When the real estate market is uncertain homeowners are more

Question

When the real estate market is uncertain homeowners are more likely to put money into stocks or certificates of deposit than into home improvements.

(A) than into
(B) than they do into
(C) than they are into
(D) as into
(E) as

please provide your answers with explanations.

Richardson · Answer

More than, so D and E out. Subject of the sentence is the homeowners and they are put money into stocks or certificates of deposit more...than into home improvements. So A should be the answer. No need to use "they do" once again.

sun_77 · Answer

comparison. "more likely X than Y"

we need "than". So D and E are out.

B,C : "they" does not have a clear referent. it could refer to stocks or certificates

IMO A.

bdumpala · Answer

I selected A also..but the OA is B

scthakur · Answer

I also selected A. But after seeing the OA, B makes more sense because the parallelism is between "put money into....." and "than into home improvement".....and looks awakward.

Parallelism should be between "homeowners put money into .... than they do into .....".

jatinrai · Answer

The answer has to be B. There is a tough call between A & B. First eliminate D & E on the basis of idiom " More likely X than Y". Now just try to make X & Y parallel. Structure of X is 'to+verb+into'. Same should be the structure of Y.

bdumpala · Answer

what is wrong with C?

when to use "do" for comparision?

Thanks

jatinrai · Answer

You put something. Parallel: You do something. It is different with "You are something". Put is the action of doing something & not being someone.

neeshpal · Answer

i choose A too.

but i think because the verb "to put" is inside the idiom so we've to use a verb after "than"

A should have been correct if it were something like this

When the real estate market is uncertain homeowners are to put money more likely into stocks or certificates of deposit than into home improvements.

ritula · Answer

This is the perfect example of verb comparison. The action "put money" should be compared with another action. so B

When the real estate market is uncertain homeowners are more

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