Supply-side economists theorize that large-capital firms find the need

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Supply-side economists theorize that large-capital firms find the need to declare bankruptcy more  due to the fact that they become burdened with high operating costs than failure  to compete for consumer demand.

(A) due to the fact that they become burdened with high operating costs than failure

(B) due to their becoming burdened with high operating costs than to failing

(C) because they become burdened with high operating costs than that they fail

(D) because they become burdened with high operating costs than because they fail

(E) because of their becoming burdened with high operating costs than because of their

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Abhishek009 · Accepted Answer

Correct idiomatic usage is :  More x than Y

Supply-side economists theorize that large-capital firms find the need to declare bankruptcy  more   because they    become burdened with high operating costs   than   because they   fail to compete for consumer demand.  
  
Hence IMHO with (D)

Skywalker18 · Answer

Supply-side economists theorize that large-capital firms find the need to declare bankruptcy more  due to the fact that they become burdened with high operating costs than failure  to compete for consumer demand.
Due to vs Because of - 
Due to is used to modify nouns whereas Because of is used to modify entire clauses

(A) due to the fact that they become burdened with high operating costs than failure . Incorrect 
(B) due to their becoming burdened with high operating costs than to failing . Incorrect 
(C) because they become burdened with high operating costs than that they fail - Parallelism issue Incorrect 
(D) because they become burdened with high operating costs than because they fail . Correct 
(E) because of their becoming burdened with high operating costs than because of their Incorrect - Awkward construction and use of past continuous tense is incorrect .
Answer D

ynk · Answer

My views--

(A) due to the fact that they become burdened with high operating costs than failure--Wordy.due to the fact that not required.WRONG.
(B) due to their becoming burdened with high operating costs than to failing--WRONG for many reasons.
© because they become burdened with high operating costs than that they fail --parallelism error.because and that WRONG.
(D) because they become burdened with high operating costs than because they fail--RIGHT.Correct parallelism. 
(E) because of their becoming burdened with high operating costs than because of their--Awkward.

+1 for D.

Senthil7 · Answer

find the need to declare bankruptcy more ...
because 
 - they become burdened with high operating costs 
than because 
 - they fail

Answer is D  due to above said!

shonakshi · Answer

Isnt option Bbtr than option D ,not getting how the use of because twice in option D is correct ?

sayantanc2k · Answer

In the comparison structure "more X than Y", X and Y must be parallel. If "because" is there in element X, it should also be there in element Y.

Following is a simpler example:

I stood first more   because  the competition was weak  than   because  I worked hard .

X =   because  the competition was weak 
Y =   because  I worked hard

ydmuley · Answer

Supply-side economists theorize that large-capital firms find the need to declare bankruptcy more due to the fact that they become burdened with high operating costs than failure to compete for consumer demand.

(A) due to the fact that they become burdened with high operating costs than failure
- Illogical comparison between "the fact" with "failure"

(B) due to their becoming burdened with high operating costs than to failing
- "their becoming burdened" is not parallel to "failure"

(C) because they become burdened with high operating costs than that they fail
- Missing the word "than" which is needed as we have the word "more" in the sentence

(D) because they become burdened with high operating costs than because they fail
- CORRECT - Parallel structure - "because they become burdened" with "because they fail "

(E) because of their becoming burdened with high operating costs than because of their
- "their becoming burdened" is redundant and unclear

Hence, Answer is D

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SonGoku · Answer

Could anyone explain whats wrong in option c: what exactly that refer to in option c ?
Thank you

EducationAisle · Answer

Hi Sachin, there is an obvious incorrect sentence construct in E:

Supply-side economists theorize that large-capital firms find the need to declare bankruptcy more  because of their becoming burdened with high operating costs than  because of their    to compete  for consumer demand .

It is not difficult to figure out that "because of their to compete" is an incorrect sentence construct.

In addition, "possessive + VERBing + direct object" ("their becoming burdened" in this sentence) is not considered a good construct on GMAT.

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