Sentence Correction

The labor agreement permits staff reductions through attrition with increased pension benefits and a special early-retirement program for speeding it up.

(A) attrition with increased pension benefits and a special early-retirement program for speeding it up
(B) attrition and provides increased pension benefits and a special early-retirement program to speed the attrition process
(C) attrition, which will be speeded up by providing increased pension benefits and a special early-retirement program
(D) attrition, which, by their providing increased pension benefits and a special early-retirement program, will speed the process
(E) attrition, which provides increased pension benefits and a special early-retirement program for speeding the attrition process

I would go with B, mainly because of parallelism.

IMO (C) , "which" is pointing to attrition ( which is actually getting speed ed up). Whats the OA?

IMO - B

use of "which" seems to be incorrect here...

IMO C
the part followed "attrition" should be ways present to describe how to carry out an "attrition" process.

I would go with C

C is more concise when compared to B

C
rejected B because "speed the attrition process " is wrong. It should be speed up the attrition process

My choice is B and so is the OA.

I rejected C the first time i saw it. Had to double check because so many people replied with C :)

why not C?

which will be speeded up ---- does not it change the meaning? .... the agreement expected to ....'will be' means definitely...

the labor agreement .......provides increased pension benefits and....

doesn't this sound a little awkward...how can the labor agreement provide increased pension benefits!

C


the attrition process will be speeded up by benifits and special early retirement prog..

It makes sense...

yeah but the OA is B :X

yeah it should be "c"
in"b:" how can a labor agreement provides pension benefits....