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大全353
大全353, also OG (10th) 81.
I think C is better than B bcoz it is more concise and parelell to the structure of "In 1973 -- percent ---". looking for your opinions.
353. In 1973 mortgage payments represented twenty-one percent of an average thirty-year-old male’s income; and forty-four percent in 1984.
(A) income; and forty-four percent in 1984
(B) income; in 1984 the figure was forty-four percent
(C) income, and in 1984 forty-four percent
(D) income, forty-four percent in 1984 was the figure
(E) income that rose to forty-four percent in 1984
To establish the clearest comparison between circumstances in 1973 and those in 1984, a separate clause is
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needed to describe each year. Choices A and C, in failing to use separate clauses, are too elliptical and
therefore unclear. Choice A also incorrectly uses and and a semicolon to separate an independent clause and a
phrase. Choice D incorrectly separates two independent clauses with a comma; moreover, the placement of in
1984 is awkward and confusing. In choice E, that refers illogically to income, thereby producing the
misstatement that income rather than mortgage payments rose to forty-four percent in 1984. Choice B is best;
two properly constructed clauses that clearly express the comparison are separated by a semicolon.
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