og第十二题？

12. Formulas for cash flow and the ratio of debt to equity do not apply to new small businesses in the same way as they do to established big businesses, because they are growing and are seldom in equilibrium.

(A)  Formulas for cash flow and the ratio of debt to equity do not apply to new small businesses in the same way as they do to established big businesses, because they are growing and are seldom in equilibrium.

(B)   Because they are growing and are seldom in equilibrium, formulas for cash flow and the ratio of debt to equity do not apply to new small businesses in the same way as they do to established big businesses.

(C)  Because they are growing and are seldom in equilibrium, new small businesses are not subject to the same applicability of formulas for cash flow and the ratio of debt to equity as established big businesses.

(D)  Because new small businesses are growing and are seldom in equilibrium, formulas for cash flow and the ratio of debt to equity do not apply to them in the same way as to established big businesses.

(E)   New small businesses are not subject to the applicability of formulas for cash flow and the ratio of debt to equity in the same way as established big businesses, because they are growing and are seldom in equilibrium.

Finally, the referent of they is not immediately clear in E. 这句相当不能理解，感觉挺清晰的，请nn们看一下！

这道题答案是Ｄ呀，Ｅ中的they 也应指代主句中的businesses 。

我感觉ford424的感觉是对的. I think ETS is wrong on this point.

The real problem with E is what ETS also says in OG: "In C and E, subject to the [same] applicability of... is wordy, awkward, and imprecise."

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