Instructions

Each of the questions presents a sentence, part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find four ways of phrasing the underlined part. Follow the requirements of standard written English to choose your answer, paying attention to grammar, word choice, and sentence construction. Select the answer that produces the most effective sentence; your answer should make the sentence clear, exact, and free of grammatical error. It should also minimize awkwardness, ambiguity, and redundancy.

Question 74

Car sales in the country rose at an annualized rate of 7.8% in June, helped by a spate of new models and falling borrowing costs bringing new buyers back.

Solution

The main idea is that car sales have increased due to two factors: the introduction of new models and the decrease in borrowing costs, both of which have contributed to bringing new buyers back to the market. Option A effectively represents this sequence, maintaining clear connections between the causes (new models and falling borrowing costs) and the result (new buyers returning).

Thus, the correct answer is indeed option A, as it presents the idea in a grammatically sound and logically coherent manner.


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