STEEL M ILL

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STEEL M ILL

by pappueshwar » Wed Mar 07, 2012 9:55 am
The modernization program for the steel mill will cost approximately 51 million dollars, which it is hoped can be completed in the late 1980's.

OA E,


A The modernization program for the steel mill will cost approximately 51 million dollars, which it is hoped can be completed in the late 1980's.
B The modernization program for the steel mill, hopefully completed in the late 1980's, will cost approximately 51 million dollars.
C Modernizing the steel mill, hopefully to be completed in the late 1980's, will cost approximately 51 million dollars.
D The program for modernizing the steel mill, which can, it is hoped, be completed in the late 1980's and cost approximately 51 million dollars.
E Modernizing the steel mill, a program that can, it is hoped, be completed in the late 1980's, will cost approximately 51 million dollars.

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by GmatKiss » Wed Mar 07, 2012 11:40 am
pappueshwar wrote:The modernization program for the steel mill will cost approximately 51 million dollars, which it is hoped can be completed in the late 1980's.

OA E,


A The modernization program for the steel mill will cost approximately 51 million dollars, which it is hoped can be completed in the late 1980's.
B The modernization program for the steel mill, hopefully completed in the late 1980's, will cost approximately 51 million dollars.
C Modernizing the steel mill, hopefully to be completed in the late 1980's, will cost approximately 51 million dollars.
D The program for modernizing the steel mill, which can, it is hoped, be completed in the late 1980's and cost approximately 51 million dollars.
E Modernizing the steel mill, a program that can, it is hoped, be completed in the late 1980's, will cost approximately 51 million dollars.
IMO: E from POE, C came close!!

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by mankey » Wed Mar 07, 2012 7:10 pm
Very awkward sentence. A looks much better than E, despite "which" that seems to be pointing wrongly.

Would request the experts to help in this.

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