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作者: hahahahaha09 时间: 2009-3-18 05:30
标题: 求教PREP最新破解里的一题

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Despite recent increases in sales and cash flow that have propelled automobile companies' common stocks to new highs, several industry analysts expect automakers, in order to conserve cash, to set dividends more conservatively than they were

A. to set dividends more conservatively than they were

B. to set dividends more conservatively than they have been

C. to be more conservative than they have been in setting dividends

D. that they will be more conservative than they were in setting dividends

E. that they will be more conservative than they have been to set dividends

choose C, but what is wrong with B????

THANKS

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作者: AlienX 时间: 2009-3-18 05:44
ask yourself, "what's omitted in B?"
oh, by the way, it would be great if you could include the question # in the subject. thanks =)

作者: hahahahaha09 时间: 2009-3-18 06:14

above, i still don't understand .......can you please tell more??

[此贴子已经被作者于2009-3-18 6:16:51编辑过]

作者: AlienX 时间: 2009-3-18 06:55
The problem in B is very similar to the problem in the following example:
John runs faster than Tom is.

is isn't parallel to runs.

Similarly, have been isn't parallel to set. This kind of parallelism is strictly required.

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