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by vinay1983 » Thu Sep 26, 2013 6:07 am
The total remittance transfers sent across the world from the top three industrial nations in recent years is almost $100 billion annually, according to the Government Budget Office, or roughly the equivalent of those three countries' foreign assistance budget.

A. years is almost $100 billion annually, according to the Government Budget Office, roughly the equivalent of those three countries' foreign assistance budgets.

B. years is almost $100 billion annually, according to the Government Budget Office, or roughly the equivalent of those three countries' foreign assistance budgets.

C. years are almost $100 billion annually, according to the Government Budget Office, or roughly the equivalent of those three countries' foreign assistance budgets.

D. years - almost $100 billion annually - are, according to the Government Budget Office, roughly the equivalent of those three countries' foreign assistance budgets.

E. years, an amount that is almost $100 billion annually, are, according to the Government Budge Office, roughly the equivalent of the foreign assistance budgets of those three countries.
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by theCodeToGMAT » Thu Sep 26, 2013 11:05 am
Is the Answer {C}????
R A H U L

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by faraz_jeddah » Thu Sep 26, 2013 12:03 pm
This question was posted before. But OA was not posted.
I went with C

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by rakeshd347 » Thu Sep 26, 2013 2:49 pm
vinay1983 wrote:The total remittance transfers sent across the world from the top three industrial nations in recent years is almost $100 billion annually, according to the Government Budget Office, or roughly the equivalent of those three countries' foreign assistance budget.

A. years is almost $100 billion annually, according to the Government Budget Office, roughly the equivalent of those three countries' foreign assistance budgets.

B. years is almost $100 billion annually, according to the Government Budget Office, or roughly the equivalent of those three countries' foreign assistance budgets.

C. years are almost $100 billion annually, according to the Government Budget Office, or roughly the equivalent of those three countries' foreign assistance budgets.

D. years - almost $100 billion annually - are, according to the Government Budget Office, roughly the equivalent of those three countries' foreign assistance budgets.

E. years, an amount that is almost $100 billion annually, are, according to the Government Budge Office, roughly the equivalent of the foreign assistance budgets of those three countries.
C should be the correct answer definitely.
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by Java_85 » Fri Sep 27, 2013 10:04 am
I'm between C and D , Don't see anything wrong with C. Maybe D is the right answer since using "OR" in this sentence is not necessary.

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