Can please someone provide the official answer!
It is confusing, since some say E and others A.
Please clarify and name the source of the question!
Thanks
Added to worries about budget cuts and costs of living...
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Sharma_Gaurav
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Please cite the source of this question . As explained by Experts i also think correct answer is E
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Gaurav 2013-fall
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Added to worries about budget cuts and costs of living increases, the administrators of public health care facilities mush contend with the possibility of a strike by employees.
A) Added to worries about budget cuts and cost of living increases
B) Added to budget cuts and increases in the cost of living
C) In addition to worry about cuts int he budget and as the cost of living increases
D) Added to their worrying about budget cuts and cost of living increases
E) In addition to worrying about budget cuts and increases in the cost of living
The answer is E
A) incorrect. budget cuts and cost of living increases are not parallel
B) incorrect. the administrators are getting added to the cuts and cost of living
C) incorrect. again not parallel. Same as A. as cost of living is awkward.
D) incorrect. again the administrators are getting added to the cuts and cost of living
E) correct. modifies the administrators correctly
A) Added to worries about budget cuts and cost of living increases
B) Added to budget cuts and increases in the cost of living
C) In addition to worry about cuts int he budget and as the cost of living increases
D) Added to their worrying about budget cuts and cost of living increases
E) In addition to worrying about budget cuts and increases in the cost of living
The answer is E
A) incorrect. budget cuts and cost of living increases are not parallel
B) incorrect. the administrators are getting added to the cuts and cost of living
C) incorrect. again not parallel. Same as A. as cost of living is awkward.
D) incorrect. again the administrators are getting added to the cuts and cost of living
E) correct. modifies the administrators correctly
E
one can rephrase the sentence so that it makes sense!
the administrators of public health care facilities mush contend with the possibility of a strike by employees, in addition to worrying about budget cuts and increases in the cost of living
one can rephrase the sentence so that it makes sense!
the administrators of public health care facilities mush contend with the possibility of a strike by employees, in addition to worrying about budget cuts and increases in the cost of living
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A) "cost of living increases" should be a noun instead (eg increased costs of living) to be parallel with worry about budget cuts
B) Noun phrases stand alone: grammatically incorrect
C),D) Parallelism issue - same as A)
Choose E
B) Noun phrases stand alone: grammatically incorrect
C),D) Parallelism issue - same as A)
Choose E
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A) Added to worries about budget cuts and cost of living increases - wrongly suggests that administrators added to worries- awkward
B) Added to budget cuts and increases in the cost of living - same as A
C) In addition to worry about cuts in the budget and as the cost of living increases - The 2 things, cuts in budget and increase in cost of living- not parallel
D) Added to their worrying about budget cuts and cost of living increases - similar to C
E) In addition to worrying about budget cuts and increases in the cost of living - CORRECT
B) Added to budget cuts and increases in the cost of living - same as A
C) In addition to worry about cuts in the budget and as the cost of living increases - The 2 things, cuts in budget and increase in cost of living- not parallel
D) Added to their worrying about budget cuts and cost of living increases - similar to C
E) In addition to worrying about budget cuts and increases in the cost of living - CORRECT
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As many of you have noticed, we have a subtle 3:2 split here between "Added to" and "In addition to". The distinction between these two is not so much idiomatic as logical. The past participle "Added to" would describe the noun/subject coming immediately after the comma - "the administrators" - which is completely nonsensical in this cases, since "the administrators" cannot be "added to" anything. Eliminate A, B, and Dsimplyjat wrote:Added to worries about budget cuts and costs of living increases, the administrators of public health care facilities mush contend with the possibility of a strike by employees.
A) Added to worries about budget cuts and cost of living increases
B) Added to budget cuts and increases in the cost of living
C) In addition to worry about cuts int he budget and as the cost of living increases
D) Added to their worrying about budget cuts and cost of living increases
E) In addition to worrying about budget cuts and increases in the cost of living
OA E
We need to say that these poor administrators were faced with many worries - contending with possibility of a strike by company employees, and worrying about budget cuts and increases in the cost of living - we need an 'In addition to' to aggregate these various problems faced by the administrators.
Between C and E, C breaks the parallelism - "worry about cuts in the budget" (noun) and "as the cost of living increases" (clause) are not in parallel with each other. Eliminate C
This leaves us with E as the correct answer.
