888. Under the 1986 tax law, interest payments on a refinanced home loan are deductible only if the amount of the loan does not exceed the purchase price of the home, the cost of improvements, and any additional amount borrowed against the home to pay for medical or educational expenses.

(A) any additional amount borrowed against the home to pay for medical or educational expenses
(B) borrowing any additional amount against the home for payment of medical or educational expenses
(C) also borrowing any additional amount against the home to pay for medical or educational expenses
(D) any additional payment of medical or educational expenses that were borrowed against the home
(E) any additional payment borrowed against the home for medical or educational expenses

Solution:

Parallelism

In B and C, “borrowing” violates parallelism and these choices are incorrect.
In D, it is illogically stated that “expenses were borrowed”. Instead of “expenses” it must be “amount”.

In E, it is illogically stated that “payment” is “borrowed”. “amount” must be used instead of “payment to rectify the error.
In A, parallelism is maintained and logical meaning is conveyed. Hence, A is the best choice.

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