The prime lending rate is a key rate in the economy: not only are the interest rates on most loans to small and medium-sized businesses tied to the prime, but also on a growing number of consumer loans, including home equity loans. (A) not only are the interest rates on most loans to small and medium-sized businesses tied to the prime, but also on (B) tied to the prime are the interest rates not only on most loans to small and medium-sized businesses, but also on (C) the interest rates not only on most loans to small and medium-sized businesses are tied to the prime, but also (D) not only the interest rates on most loans to small and medium-sized businesses are tied to the prime, but also on (E) the interest rates are tied to the prime, not only on most loans to small and medium-sized businesses, but also

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Baylee Marshall

1 January, 19:19

The prime lending rate is a key rate in the economy: not only are the interest rates on most loans to small and medium-sized businesses tied to the prime, but also on a growing number of consumer loans, including home equity loans. (A) not only are the interest rates on most loans to small and medium-sized businesses tied to the prime, but also on (B) tied to the prime are the interest rates not only on most loans to small and medium-sized businesses, but also on (C) the interest rates not only on most loans to small and medium-sized businesses are tied to the prime, but also (D) not only the interest rates on most loans to small and medium-sized businesses are tied to the prime, but also on (E) the interest rates are tied to the prime, not only on most loans to small and medium-sized businesses, but also

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(B) tied to the prime are the interest rates not only on most loans to small and medium-sized businesses, but also on

Explanation:

"not only" and "but also" was used as an idiomatic paired coordinator in the sentence to relate the prime lending rate to various loans which satisfies parallelism using; 'not only on" and "but also on".