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Pronoun:Arguing that the dominance of an economic theory [#permalink] New post   Updated on: 17 Oct 2016, 11:24
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Arguing that the dominance of an economic theory has more to do with the persuasive skills of its expositors than with its accuracy in predicting economic
events, Professor McCloskey examines the rhetorical practices of economists.

○○ its expositors than with its
○○ these expositors than its
○○ its expositors compared to its
○○ the theory’s expositors than their
○○ its expositors than with their
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Originally posted by anurag7mukharya on 07 Aug 2016, 06:10.
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Re: Pronoun:Arguing that the dominance of an economic theory [#permalink] New post   07 Aug 2016, 06:18
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Can someone help with the answer
Is it answer option C?
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Re: Pronoun:Arguing that the dominance of an economic theory [#permalink] New post   07 Aug 2016, 07:54
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anurag7mukharya wrote:
Arguing that the dominance of an economic theory has more to do with the persuasive skills of its expositors than with its accuracy in predicting economic
events, Professor McCloskey examines the rhetorical practices of economists.

○○ its expositors than with its
○○ these expositors than its
○○ its expositors compared to its
○○ the theory’s expositors than their
○○ its expositors than with their


I will go with A.

correct idiom is more.. than...

Only A retains parallelism.

more to do with.. than with..

Also, here its clearly refers to economic theory.
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Re: Pronoun:Arguing that the dominance of an economic theory [#permalink] New post   07 Aug 2016, 11:20
anurag7mukharya wrote:
Arguing that the dominance of an economic theory has more to do with the persuasive skills of its expositors than with its accuracy in predicting economic
events, Professor McCloskey examines the rhetorical practices of economists.

○○ its expositors than with its
○○ these expositors than its
○○ its expositors compared to its
○○ the theory’s expositors than their
○○ its expositors than with their



IMO : A

This is an eclipse concept problem. " To Do" is self understood after THAN in opt A.

Also, Opt D and E are wrong because of change in meaning. Their refers to expositors (wrong)

More X than Y, thus C is wrong

Btw A and B

B) "these" use is redundant and incorrect .

A is correct .
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Re: Pronoun:Arguing that the dominance of an economic theory [#permalink] New post   08 Aug 2016, 03:36
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anurag7mukharya wrote:
Arguing that the dominance of an economic theory has more to do with the persuasive skills of its expositors than with its accuracy in predicting economic
events, Professor McCloskey examines the rhetorical practices of economists.

○○ its expositors than with its
○○ these expositors than its
○○ its expositors compared to its
○○ the theory’s expositors than their
○○ its expositors than with their


We want to say that Arguing that the dominance of an economic theory has more to do with the persuasive skills of theory's expositors than with theory's accuracy in predicting economic
events, Professor McCloskey examines the rhetorical practices of economists.

Also more (to do with) persuasive... than (with) accuracy...
So A
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Re: Pronoun:Arguing that the dominance of an economic theory [#permalink] New post   30 Jul 2017, 00:08
The sentence is correct as written. Here the pronoun “its” clearly refers to “theory,” so the use is correct. Eliminate (D) and (E), which use “their.” Also, (A) is the only choice that maintains correct parallel structure in the two-part construction “more to do with . . . than with . . .” Thus, choice (A) is the correct answer. Eliminate (B) and (C) because they violate the parallel structure.
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Re: Pronoun:Arguing that the dominance of an economic theory [#permalink] New post   19 Mar 2020, 10:33
I went with A for the following reasons:

1) I believed the subject, "economic theory", to be singular... so needed the singular pronoun "its"
2) A .. keeps the same parallelism of .. "more....with the persuasive skills" .."than with its"""
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Pronoun:Arguing that the dominance of an economic theory [#permalink] New post   09 Jul 2021, 10:56
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anurag7mukharya wrote:
Arguing that the dominance of an economic theory has more to do with the persuasive skills of its expositors than with its accuracy in predicting economic events, Professor McCloskey examines the rhetorical practices of economists.

○○ its expositors than with its
○○ these expositors than its
○○ its expositors compared to its
○○ the theory’s expositors than their
○○ its expositors than with their

Breakdown in simpler terms:

Say
Economic Theory = X
Skills = Y
Accuracy in predicting Economic Events = Z

Re-phrasing the question:
Arguing that dominance of X has more to do with Y than with Z, Professor McCloskey examines the rhetorical practices of economists.

The parallelism on 'with' is hard to spot but holds the key.


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Re: Pronoun:Arguing that the dominance of an economic theory [#permalink] New post   17 Jul 2021, 19:24
more...than rather than more...compare to
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Pronoun:Arguing that the dominance of an economic theory [#permalink] New post   Updated on: 19 Nov 2021, 10:36
Although option A is correct as we presume that "accuracy in predicting economic" belongs to theory. But if we assume that "accuracy in predicting economic" belongs to "expositors" then option E also makes sense. Isn't it ?

A ○○ its expositors than with its
E ○○ its expositors than with their

Originally posted by abhishekmayank on 19 Nov 2021, 04:21.
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Re: Pronoun:Arguing that the dominance of an economic theory [#permalink] New post   19 Nov 2021, 04:50
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abhishekmayank wrote:
Although option A is correct as presume that "accuracy in predicting economic" belongs to theory. But if assume that "accuracy in predicting economic" belongs to "expositors" then option E also makes sense. Isn't it ?

A ○○ its expositors than with its
E ○○ its expositors than with their


Hello abhishekmayank,

We hope this finds you well.

Having gone through the question and your query, we believe we can help resolve your doubt.

Yes, if we were to assume that the sentence refers to the accuracy of the "expositors", then Option E would be correct. However, we cannot do so, as the meaning conveyed by the original sentence is that the accuracy is of the "theories". Remember, the intended meaning of the sentence is typically assumed to be the meaning conveyed by Option A; it is only when Option A produces an entirely illogical or incoherent meaning that we consider any other meaning.

We hope this helps.
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