Pronoun:Arguing that the dominance of an economic theory

Question

Arguing that the dominance of an economic theory has more to do with the persuasive skills of  its expositors than with its  accuracy in predicting economic
events, Professor McCloskey examines the rhetorical practices of economists.

○○ its expositors than with its
○○ these expositors than its
○○ its expositors compared to its
○○ the theory’s expositors than their
○○ its expositors than with their

ShravyaAlladi · Answer

Can someone help with the answer 
Is it answer option C?

abhimahna · Answer

I will go with A.

correct idiom is more.. than...

Only A retains parallelism.

more to do with.. than with..

Also, here its clearly refers to economic theory.

Nick90 · Answer

IMO : A

This is an eclipse concept problem. " To Do" is self understood after THAN in opt A.

Also, Opt D and E are wrong because of change in meaning. Their refers to expositors (wrong)
 
More X than Y, thus C is wrong

Btw A and B

B) "these" use is redundant and incorrect .

A is correct .

abrakadabra21 · Answer

We want to say that Arguing that the dominance of an economic theory has more to do with the persuasive skills of  theory's expositors than with theory's  accuracy in predicting economic
events, Professor McCloskey examines the rhetorical practices of economists.

Also more (to do with) persuasive... than (with) accuracy...
So A

Kritesh · Answer

The sentence is correct as written. Here the pronoun “ its ” clearly refers to “ theory ,” so the use is correct. Eliminate ( D ) and ( E ), which use “ their .” Also, ( A ) is the only choice that maintains correct parallel structure in the two-part construction “ more to do with . . . than with . . . ” Thus, choice ( A ) is the correct answer. Eliminate ( B ) and ( C ) because they violate the parallel structure.

kapstone1996 · Answer

I went with A for the following reasons:

1) I believed the subject, "economic theory", to be singular... so needed the singular pronoun "its" 
2) A .. keeps the same parallelism of .. "more....with the persuasive skills" .."than with its"""

systemsav · Answer

Breakdown in simpler terms:

Say
Economic Theory = X
Skills = Y
Accuracy in predicting Economic Events = Z

Re-phrasing the question: 
Arguing that dominance of X has more to do with Y than  with  Z, Professor McCloskey examines the rhetorical practices of economists.

The parallelism on 'with' is hard to spot but holds the key.

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wenlong · Answer

more...than rather than more...compare to

abhishekmayank · Answer

Although option A is correct as we presume that "accuracy in predicting economic" belongs to theory. But if we assume that "accuracy in predicting economic" belongs to "expositors" then option E also makes sense. Isn't it ?

A ○○ its expositors than with its
E ○○ its expositors than with their

A ○○ its expositors than with its
E ○○ its expositors than with their

ExpertsGlobal5 · Answer

Hello  abhishekmayank ,

We hope this finds you well.

Having gone through the question and your query, we believe we can help resolve your doubt.

Yes, if we were to assume that the sentence refers to the accuracy of the "expositors", then Option E would be correct. However, we cannot do so, as the meaning conveyed by the original sentence is that the accuracy is of the "theories". Remember, the intended meaning of the sentence is typically assumed to be the meaning conveyed by Option A; it is only when Option A produces an entirely illogical or incoherent meaning that we consider any other meaning.

We hope this helps.
All the best!
Experts' Global Team

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