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Policy makers remain concerned about the prospect of inflation, although there are few signs of increasing energy prices driving up the cost of other goods so far.(A) remain concerned about the prospect of inflation, although there are few signs of increasing energy prices driving up the cost of other goods so far (B) still remain concerned about the prospects of inflation; there are as yet few signs that increasing energy prices are currently driving up the cost of other goods (C) remain concerned about the prospect for inflation, even though as yet few signs of higher energy prices are driving up the cost of other goods so far (D) still remain concerned about inflation, even though there are currently few signs that increasing energy prices drive up the cost of other goods (E) remain concerned about the prospect of inflation, despite the dearth of signs thus far that increasing energy prices are driving up the cost of other goods Will appreciate if you can explain how to approach this question.
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First off, I eliminated any answer choice that had "as yet" because "as yet" sounds awkward. So B and C are out.
I didn't like A because "although" is usually used at the beginning of a sentence. Usually, you use "even though" in the middle of a sentence.
So now we are left with D and E. I initially wanted to pick E but was worried that the introduction of the word "dearth" would be bad. E wins out because the policymakers are concerned about the prospects of inflation, not inflation (has not happened yet).
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rphardu wrote: Policy makers remain concerned about the prospect of inflation, although there are few signs of increasing energy prices driving up the cost of other goods so far.
(A) remain concerned about the prospect of inflation, although there are few signs of increasing energy prices driving up the cost of other goods so far
(B) still remain concerned about the prospects of inflation; there are as yet few signs that increasing energy prices are currently driving up the cost of other goods
(C) remain concerned about the prospect for inflation, even though as yet few signs of higher energy prices are driving up the cost of other goods so far
(D) still remain concerned about inflation, even though there are currently few signs that increasing energy prices drive up the cost of other goods
(E) remain concerned about the prospect of inflation, despite the dearth of signs thus far that increasing energy prices are driving up the cost of other goods
Will appreciate if you can explain how to approach this question. A) ugh, "few signs of increasing prices driving" is so confusing and awkward. B) as yet + currently = yucky C) as yet + so far = redundant D) Changes the meaning (why drop the word prospect?) and still remain is redundant. E) Yay! dearth is used absolutely correctly. This is the best answer.
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Injuin wrote: First off, I eliminated any answer choice that had "as yet" because "as yet" sounds awkward. So B and C are out.
I didn't like A because "although" is usually used at the beginning of a sentence. Usually, you use "even though" in the middle of a sentence.
So now we are left with D and E. I initially wanted to pick E but was worried that the introduction of the word "dearth" would be bad. E wins out because the policymakers are concerned about the prospects of inflation, not inflation (has not happened yet). Thanks for describing your approach but there are couple of things that I would like to mention. Not to offend buddy 1. Don't remove any choice because of as yet -- Idiom: as yet Up to the present time; up to now. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/as+yet2. Although can come later part of sentence 3. E wins out because the policymakers are concerned about the prospects of inflation, not inflation - In each choice author is talking about prospects of inflation and not inflation. Here what i have found. Still remain is redundant so option B and D is out. A is out because preposition + noun + ving modifier is wrong construction. Between C and E. I feel issue is meaning. Author intends to say that "Policy makers remain concerned about the prospect of inflation, although there are few signs of increasing energy prices " are driving up the cost of other goods so far" is main verb of few signs not the modifier. Please correct me if I am wrong at any place, it will help me to improve my knowledge.
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machichi wrote: rphardu wrote: Policy makers remain concerned about the prospect of inflation, although there are few signs of increasing energy prices driving up the cost of other goods so far.
(A) remain concerned about the prospect of inflation, although there are few signs of increasing energy prices driving up the cost of other goods so far
(B) still remain concerned about the prospects of inflation; there are as yet few signs that increasing energy prices are currently driving up the cost of other goods
(C) remain concerned about the prospect for inflation, even though as yet few signs of higher energy prices are driving up the cost of other goods so far
(D) still remain concerned about inflation, even though there are currently few signs that increasing energy prices drive up the cost of other goods
(E) remain concerned about the prospect of inflation, despite the dearth of signs thus far that increasing energy prices are driving up the cost of other goods
Will appreciate if you can explain how to approach this question. A) ugh, "few signs of increasing prices driving" is so confusing and awkward. B) as yet + currently = yucky C) as yet + so far = redundant D) Changes the meaning (why drop the word prospect?) and still remain is redundant. E) Yay! dearth is used absolutely correctly. This is the best answer. I didnt like the use of 'so far' so A and C are out. B uses 'as yet' awkwardly so it boils down to D and E. I chose D initially but looking at your explanation E makes sense because the policy makers are concerned about the 'prospect' of inflation, D states that inflation is already occurring.
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Here's my take: Policy makers remain concerned about the prospect of inflation, although there are few signs of increasing energy prices driving up the cost of other goods so far.(A) remain concerned about the prospect of inflation, although there are few signs of increasing energy prices driving up the cost of other goods so far  "so far" seems to logically modify "few signs" but they are too far apart effectively making this an awkward choice. Also, "few signs of increasing energy prices" seems to imply, that the "signs" are driving up the costs of goods and not the" increasing energy prices" itself.
(B) still remain concerned about the prospects of inflation; there are as yet few signs that increasing energy prices are currently driving up the cost of other goods I'm not too sure about this one; my guess is that "currently" is redundant as we know this is in the present. I suspect there is some issue in the clause after the semi-colon. Experts please comment..(C) remain concerned about the prospect for inflation, even though as yet few signs of higher energy prices are driving up the cost of other goods so far as yet and so far are redundant plus we have the same problem from A- the "signs" are "driving up the cost".... Also "prospect for inflation" seems weird.
(D) still remain concerned about inflation, even though there are currently few signs that increasing energy prices drive up the cost of other goods the policy makers are concerned about the prospect of inflation and not inflation itself. (E) remain concerned about the prospect of inflation, despite the dearth of signs thus far that increasing energy prices are driving up the cost of other goods  this option correctly connects the scarcity of signs that increasing energy prices are driving up the costs and NOT the signs are driving up the costs.
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All the replies are great. But this is how I would have approached this question making 2:3 split (A) remain concerned about the prospect of inflation, although there are few signs of increasing energy prices driving up the cost of other goods so far Looking at A you can notice there is a grammar mistake.Noun + ing verb - this constructing needs a helping verb (Is/Are) This error is repeated in other sentences. based on this eliminate A,C,D. (B) still remain concerned about the prospects of inflation; there are as yet few signs that increasing energy prices are currently driving up the cost of other goods Between B &E - there certainly should not be a break with a semi-colon. Eliminate B and re-read original statement with E
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I think macjas has more than adequately brought out the fine points of this issue. Big kudo to him I may just like add a few word about choice B Apart from currently being redundant, there is another issue regarding the construction of the sentence. There are two ICs separated by a semicolon and they are no doubt related. But the first portion is a little grey. It says that the policy makers are still concerned, but their being still concerned, is in spite of having only feeble signs. Such a paradox can be clearly expressed only by a clear contrasting conjunction such as though, although, even though etc;
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'Still remain' strikes me as wordy. What's the difference between 'remain' and 'still remain.' Eliminate (B) and (D). Both (A) and (D) put the adverbial modifier 'so far' after the noun phrase 'cost of goods'. 'So far' should be modifying the lack of signs. Therefore (E).
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ChrisLele wrote: 'Still remain' strikes me as wordy. What's the difference between 'remain' and 'still remain.' Eliminate (B) and (D).
Both (A) and (D) put the adverbial modifier 'so far' after the noun phrase 'cost of goods'. 'So far' should be modifying the lack of signs. Therefore (E). This is probably the best approach to the problem. As for people taking out 'as yet' I dont know why you are. It is an accepted and correct idiom
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