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After a dip caused by Congressional bickering, many growth stocks are returning to their previous levels, but some, hampered by a general stagnancy in the economy, is returning with a speed that is less than they would expect.

A. is returning with a speed that is less than they would expect
B. is returning with a slower speed than expected
C. are returning more slowly than expected
D. are returning more slowly than they would expect
E. are returning with a speed less than expected



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First, answer choice E is very clunky and much less concise than just saying "more slowly than expected."

Furthermore, it actually creates a weird misdirection in meaning. They are "returning with a speed" - what kind of speed? A speed that is "less" than expected? Perhaps if they had said "slower" than expected. But you wouldn't describe a "slower speed" as a "less speed." You wouldn't say that one runner had a speed that was "less" than the other. It would be much better to say that one ran slower than the other. Hope that's a little more clear
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After a dip caused by Congressional bickering, many growth stocks are returning to their previous levels, but some, hampered by a general stagnancy in the economy, is returning with a speed that is less than they would expect.

A. is returning with a speed that is less than they would expect
B. is returning with a slower speed than expected
C. are returning more slowly than expected
D. are returning more slowly than they would expect
E. are returning with a speed less than expected



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Split #1: SV Agreement. The pronoun “some” is the subject of the second half of the sentence. What is the implicit phrase: some of what? By “some”, this sentence means “some growth stocks”. Growth stocks are countable, and some of them would be plural, so we need the plural verb “are”. Choices (A) & (B) are incorrect.

Split #2: Mystery pronoun. A couple choices provided a subject to the verb “expected”: unfortunately, this is the pronoun “they” with no antecedent. The mysterious “they” who were expecting something are not identified. On the GMAT, this is unacceptable. Choices (A) & (D) make this mistake.

Split #3: speed. If P is moving faster than Q, how do we describe Q? It is unnecessarily wordy to say Q moves “with a speed less than” P, or, even worse, Q moves “with a speed that is less than” P. Those are the poor choices of (E) & (A) respectively. Choice (B) has “with a slower speed than” —- arguably, “slower speed” verges on the redundant. The most direct way to say this is: Q moves “more slowly than” P.

For all these reasons, (C) is perfectly correct and it is the only possible answer.
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