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Both weakened by concern about the governments agreement [#permalink] New post   09 Sep 2006, 16:20
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Both weakened by concern about the government’s agreement with the International Monetary Fund and by growing fears of a rise in inflation, the country’s currency continued its slide to a record low against the dollar, which forced the central bank to intervene for the fourth time in a week.

(A) Both weakened by concern about the government’s agreement with the International Monetary Fund and by growing fears of a rise in inflation, the country’s currency continued its slide to a record low against the dollar, which forced

(B) Both concern about the government’s agreement with the International Monetary Fund and by growing fears of a rise in inflation, the country’s currency continued its slide to a record low against the dollar, which forced

(C) Both because it was weakened by concern about the government’s agreement with the International Monetary Fund and by growing fears of a rise in inflation, the country’s currency continued its slide to a record low against the dollar, forcing

(D) The country’s currency, weakened both by concern about the government’s agreement with the International Monetary Fund and by growing fears of a rise in inflation, continued its slide to a record low against the dollar, forcing

(E) The country’s currency, weakened by both concern about the government’s agreement with the International Monetary Fund and growing fears of a rise in inflation, continued its slide to a record low against the dollar, which forced

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[#permalink] New post   09 Sep 2006, 16:27
D and E look close.

Picked D for both by X and by Y construction.

Which is alos not needed before continued to slide as a simple past would ensure a smooth glide to the completeion of the sentence
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[#permalink] New post   09 Sep 2006, 22:08
Looks like D.

both by X and by Y.....
E has wrong modifier
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[#permalink] New post   09 Sep 2006, 23:20
yeah..D it is. E has "which" with a wrong reference
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[#permalink] New post   09 Sep 2006, 23:26
(D) The country’s currency, weakened both by concern about the government’s agreement with the International Monetary Fund and by growing fears of a rise in inflation, continued its slide to a record low against the dollar, forcing


Answer: D
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Re: SC: Currency [#permalink] New post   09 Sep 2006, 23:37
Swagatalakshmi wrote:
Both weakened by concern about the government’s agreement with the International Monetary Fund and by growing fears of a rise in inflation, the country’s currency continued its slide to a record low against the dollar, which forced the central bank to intervene for the fourth time in a week.

(A) Both weakened by concern about the government’s agreement with the International Monetary Fund and by growing fears of a rise in inflation, the country’s currency continued its slide to a record low against the dollar, which forced

(B) Both concern about the government’s agreement with the International Monetary Fund and by growing fears of a rise in inflation, the country’s currency continued its slide to a record low against the dollar, which forced

(C) Both because it was weakened by concern about the government’s agreement with the International Monetary Fund and by growing fears of a rise in inflation, the country’s currency continued its slide to a record low against the dollar, forcing

(D) The country’s currency, weakened both by concern about the government’s agreement with the International Monetary Fund and by growing fears of a rise in inflation, continued its slide to a record low against the dollar, forcing

(E) The country’s currency, weakened by both concern about the government’s agreement with the International Monetary Fund and growing fears of a rise in inflation, continued its slide to a record low against the dollar, which forced


I pick (D).

In (E) , the dollar cannot force the central bank to do anything.
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[#permalink] New post   10 Sep 2006, 12:47
'which' can't modify a clause.

so final choices --- C and D.

C is awkward so D is the answer.
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