Sentence Correction

Unlike most severance packages, which require workers to stay until the last day scheduled to collect, workers at the automobile company are eligible for its severance package even if they find a new job before they are terminated.

A. the last day scheduled to collect, workers at the automobile company are eligible for its severance package
B. the last day they are scheduled to collect, workers are eligible for the automobile company's severance package
C. their last scheduled day to collect, the automobile company offers its severance package to workers
D. their last scheduled day in order to collect, the automobile company's severance package is available to workers
E. the last day that they are scheduled to collect, the automobile company's severance package is available to workers

Hi,

Option A,B and C are out because of wrong comparison.

Unlike X,.....Y (X and Y should be of same type)
Unlike ..Severance package......., Automobile company's package... is correct

Between D and E. D makes more sense in meaning.

Most packages required workers to stay till last schedule date in order to collect , but in AM they need not.

Thanks.
Regards,
Uva.

rommysingh wrote:Unlike most severance packages, which require workers to stay until the last day scheduled to collect, workers at the automobile company are eligible for its severance package even if they find a new job before they are terminated.

A. the last day scheduled to collect, workers at the automobile company are eligible for its severance package
B. the last day they are scheduled to collect, workers are eligible for the automobile company's severance package
C. their last scheduled day to collect, the automobile company offers its severance package to workers
D. their last scheduled day in order to collect, the automobile company's severance package is available to workers
E. the last day that they are scheduled to collect, the automobile company's severance package is available to workers

Only LIKE things can be compared.
A and B: Unlike most severance packages...workers at the automobile company...
Here, workers are illogically compared to most severance packages.
Eliminate A and B.

C: Unlike most severance packages...the automobile company...
Here, the automobile company is illogically compared to most severance packages.
Eliminate C.

Phrase: the amount that John is scheduled to collect
Here, that is standing in for the amount.
Conveyed meaning:
John is scheduled TO COLLECT THE AMOUNT.
In other words, THE AMOUNT is what John will COLLECT.

E: the last day that they are scheduled to collect
Here, that is standing in for the last day.
Conveyed meaning:
Workers are scheduled TO COLLECT THE LAST DAY.
In other words, THE LAST DAY is what workers will COLLECT.
Not the intended meaning.
Eliminate E.

The correct answer is D.

Eliminate A, B, and C because the introductory clause must introduce a severance package.


Eliminate E because 'that' is a relative pronoun meaning what follows describes what comes before it and the workers are not collecting days.