Alaska regularly deposits some of its profits from the sale of oil into a special fund, with the intention to sustain the state’s economy after the exhaustion of its oil reserves.
(A) fund, with the intention to sustain the state’s economy after the exhaustion of its oil reserves0
(B) fund, the intention of which is to sustain the state’s economy after they have exhausted their oil reserves
(C) fund intended to sustain the state’s economy after oil reserves are exhausted
(D) fund intended to sustain the state’s economy after exhausting its oil reserves
(E) fund that they intend to sustain the state’s economy after oil reserves are exhausted
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I am able to boil down to two options. But unable to decide.
My final options : [spoiler]A & C[/spoiler]
OA - C
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A and C seemed good options to me also but finally selected C because of the word "its" in the second clause of sentence. "It" is ambiguous whether it should refer to state or Alaska.
In C, the problem of pronoun is cleverly removed by removing "it".
In C, the problem of pronoun is cleverly removed by removing "it".
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graghukalyan wrote:Alaska regularly deposits some of its profits from the sale of oil into a special fund, with the intention to sustain the state�s economy after the exhaustion of its oil reserves.
(A) fund, with the intention to sustain the state�s economy after the exhaustion of its oil reserves0
(B) fund, the intention of which is to sustain the state�s economy after they have exhausted their oil reserves
(C) fund intended to sustain the state�s economy after oil reserves are exhausted
(D) fund intended to sustain the state�s economy after exhausting its oil reserves
(E) fund that they intend to sustain the state�s economy after oil reserves are exhausted
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Not sure if this question has already been asked before. If yes, pls do paste the Discussion URL.
I am able to boil down to two options. But unable to decide.
My final options : [spoiler]A & C[/spoiler]
OA - C
Request explanations while answering !
D seems to be the best
