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Much of the hope for continued imporvement of the economy

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Much of the hope for continued imporvement of the economy [#permalink] New post   10 Jan 2005, 20:17
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Much of the hope for continued imporvement of the economy lies in the projection of increasing consumer spending this year.

A. projection of increasing consumer spending
B. projection of consumer increasing spending for
C. projected consumer spending increase
D. consumer spending that is projected to increase
E. increase in consumer spending that is projected for



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Re: Much of the hope for continued imporvement of the economy [#permalink] New post   10 Jan 2005, 21:51
I got C too

A. projection of increasing consumer spending
'increasing consumer spending' is wrong use. Increased would have been appropriate. Use of 'projection of' also seems ackward here.

B. projection of consumer increasing spending for
I eliminated this because of the use of unnecessary 'for'

C. projected consumer spending increase
OK

D. consumer spending that is projected to increase

hope for improvement does not lie on consumer spending, but on increase in consumer spending. This changes the meaning

E. increase in consumer spending that is projected for
This one seems correct to me . But, it is also wordier than C
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Re: Much of the hope for continued imporvement of the economy [#permalink] New post   11 Jan 2005, 00:52
I go with C (short and sexy english). But E seems perfectly OK.
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Re: Much of the hope for continued imporvement of the economy [#permalink] New post   11 Jan 2005, 12:30
I think C changes the tense (projected) and so does E.

The other choices are all weak too. I guess Iam forced to go with C.
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Re: Much of the hope for continued imporvement of the economy [#permalink] New post   11 Jan 2005, 22:45
sorry,

the OA is E.

Could you tell me why?
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Re: Much of the hope for continued imporvement of the economy [#permalink] New post   12 Jan 2005, 11:47
I went with E, cause the hope is in increase in consumer spending... made more sense vs C, which says hope in consumer spending increase, do you all get it...hope in increase vs hope in consumer spending increase...

chunjuwu wrote:
sorry,

the OA is E.

Could you tell me why?
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Re: Much of the hope for continued imporvement of the economy [#permalink] New post   12 Jan 2005, 19:27
"projected consumer spending" modifies increase in answer C. I guess ETS folks prefer clarity so they would rather place the elements of this modifer phrase after the key word, which, in this case, is "increase."
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Re: Much of the hope for continued imporvement of the economy [#permalink] New post   12 Jan 2005, 20:53
Well I stuck between D and E.

Can any one explain me what is wrong with D.
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Re: Much of the hope for continued imporvement of the economy [#permalink] New post   15 Jan 2005, 19:03
I was stuck between C and E. C because it was simple and short. E because it seems well grammatically structured.
Now A, B and D can give a different meanings depending on how you read it with the entire sentence.
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Re: Much of the hope for continued imporvement of the economy [#permalink] New post   16 Jan 2005, 15:16
In (E)
...increase in consumer spending that is projected for...

What does the part after "that" modifies? the increase or consumer spending?
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Re: Much of the hope for continued imporvement of the economy [#permalink] New post   23 Jan 2005, 02:16
I think it is "increase".
probably someone can shed some light.
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Re: Much of the hope for continued imporvement of the economy [#permalink] New post   25 Jan 2005, 00:15
Could C be wrong because it is lacking an adj before "this year"?
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Re: Much of the hope for continued imporvement of the economy [#permalink] New post   25 Jan 2005, 07:04
(E) for me.

IMO, (C) is inappropriate because of the following reason:

Much of the hope for continued imporvement of the economy lies in the projection of increasing consumer spending this year.

C. projected consumer spending increase - increase in spending of projected customers. I get a feeling the adj "projected" is qualifying the consumer.

E. increase in consumer spending that is projected for - increase in "..." where "..." = consumer spending. This consumer spending has not yet happened and is a projected value - hence the usage of "Much of the hope..." in the non-underlined portion of the question.
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Re: Much of the hope for continued imporvement of the economy [#permalink] New post   25 Jan 2005, 08:09
Good one, I fell for the trap too.

chunjuwu what is the source of this question?



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