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When the real estate market is uncertain homeowners are more [#permalink] New post   22 Sep 2008, 18:41
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When the real estate market is uncertain homeowners are more likely to put money into stocks or certificates of deposit than into home improvements.


(A) than into
(B) than they do into
(C) than they are into
(D) as into
(E) as

please provide your answers with explanations.



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Re: When the real estate market is uncertain homeowners are more [#permalink] New post   22 Sep 2008, 18:50
bdumpala wrote:
When the real estate market is uncertain homeowners are more likely to put money into stocks or certificates of deposit than into home improvements.


(A) than into
(B) than they do into
(C) than they are into
(D) as into
(E) as

please provide your answers with explanations.


More than, so D and E out. Subject of the sentence is the homeowners and they are put money into stocks or certificates of deposit more...than into home improvements. So A should be the answer. No need to use "they do" once again.
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Re: When the real estate market is uncertain homeowners are more [#permalink] New post   22 Sep 2008, 20:10
comparison. "more likely X than Y"

we need "than". So D and E are out.

B,C : "they" does not have a clear referent. it could refer to stocks or certificates

IMO A.
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Re: When the real estate market is uncertain homeowners are more [#permalink] New post   22 Sep 2008, 21:57
I selected A also..but the OA is B
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Re: When the real estate market is uncertain homeowners are more [#permalink] New post   22 Sep 2008, 23:04
bdumpala wrote:
I selected A also..but the OA is B


I also selected A. But after seeing the OA, B makes more sense because the parallelism is between "put money into....." and "than into home improvement".....and looks awakward.

Parallelism should be between "homeowners put money into .... than they do into .....".
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Re: When the real estate market is uncertain homeowners are more [#permalink] New post   23 Sep 2008, 00:16
bdumpala wrote:
When the real estate market is uncertain homeowners are more likely to put money into stocks or certificates of deposit than into home improvements.


(A) than into
(B) than they do into
(C) than they are into
(D) as into
(E) as

please provide your answers with explanations.


The answer has to be B. There is a tough call between A & B. First eliminate D & E on the basis of idiom " More likely X than Y". Now just try to make X & Y parallel. Structure of X is 'to+verb+into'. Same should be the structure of Y.
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Re: When the real estate market is uncertain homeowners are more [#permalink] New post   23 Sep 2008, 10:52
what is wrong with C?

when to use "do" for comparision?

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Re: When the real estate market is uncertain homeowners are more [#permalink] New post   23 Sep 2008, 10:57
bdumpala wrote:
what is wrong with C?

when to use "do" for comparision?

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You put something. Parallel: You do something. It is different with "You are something". Put is the action of doing something & not being someone.
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Re: When the real estate market is uncertain homeowners are more [#permalink] New post   02 Oct 2008, 12:07
i choose A too.

but i think because the verb "to put" is inside the idiom so we've to use a verb after "than"

A should have been correct if it were something like this

When the real estate market is uncertain homeowners are to put money more likely into stocks or certificates of deposit than into home improvements.
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Re: When the real estate market is uncertain homeowners are more [#permalink] New post   02 Oct 2008, 17:03
This is the perfect example of verb comparison. The action "put money" should be compared with another action. so B
bdumpala wrote:
When the real estate market is uncertain homeowners are more likely to put money into stocks or certificates of deposit than into home improvements.


(A) than into
(B) than they do into
(C) than they are into
(D) as into
(E) as

please provide your answers with explanations.




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