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Income in a single year is a very poor guide to income and wealth over even a few years, much less a lifetime; in the longer run, a tax on what people spend is therefore not much different than a tax on their income.
(A) than a tax on their income
(B) from a tax on what they earn
(C) than taxing income
(D) from the income tax
(E) than a tax on what people earn
(A) than a tax on their income
(B) from a tax on what they earn
(C) than taxing income
(D) from the income tax
(E) than a tax on what people earn
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B is the answer for using the correct idiom 'different from' and maintaining parallelism.
14 Nov 2019, 15:26
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Income in a single year is a very poor guide to income and wealth over even a few years, much less a lifetime; in the longer run, a tax on what people spend is therefore not much different than a tax on their income.
(A) than a tax on their income
(B) from a tax on what they earn
(C) than taxing income
(D) from the income tax
(E) than a tax on what people earn
(A) than a tax on their income
(B) from a tax on what they earn
(C) than taxing income
(D) from the income tax
(E) than a tax on what people earn
Correct answer: B
The idiom is "different from."
A: Idiom. Also, not strictly parallel: "on what people spend ... on their income."
B: Correct
C: Idiom. Not parallel: "a tax on what people spend ... taxing income"
D: Not parallel: "a tax on what people spend ... from the income tax."
E: Idiom.
