Since February, the Federal Reserve has raised its short-term interest rate target five times, and because of the economy’s continued strength, analysts have been predicting for weeks that the target will be raised again in November.
because of the economy’s continued strength, analysts have been predicting for weeks that the target will
with the economy’s strength continuing, analysts predicted for weeks that the target
because the economy continues strong, analysts predicted for weeks that the target would
due to the economy’s continued strength, analysts have been predicting for weeks that the target
due to the fact of the economy’s continued strength, analysts predicted for weeks that the target will
I think A is right but the answer turns out to be C or D.
楼上的兄弟，都‘现在’还‘完成’还‘进行’时了，何必再在乎他？GMAT强调concise, correct, and idiomatic，所以其承认正确的语法基本就是一般现在，一般过去，一般进行，一般将来，现在完成，过去完成，所以看到复杂的时态，就是我们高中老师都很引以为傲的“过去完成将来进行时”啊这些基本上是错误选项的标志。再说A。
because of the economy’s continued strength, analysts have been predicting for weeks that the target will
彩色的地方分别是错误：1.of 后接复杂意思（一个句子位于改成分词的表达方式），绝对错。2.无生命主语所有格the n1 of n2，相对错。3.复杂时态，多半错。4.predict应该+虚拟，绝对错。
because of 与because同时出现不选the latter的概率很小，原因用og的话来说是convoluted expression.这里想说明的是后面because后面应该连接的意思是“经济持续坚挺”，正因为非要用because of才会造成economy's strength的表达。另外，斑竹兄关于所有格的论点我已经指出是相对错，并没有误导的意思，望见谅。
我觉得：在 because of the economy’s continued strength 中continued 这个词改了句意，这也是为什么大多数情况下because of 错误的原因。。。 只有because +从句才可以非常明确地表达时态和语态。 在gmat中，表达清晰远比表达简洁来的重要。
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