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Much of the hope for continued improvement of the economy lies in the 27 May 2023, 11:04
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I have read many explanations with Logic but I am still not convinced of the OA.

Here me out please.

Original sentence:

Much of the hope for continued improvement of the economy lies in the projection of increasing consumer spending this year.

Meaning inferred: The economy is currently improving and the hope for this continued improvement lies in the expectation that the projection of consumer spending will be correct, which of course is an increased amount of consumer spending.

My issue with option E:

(E) increase in consumer spending that is projected for

If I read "Hope lies in the INCREASE IN CONSUMER SPENDING that (only modifying consumer spending) is projected for this year", it makes sense.

But if I read, "Hope lies in the INCREASE IN CONSUMER SPENDING that (modifying "increase in consumer spending") is projected for this year"

then the gist of meaning becomes:

If hypothetically, analysts projected for consumer spending to increase to 100, we are saying hope lies in increase in what was projected so hoping that Consumer spending will be even higher than what was projected by the Analysts

Not sure where I am going wrong. Experts, please help.
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Looking at choice (E): "Much of the hope for continued improvement of the economy lies in the increase in consumer spending that is projected for this year."

  • What is it that's projected for this year? An increase in consumer spending.
  • It wouldn't make any sense to say, "The analysts are projecting consumer spending..." Of course there will be consumer spending, so this "projection" would be meaningless.
  • The projection is about the increase, not the spending itself. So the "that" logically modifies "the increase in consumer spending" in choice (E).

Just in case this was throwing you off: keep in mind that there is nothing special about the meaning in choice (A), and we absolutely do NOT need to pick a choice that matches choice (A) in terms of meaning.

I hope that helps!
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