SO AS TO is incorrect idiom.

So D is the better option. Even i felt 'they' is ambiguous. But i had to pick the best of the worst.
There must be some explanation to it

pesfunk wrote:Congress is debating a bill requiring certain employers provide workers with unpaid leave so as to care for sick or newborn children.

A provide workers with unpaid leave so as to
B to provide workers with unpaid leave so as to
C provide workers with unpaid leave in order that they
D to provide workers with unpaid leave so that they can
E provide workers with unpaid leave and

[spoiler]Isn't D ambiguous pointing to both employers and workers ?

I chose B over D[/spoiler]

This is NOT a test of subjunctive mood so we can discard A, C, and E.

As per B the usage of "so as to" is wrong. In GMAT correct usage of IDIOM is "so (adjective) as to (verb)".

The taste of the sauce was so spicy as to obliterate the taste of the food.

Answer is D. "They" seems ambiguous but it is not. I don't remember the video workshop by RON (Thursday with RON) but he said that the Pronoun ambiguity is tolerated in this kind of cases.

Here THEY refers to immediate Antecedent and which is the correct INTENDED meaning. It correctly refers to workers.

Suppose somehow if "They" would have refered back to Employers then the Ambiguity would not have been accepted.

Rule is: See the immediate Antecedent. Logically correct then it is not violation of Pronoun Ambiguity.

Since we cannot measure the tolerable limit of GMAT, I guess I will then end up getting this wrong always.

shovan85 wrote:

pesfunk wrote:Congress is debating a bill requiring certain employers provide workers with unpaid leave so as to care for sick or newborn children.

A provide workers with unpaid leave so as to
B to provide workers with unpaid leave so as to
C provide workers with unpaid leave in order that they
D to provide workers with unpaid leave so that they can
E provide workers with unpaid leave and

[spoiler]Isn't D ambiguous pointing to both employers and workers ?

I chose B over D[/spoiler]

This is NOT a test of subjunctive mood so we can discard A, C, and E.

As per B the usage of "so as to" is wrong. In GMAT correct usage of IDIOM is "so (adjective) as to (verb)".

The taste of the sauce was so spicy as to obliterate the taste of the food.

Answer is D. "They" seems ambiguous but it is not. I don't remember the video workshop by RON (Thursday with RON) but he said that the Pronoun ambiguity is tolerated in this kind of cases.

Here THEY refers to immediate Antecedent and which is the correct INTENDED meaning. It correctly refers to workers.

Suppose somehow if "They" would have refered back to Employers then the Ambiguity would not have been accepted.

Rule is: See the immediate Antecedent. Logically correct then it is not violation of Pronoun Ambiguity.

Here you go:

https://www.beatthegmat.com/erosion-of-e ... 38928.html
https://www.beatthegmat.com/og-sc-questi ... t9375.html
https://www.beatthegmat.com/parallel-con ... 20369.html
https://gmatclub.com/forum/pyramids-of-g ... 85840.html

These are OG questions and they all have similar construction.