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by jain2016 » Mon Feb 01, 2016 9:39 am
Delighted by the reported earnings for the first quarter of the fiscal year, it was decided by the company manager to give her staff a raise.

A) it was decided by the company manger to give her staff a raise

B) the decision of the company manger was to give her staff a raise

C) the company manager decided to give her staff a raise

D) the staff was given a raise by the company manager

E) a raise was given to the staff by the company manager

OA C

Hi Experts ,

Can you please advise that in OA HER refer to what? Because I guess there is no referent, so I come this is correct?

Please explain.

Many thanks in advance.

SJ

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by jain2016 » Tue Feb 02, 2016 9:51 am
Hi Experts ,

Please shed some light on this.

Many thanks in advance.

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by DavidG@VeritasPrep » Tue Feb 02, 2016 10:17 am
jain2016 wrote:Delighted by the reported earnings for the first quarter of the fiscal year, it was decided by the company manager to give her staff a raise.

A) it was decided by the company manger to give her staff a raise

B) the decision of the company manger was to give her staff a raise

C) the company manager decided to give her staff a raise

D) the staff was given a raise by the company manager

E) a raise was given to the staff by the company manager

OA C

Hi Experts ,

Can you please advise that in OA HER refer to what? Because I guess there is no referent, so I come this is correct?

Please explain.

Many thanks in advance.

SJ
The referent here is "the company manager."
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by Brent@GMATPrepNow » Tue Feb 02, 2016 10:56 am
jain2016 wrote:Delighted by the reported earnings for the first quarter of the fiscal year, it was decided by the company manager to give her staff a raise.

A) it was decided by the company manger to give her staff a raise

B) the decision of the company manger was to give her staff a raise

C) the company manager decided to give her staff a raise

D) the staff was given a raise by the company manager

E) a raise was given to the staff by the company manager
This is largely a question of active voice vs passive voice.
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