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Why (E) is wrong?
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Why (E) option is incorrect?
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'aim to' is wrong idiom, correct idiom is 'aim at'
Among A,B and C - IMO C
It must be a modifier modifying the previous clause.
Among A,B and C - IMO C
It must be a modifier modifying the previous clause.
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I feel that the original sentence is correct.
E is wrong grammatically because has for several years.... should be followed by aimed at and as written above aim to is not correct.
B is incorrect because "to" used before improve is incorrect.
C is incorrect because "has followed a policy" should be followed by aimed at
D is incorrect because there is no modifier.
E is wrong grammatically because has for several years.... should be followed by aimed at and as written above aim to is not correct.
B is incorrect because "to" used before improve is incorrect.
C is incorrect because "has followed a policy" should be followed by aimed at
D is incorrect because there is no modifier.
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I agree with above user and his explanations. A is the right answer.
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i went with A because i could not find any issue with it
E is wrong because 'aim to' is incorrect idiom.
E is wrong because 'aim to' is incorrect idiom.
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Look for parallelism between the logically similar terms : X and Y (X,Y must be parallel).
Only (A) and (E) sticks to the parallelism.
Problem with (E) :
The meaning of the sentence as per (E) changes to mean this :
The company followed a policy + The company followed this activity with the aim to ....
But if you look at the original sentence, the meaning is this:
The company followed policy X + Policy X is aimed at ....
Get it ?
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Only (A) and (E) sticks to the parallelism.
Problem with (E) :
The meaning of the sentence as per (E) changes to mean this :
The company followed a policy + The company followed this activity with the aim to ....
But if you look at the original sentence, the meaning is this:
The company followed policy X + Policy X is aimed at ....
Get it ?
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