Sentence Correction

Finally reaching a decision on an issue that has long been politically charged in the Pacific Northwest, politicians decided to postpone by at least five years an ambitious plan to protect wild salmon and other endangered fish, instead of which they proposed a series of smaller steps, by which they intend to protect the fish.

A. politicians decided to postpone by at least five years an ambitious plan to protect wild salmon and other endangered fish, instead of which they proposed a series of smaller steps, by which they intend
B. politicians decided to postpone by at least five years an ambitious plan to protect wild salmon and other endangered fish, proposing instead a series of smaller steps intended
C. politicians decided to postpone by at least five years an ambitious plan for protecting wild salmon and other endangered fish, and instead they proposed a series of smaller steps, intending
D. an ambitious plan to protect wild salmon and other endangered fish was postponed by politicians, who instead proposed a series of smaller steps, intending
E. an ambitious plan to protect wild salmon and other endangered fish has been postponed by politicians, proposing instead a series of smaller steps intended

[spoiler]Ans: B[/spoiler]







Understand why Options D & E are incorrect. But can anyone explain how to get the correct answer of this question?

I am confused between B and C.

C seems better to me

Correct idiom is 'plan to'
politicians are modified.


hence, B

Finally reaching a decision on an issue that has long been politically charged in the Pacific Northwest cannot modify ambitious plan. Rule out D and E.

A - ....other endangered fish, instead of which they proposed a series of smaller steps, by which they intend - Wordy.

C - plan for - unidiomatic in this context. Plan to is right.

B is clear, concise and free from grammatical errors.

Finally reaching a decision on an issue that has long been politically charged in the Pacific Northwest, politicians decided to postpone by at least five years an ambitious plan to protect wild salmon and other endangered fish, instead of which they proposed a series of smaller steps, by which they intend to protect the fish.

A. politicians decided to postpone by at least five years an ambitious plan to protect wild salmon and other endangered fish, instead of which they proposed a series of smaller steps, by which they intend
B. politicians decided to postpone by at least five years an ambitious plan to protect wild salmon and other endangered fish, proposing instead a series of smaller steps intended
C. politicians decided to postpone by at least five years an ambitious plan for protecting wild salmon and other endangered fish, and instead they proposed a series of smaller steps, intending


ABC = you plan ... to... something NOT plan....for....something. So ONLY AB

AB = A is too wordy and awkward! And "they" could refer to politicians or all the fish that was endangered.

So (B).





Understand why Options D & E are incorrect. But can anyone explain how to get the correct answer of this question?[/quote]

Hi Ron,

Could you help to see the choice C? I know it's inferior than B,but I'm not sure about the reasons.

1.plan for doing is worse than plan to do(in B)

2.and instead ---redundant?(Ron, is it wrong here or just redudant?)

3.intending----lots of people said it is wrong, but I think it could be justified if we see it modifying the preceding action"propose a few small steps", am I right?

thank you for give any explanations on this choice!

+1 for B.

Crick

aspirant2011 wrote:B is correct because of two reasons-

1. intention is supposed to be shown by infinitive to and plan to is right in option B
2. intended to is the right idiom

I feel option C is wrong because of the following reasons-

1. plan for is wrong usage and for is never used to show intention. For is used to give reason or example
2. they can amiguously refer to wild salmon and endangered fish
3. intending i.e comma + ing normally modifies the subject of previous clause and the subject is they(can be wild salmon and fish or politicians) but logically it should be the series of smaller steps intending to protect the fish

please correct me if I am wrong

Is wild salmon and endangered fish plural?

jonathan123456 wrote:

aspirant2011 wrote:B is correct because of two reasons-

1. intention is supposed to be shown by infinitive to and plan to is right in option B
2. intended to is the right idiom

I feel option C is wrong because of the following reasons-

1. plan for is wrong usage and for is never used to show intention. For is used to give reason or example
2. they can amiguously refer to wild salmon and endangered fish
3. intending i.e comma + ing normally modifies the subject of previous clause and the subject is they(can be wild salmon and fish or politicians) but logically it should be the series of smaller steps intending to protect the fish

please correct me if I am wrong

Is wild salmon and endangered fish plural?

Yes, I think we need to take them as two things joined by a conjunction and

i saw this problem on GMATPrep® Exam Pack 1. its an official problem. oa is B.