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A vs C? Experts help Post Mon May 07, 2012 10:00 am
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    Faced with an estimated $2 billion budget gap, the city’s mayor proposed a nearly 17 percent reduction in the amount allocated the previous year to maintain the city’s major cultural institutions and to subsidize hundreds of local arts groups.

    (A) proposed a nearly 17 percent reduction in the amount allocated the previous year to maintain the city’s major cultural institutions and to subsidize
    (B) proposed a reduction from the previous year of nearly 17 percent in the amount it was allocating to maintain the city’s major cultural institutions and for subsidizing
    (C) proposed to reduce, by nearly 17 percent, the amount from the previous year that was allocated for the maintenance of the city’s major cultural institutions and to subsidize
    (D) has proposed a reduction from the previous year of nearly 17 percent of the amount it was allocating for maintaining the city’s major cultural institutions, and to subsidize
    (E) was proposing that the amount they were allocating be reduced by nearly 17 percent from the previous year for maintaining the city’s major cultural institutions and for the subsidization

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    Post Mon May 07, 2012 10:07 am
    Faced with an estimated $2 billion budget gap, the city’s mayor proposed a nearly 17 percent reduction in the amount allocated the previous year to maintain the city’s major cultural institutions and to subsidize hundreds of local arts groups.

    (A) proposed a nearly 17 percent reduction in the amount allocated the previous year to maintain the city’s major cultural institutions and to subsidize
    (B) proposed a reduction from the previous year of nearly 17 percent in the amount it was allocating to maintain the city’s major cultural institutions and for subsidizing
    (C) proposed to reduce, by nearly 17 percent, the amount from the previous year that was allocated for the maintenance of the city’s major cultural institutions and to subsidize
    (D) has proposed a reduction from the previous year of nearly 17 percent of the amount it was allocating for maintaining the city’s major cultural institutions, and to subsidize
    (E) was proposing that the amount they were allocating be reduced by nearly 17 percent from the previous year for maintaining the city’s major cultural institutions and for the subsidization

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    Post Mon May 07, 2012 11:04 am
    Why is C wrong??
    Bill@VeritasPrep wrote:
    Faced with an estimated $2 billion budget gap, the city’s mayor proposed a nearly 17 percent reduction in the amount allocated the previous year to maintain the city’s major cultural institutions and to subsidize hundreds of local arts groups.

    (A) proposed a nearly 17 percent reduction in the amount allocated the previous year to maintain the city’s major cultural institutions and to subsidize
    (B) proposed a reduction from the previous year of nearly 17 percent in the amount it was allocating to maintain the city’s major cultural institutions and for subsidizing
    (C) proposed to reduce, by nearly 17 percent, the amount from the previous year that was allocated for the maintenance of the city’s major cultural institutions and to subsidize
    (D) has proposed a reduction from the previous year of nearly 17 percent of the amount it was allocating for maintaining the city’s major cultural institutions, and to subsidize
    (E) was proposing that the amount they were allocating be reduced by nearly 17 percent from the previous year for maintaining the city’s major cultural institutions and for the subsidization

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    Post Mon May 07, 2012 11:57 am
    "Proposed to reduce" is incorrect, and the two parts of the allocation are not parallel ("for the maintenance...and to subsidize...")

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    Post Mon May 07, 2012 5:19 pm
    bryan88 wrote:
    Why is C wrong??
    ...to reduce the amount from the previous year...and to subsidize hundreds of local arts groups.

    The intended meaning is not conveyed here.
    The AMOUNT FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR is not to be reduced; the amount that was ALLOCATED the previous year is to be reduced.
    This structure seems to imply that the mayor wants TO SUBSIDIZE HUNDREDS OF LOCAL ARTS GROUPS.
    What the mayor wants is quite the opposite: to REDUCE THE FUNDING for these arts groups.

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    Post Mon May 07, 2012 5:27 pm
    Bill@VeritasPrep wrote:
    "Proposed to reduce" is incorrect, and the two parts of the allocation are not parallel ("for the maintenance...and to subsidize...")
    Please explain howcome "Proposed to reduce" is incorrect?

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    Post Mon May 07, 2012 7:21 pm
    The verb "propose" should be followed by an -ing verb rather than an infinitive:

    I proposed rescheduling the game. -vs- I proposed to reschedule the game.

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