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Consumer confidence levels, which many economists consider an early Updated on: 24 Oct 2019, 05:08
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Consumer confidence levels, which many economists consider an early indication of the economy’s direction, sagged as the stock market tumbled, but not dramatically enough for giving a clear picture of new spending patterns.

(A) tumbled, but not dramatically enough for giving

(B) tumbled, but not dramatically enough to give

(C) tumbled, and not so dramatically as to have given

(D) has tumbled, and not dramatically enough to give

(E) has tumbled, but not so dramatically as to give


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Consumer confidence levels, which many economists consider an early Updated on: 21 Nov 2003, 01:22
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B??

edited for explaining my answer:

choice between tumbled and has tumbled. Simple past tense seems to be suitable here. so among three answers starting with tumbled A and B provide the contrast. out of these two the part
tumbled, but not dramatically enough to give
sounds correct idiomatically.

whats the answere ??
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answer - B. reason - correct use of infinitive. POE helps, comes down to A or B. C/D/E just don't work since they use incorrect perfect tense. sorry wish i could give a clearer and better xplnation.
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Consumer confidence levels, which many economists consider an early 29 Dec 2004, 22:47
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Agree with B

Key things tested here are usage of correct tense & contrast to complete a thought. Only B gives you both
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B. "Sagged" requires "tumbled" not "has tumbled". To contrast "but" is required, => A or B. "to give a clear signal" is better than "for giving ...".
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Consumer confidence levels, which many economists consider an early indication of the economy’s direction, sagged as the stock market tumbled, but not dramatically enough for giving a clear picture of new spending patterns.
(A) tumbled, but not dramatically enough for giving
(B) tumbled, but not dramatically enough to give
(C) tumbled, and not so dramatically as to have given
(D) has tumbled, and not dramatically enough to give
(E) has tumbled, but not so dramatically as to give
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need to use 'to give'; sagged so tumbled.
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Can some one please explain the expression "but not dramatically enough to give" parallel to which part of the sentence
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The word 'but' is also used, though rarely, as a subordinate conjunction meaning 'though.' In such cases, the 'but' is not required to maintain parallelism just as a coordinating conjunction is required to do. The real parsing of the B in this case will be
'tumbled, although not dramatically enough to give' -- Now 'although not dramatically enough to give' is an adverbial modifier modifying the previous clause 'as the stock market tumbled'.
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Consumer confidence levels, which many economists consider an early indication of the economy’s direction, sagged as the stock market tumbled, but not dramatically enough for giving a clear picture of new spending patterns.
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(A) tumbled, but not dramatically enough for giving - Need "to give" to show intention. Correct Idiom: "enough to".

(B) tumbled, but not dramatically enough to give - Correct

(C) tumbled, and not so dramatically as to have given - Need "but" for contrast.

(D) has tumbled, and not dramatically enough to give - Need "but" for contrast. Need simple past tense "tumbled" instead of present perfect "has tumbled" since this action happened in the past and should be parallel to the simple past tense "sagged".

(E) has tumbled, but not so dramatically as to give - Need simple past tense "tumbled" instead of present perfect "has tumbled" since this action happened in the past and should be parallel to the simple past tense "sagged".
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