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clock60
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hi guys
this problem was discussed not once, but i did not find the answer on my particular question
i readily admit that the problem tests ||-ism, but i can`t understand why
[spoiler]proposed........ to maintain .......and to subsidize in A is better then
propose to reduce.........and to subsidize in C
it will be great that somebody helps me with this problem
may be some other issues exist that i am missing
also og says nothing about ....year that was allocated....in C as misplaced modifier,perhaps it is exception of the touch rule that states that noun modifier must touch noun it modifies, but not sure [/spoiler]
thanks
Faced with an estimated $2 billion budget gap, the city's mayor proposed a nearly 17 percent reduction in the amount allocated the previous year to maintain the city's major cultural institutions and to subsidize hundreds of local arts groups.
(A) proposed a nearly 17 percent reduction in the amount allocated the previous year to maintain the city's major cultural institutions and to subsidize
(B) proposed a reduction from the previous year of nearly 17 percent in the amount it was allocating to maintain the city's major cultural institutions and for subsidizing
(C) proposed to reduce, by nearly 17 percent, the amount from the previous year that was allocated for the maintenance of the city's major cultural institutions and to subsidize
(D) has proposed a reduction from the previous year of nearly 17 percent of the amount it was allocating for maintaining the city's major cultural institutions, and to subsidize
(E) was proposing that the amount they were allocating be reduced by nearly 17 percent from the previous year for maintaining the city's major cultural institutions and for the subsidization
oa is A
this problem was discussed not once, but i did not find the answer on my particular question
i readily admit that the problem tests ||-ism, but i can`t understand why
[spoiler]proposed........ to maintain .......and to subsidize in A is better then
propose to reduce.........and to subsidize in C
it will be great that somebody helps me with this problem
may be some other issues exist that i am missing
also og says nothing about ....year that was allocated....in C as misplaced modifier,perhaps it is exception of the touch rule that states that noun modifier must touch noun it modifies, but not sure [/spoiler]
thanks
Faced with an estimated $2 billion budget gap, the city's mayor proposed a nearly 17 percent reduction in the amount allocated the previous year to maintain the city's major cultural institutions and to subsidize hundreds of local arts groups.
(A) proposed a nearly 17 percent reduction in the amount allocated the previous year to maintain the city's major cultural institutions and to subsidize
(B) proposed a reduction from the previous year of nearly 17 percent in the amount it was allocating to maintain the city's major cultural institutions and for subsidizing
(C) proposed to reduce, by nearly 17 percent, the amount from the previous year that was allocated for the maintenance of the city's major cultural institutions and to subsidize
(D) has proposed a reduction from the previous year of nearly 17 percent of the amount it was allocating for maintaining the city's major cultural institutions, and to subsidize
(E) was proposing that the amount they were allocating be reduced by nearly 17 percent from the previous year for maintaining the city's major cultural institutions and for the subsidization
oa is A
