The Commerce Department announced that the economy grew during the

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The Commerce Department announced that the economy grew during the second quarter at a 7.5 percent annual rate, while inflation eased when  it might have been expected for it to rise.

(A) it might have been expected for it to rise

(B) it might have been expected to rise

(C) it might have been expected that it should rise

(D) its rise might have been expected

(E) there might have been an expectation it would rise

TommyWallach · Accepted Answer

Hey All,

Funny how everyone can get the right answer, yet as the thread goes on, more and more doubts seem to surface (not over the answer, of course, but the reason). Well, let's take a look.

The Commerce Department announced that the economy grew during the second quarter at a 7.5 percent annual rate, while inflation eased when it might have been expected for it to rise.

A. it might have been expected for it to rise
PROBLEM: This is an IDIOMS issue. We know this because we see changes in prepositions ("to" versus "for"). The idiom is "A is expected to B", not "it is expected for B to A".

B. it might have been expected to rise
ANSWER: This is the correct idiom.

C. it might have been expected that it should rise
PROBLEM: I'm not 100% sure that this is actually a WRONG idiom (expected that), but it's certainly horrific from a concision standpoint (though I hate concision issues, because they're so rare on the actual GMAT). However, it seems to me that the the "should" should be a "would". As in, "it might have been expected that it "would" rise. Should implies that it "ought to", where as would is the conditional verb to go with "might".

D. its rise might have been expected
PROBLEM: Not parallel. We're paralleling eased with something (inflation EASED when it might have Y). We need another verb, but this gives us a noun "rise".

E. there might have been an expectation it would rise 
PROBLEM: Same as above. "Expectation" is a noun, and we want a verb.

Hope that helps!

-tommy

mymba99 · Answer

D - passive.
B wins.

Rephrase with B - ..., while inflation eased when it (inflation) might have been expected to rise {Subject = Inflation}
Rephrase with D - ..., while inflation eased when its(inflation's) rise might have been expected {Subject = Inflation's rise}

xang · Answer

correct idiom usage is X is expected to Y

IMO B

JohnLewis1980 · Answer

Hi guys,

IMO  B

(A) it might have been expected for it to rise  a little confussing, what doesvthe first it refer to? 
(B) it might have been expected to rise  Hold 
(C) it might have been expected that it should rise  for me wordy, the first it and second it don't have a clear reference 
(D) its rise might have been expected  pasive voice is not needed 
(E) there might have been an expectation it would rise  wordy

OA?

Cheers

santy · Answer

OG-11, SC Q#32, Page#675
The Commerce Department announced that the economy grew during the second quarter at a 7.5
percent annual rate, while inflation eased when  it might have been expected for it to rise .
(A) it might have been expected for it to rise
(B) it might have been expected to rise
(C) it might have been expected that it should rise
(D) its rise might have been expected
(E) there might have been an expectation it would rise
 
I have a question regarding an incorrect answer(Ans choice-D), rather than the correct one (Ans choice-B)

Regarding the explaination of (D) on page 675, OG-11 mentions that 'its rise' should be parallel to 'inflation'. Why is it so? Is the word 'when' a parallel marker? 
I will appreciate any clarification....

bb · Answer

What the OG implies is that "inflation = it" rather than "inflation = its rise"
It does not matter that there there is a "when" what matters is that "inflation" is properly compared with another noun (or pronoun in subject form).

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blueseas · Answer

(A) it might have been expected for  it  to rise==>2 times use of IT makes it redundant.
(B) it might have been expected to rise==>this one CORRECT
(C) it might have been expected that  it  should rise===>REDUNDANT AND WORDY
(D) its rise might have been expected==>its not parallel...as we are talking about INFLATION so it's most logically parallel to continue the sentence in a manner that continues to address 'inflation' itself (or the equivalent pronoun 'it')==>this choice unnecessarily switches the subject to 'its rise', creating a nonparallel construction
(E)  there  might have been an expectation  it  ==> ==>no reference for THERE///WORDY AND REDUNDANT.

hrbiswal · Answer

The Commerce Department announced that the economy grew during the second quarter at a 7.5 percent annual rate, while inflation eased when it might have been expected for it to rise.

A. it might have been expected for it to rise

B. it might have been expected to rise

C. it might have been expected that it should rise

D. its rise might have been expected

E. there might have been an expectation it would rise

Following Stacey Koprince's advice(More about Stacey's advice https://www.manhattangmat.com/blog/index ... e-problem/ ) , I tried to analyze the above mentioned problem. However I was not able to answer following questions.

1> What type of problem is it ? (example: S-V agreement, Parallelism, Comparison etc.)

2> What is the most efficient approach to solve it ?

3> How to recognize similar problems in future ?

Kindly help me to decode this problem. Well the OA to above problem is B

MHIKER · Answer

This is a SC with with mixed considerations:
1. Conditional: the conjunction while indicates reverse result of the commerce department's announcement. Thus here might have/would have required to express negative thought and been is for passive form of the sentence.

2. Infinitive: there are some verb which are followed by infinitive such as, agree, appear, arrange, choose, expect...........

Answer is B.

AryamaDuttaSaikia · Answer

This problem can be categorized under the heading of parallelism. Although the parallelism is subtle."While" indicates comparison. On the left hand side of while we have "eased" which is a verb . Hence there has to be a verb on the right hand side too. Moreover expected to do something is the correct idiom. Hence combining the two rules we are left with just two answers "A" and "B".In"A" the second "it" is ambiguous. So we are left with "B" as the right answer. "D" is ruled out because "rise" is a noun in that answer choice.

baaniNitin · Answer

The Commerce Department announced that the economy grew during the second quarter at a 7.5 percent annual rate, while inflation eased when it might have been expected for it to rise.

A. it might have been expected for it to rise

B. it might have been  expected to  rise

C. it might have been expected that it should rise

D. its rise might have been expected

E. there might have been an expectation it would rise

GGMU · Answer

The Commerce Department announced that the economy grew during the second quarter at a 7.5 percent annual rate, while inflation eased when it might have been expected for it to rise.

(A) it might have been expected for it to rise  Expected to is correct idiom 
(B) it might have been expected to rise
(C) it might have been expected that it should rise Expected to is correct idiom 
(D) its rise might have been expected  Passive Voice 
(E) there might have been an expectation it would rise Expected to is correct idiom

CrackverbalGMAT · Answer

The first clue to look at here is the  idiom  ‘…  expected to …’

We can knock out two options based on this.

(A) it might have been  expected for  it to rise

(B) it might have been  expected to  rise

(C) it might have been  expected that it should  rise

Eliminate Options A and C.

In  Options D and E , we see a  parallelism issue.  We must have a verb that parallels with ‘eased’. This is not the case with these two options.

(D)  its rise  might have been expected

(E) there might have been  an expectation  it would rise

Eliminate Options D and E.

Option B  is the best choice.

Hope this helps!

Gauravvinod92 · Answer

I have a doubt here regarrding the non-underlined part...why is it using simple past after the reported speech rather than past perfect as economy already grew .

Regards,
Gaurav

shailesh369 · Answer

How is option D passive and not option B, both of the options have "have been" as a verb, while I understand that there is a change in subject in the two options(Inflation for B and Inflation's rise for D). I don't understand how D is passive and B is active

vishnugmatgupta · Answer

is the "have been" usage correct here?

IMO

"had been" usage should be better here since the event of expectation is already over in the past.

waytowharton · Answer

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I am unable to select one option between B and D. The difference is to rise vs rise. Is the reason that D is not preferred because it is noun form ? Is yes, however, in this sentence noun form is short 1 word instead of 2 .

AjiteshArun · Answer

Hi  waytowharton ,

Its rise  is awkward and opens the sentence up to other interpretations.

1. However, the most direct reason not to opt for that phrase may be that  inflation  itself means  ~ "a sustained  increase  in (usually) prices", so going with  inflation's rise  really is unnecessary and just makes the sentence harder to understand.

2. Keep in mind though, that  a rise in inflation  can be used to refer to higher levels of inflation ("The central bank expected a rise in inflation"), but that phrase is very different from  inflation's rise . In other words, while we can say " The central bank expected a rise in inflation ", we can't say "  The central bank expected inflation's rise  ".

Varane · Answer

Hey can you tell me what are the words in red called in English part of speech.

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