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Without knowledge of price, Americans are inclined to overestimate the cost of merchandise, such as toasters, that are small and may be moved easily and underestimate that of less mobile merchandise, such as refrigerators.
(A) merchandise, such as toasters, that are small and may be moved easily and underestimate that of
(B) merchandise, such as toasters, that are small and may be moved easily and underestimate it with
(C) merchandise, such as toasters, that is small and may be moved easily and underestimate it with
(D) small merchandise, such as toasters, that may be moved easily and underestimate that of
(E) small merchandise, such as toasters, that may be moved easily and underestimate it with
(A) merchandise, such as toasters, that are small and may be moved easily and underestimate that of
(B) merchandise, such as toasters, that are small and may be moved easily and underestimate it with
(C) merchandise, such as toasters, that is small and may be moved easily and underestimate it with
(D) small merchandise, such as toasters, that may be moved easily and underestimate that of
(E) small merchandise, such as toasters, that may be moved easily and underestimate it with
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Without knowledge of price, Americans are inclined to overestimate the cost of merchandise, such as toasters, that are small and may be moved easily and underestimate that of less mobile merchandise, such as refrigerators.
(A) merchandise, such as toasters, that are small and may be moved easily and underestimate that of
(B) merchandise, such as toasters, that are small and may be moved easily and underestimate it with
(C) merchandise, such as toasters, that is small and may be moved easily and underestimate it with
(D) small merchandise, such as toasters, that may be moved easily and underestimate that of
(E) small merchandise, such as toasters, that may be moved easily and underestimate it with
(A) merchandise, such as toasters, that are small and may be moved easily and underestimate that of
(B) merchandise, such as toasters, that are small and may be moved easily and underestimate it with
(C) merchandise, such as toasters, that is small and may be moved easily and underestimate it with
(D) small merchandise, such as toasters, that may be moved easily and underestimate that of
(E) small merchandise, such as toasters, that may be moved easily and underestimate it with
The right answer to this question is D. This questions tests parallelism/comparisons, with a bit of pronoun ambiguity thrown in. Although you have to consider all the options to determine whether they are correct or not, remember that you can always use certain flashpoints to eliminate options.
The first thing you wanna notice is that Americans overestimate 'x' and underestimate 'y'. We know from this that x and y have to be an apples to apples comparison. Since "less mobile merch" is outside the underlined portion, it is correct by definition, and we must select something that logically compares to it. This cannot be merchandise in general; it has to be small merch.
This eliminates A, B, C.
The remaining options are extremely similar, and the decision must therefore be between "that of" and "it with" Both 'that' and 'it' are singular pronouns. But 'it' would refer to the entire noun phrase "cost of small merch" and that cannot be compared to the less mobile merch itself. On the other hand, 'that of' can refer to 'cost of', making it an ideal candidate.
Hence, we can eliminate E, leaving the right answer D.
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21 Aug 2019, 04:16
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Without knowledge of price, Americans are inclined to overestimate the cost of merchandise, such as toasters, that are small and may be moved easily and underestimate that of less mobile merchandise, such as refrigerators.
(A) merchandise, such as toasters, that are small and may be moved easily and underestimate that of
SVA Error
(B) merchandise, such as toasters, that are small and may be moved easily and underestimate it with
SVA Error
(C) merchandise, such as toasters, that is small and may be moved easily and underestimate it with
"It" has no antecedent
(D) small merchandise, such as toasters, that may be moved easily and underestimate that of
Correct
(E) small merchandise, such as toasters, that may be moved easily and underestimate it with
"It" has no antecedent
