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A tough ambiguity SC.

by limestone » Tue Oct 26, 2010 10:16 am
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 speed 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

Source: SC1000 - #771. OA later.
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by shovan85 » Tue Oct 26, 2010 10:52 am
IMO [spoiler]B

Confused between B and C, however I think B maintains better parallelism.[/spoiler]
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by clock60 » Tue Oct 26, 2010 10:55 am
i am between A and E
in A i don`t like prepositional modifier with increased pension .....which can refer to the noun attrition, or the verb permits, also i don`t like it at the end of the sentence, it has many antecedents ( agreement, attritions....)

in E i like all except modifier,which.....is non essential we can`t omit it without destroying the sence of the sentence
also for speeding is wrong here
but after reading above post i agree that B is the best answer
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by pesfunk » Tue Oct 26, 2010 4:50 pm
Ruled out C, D and E as "which" was referring to attrition

Between A and B, I chose B since "it" in A is ambiguous.
limestone wrote: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 speed 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

Source: SC1000 - #771. OA later.
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by limestone » Tue Oct 26, 2010 5:51 pm
[spoiler]Yup, you guys are correct. OA is B. Conjunction "and" in B maitains the best parallelism.[/spoiler]
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