low inflation, are
D. Reserve, who now view the economy to be balanced between that of moderate growth and low inflation, will be
E. Reserve, which now views the economy to be balanced between moderate growth and low inflation, is If you want to create a standard approach to solve these types of questions, make sure you identify the parts of speech. Isolate the subject first, your life will be easier. Notice that there is a phrase between commas, removing which also makes the sentence logical. So remove it and simplify. Now the original sentence is: Many financial experts believe that policy makers at the Federal Reserve are almost certain to leave interests rates unchanged for the foreseeable future. You see the mistake? The subject is "policy makers" [plural] so verb should be "are". Eliminate E. Now coming to the phrase between the commas. It is modifying phrase talking about the subject closest to the comma, which is "Federal Reserve". In C and D, "who" is used with Federal Reserve, which is incorrect. Now we are left with A and B. The idiomatic usage is "between X and Y" where X and Y have to be parallel. In B, it is not. In B, X = "that of moderate growth" and Y = "low inflation". Do not agree... thus the correct answer is A.
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Is D also wrong because of presence of 'that of'? Reserve, who now view the economy to be balanced between that of moderate growth and low inflation, will be
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