crejoc wrote:
Like in 2004, car sales to first-time buyers as often, if not more often than, to return customers buoyed the economy this January.
A. Like in 2004, car sales to first-time buyers as often, if not more often than, to return customers buoyed
B. Like in 2004, first-time buyers bought cars as often, if not more often than, return customers and that buoyed
C. As in 2004, car sales to first-time buyers as often as, if not more often than, to return customers and it buoyed
D. As in 2004, first-time buyers bought cars as often as, if not more often than, return customers, buoying
E. As in 2004, car sales to first-time buyers as often, if not more often than, to return customers buoyed
This question is part of the GMAT Club Sentence Correction : Comparison" Revision Project. Like can only be to compare Nouns/Pronouns not phrases or verbs or actions so straight up eliminate A and B. You can also take a call with splits here considering its in the 600 level scale where splits are effective.
A. Like in 2004, car sales to first-time buyers as often, if not more often than, to return customers buoyed
B. Like in 2004, first-time buyers bought cars as often, if not more often than, return customers and that buoyedWe're left with:
C. As in 2004, car sales to first-time buyers as often as, if not more often than, to return customers and it buoyed
D. As in 2004, first-time buyers bought cars as often as, if not more often than, return customers, buoying
E. As in 2004, car sales to first-time buyers as often, if not more often than, to return customers buoyed
In C and E if you remove if not more often than from the sentence, the sentence makes no sense so eliminate them
We're left with D - which is the answer