ankaua wrote:
A. The typical holiday shopper, being seduced by row upon row of novelty gifts, tend to purchase more practical items these days because they realize - "being" is not allowed
B. As a typical holiday shopper, the tendency to purchase row upon row of novelty gifts is trumped by the purchase of more practical items these days because he or she realizes - illogical comparison
C. Typically, the holiday shopper who is attracted to novelty gifts tends to remain practical by purchasing items because he or she realizes - changes in meaning
D. The typical holiday shopper, although seduced by row upon row of novelty gifts, tends to purchase more practical items because he or she realizes - seems good (but I chose E because of "the" in this option )
E. Typical holiday shoppers, while seduced by row upon row of novelty gifts, tend towards more practical items these days because they realize - was my choice; I cannot realize why the choice is wrong.
E says "tend towards more practical items" doesn't mean the buyer necessarily purchase these items as stated in the original sentence.
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To provide a bit of clarity here, in this context "tend towards" means the same thing as "tend to purchase"; "Y tend towards X" is an idiomatic construction that conveys that Y tends to prefer X, and depending on the context, this construction can also imply that "Y" tend to take a particular action towards X.
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