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gmatblood: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 489; Joined: Tue Jul 05, 2011 11:10 amFollowed by: 5 members; Thanked: 28 times

by gmatblood » Thu Oct 20, 2011 6:30 am

Complied from documents provided by several government agencies, the investigative commission produced a report clearly indicating that federal officials had frequently authorized expenditures far above statutory limits.

A: Complied from documents provided by several government agencies
B: Compiling it from several government agencies' documents
C: A compilation of documents from several government agencies
D: Documents provided by several government agencies
E: Working from documents provided by several government agencies

OA : [spoiler]B/E[/spoiler]

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sl750: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 496; Joined: Tue Jun 07, 2011 5:34 amFollowed by: 1 member; Thanked: 38 times

by sl750 » Thu Oct 20, 2011 6:41 am

gmatblood wrote:Complied from documents provided by several government agencies, the investigative commission produced a report clearly indicating that federal officials had frequently authorized expenditures far above statutory limits.

A: Complied from documents provided by several government agencies
B: Compiling it from several government agencies' documents
C: A compilation of documents from several government agencies Modifier issue
D: Documents provided by several government agencies Modifier issue
E: Working from documents provided by several government agencies - Should be working with

OA : [spoiler]B/E[/spoiler]

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shankar.ashwin: Legendary Member; Posts: 966; Joined: Sat Jan 02, 2010 8:06 amFollowed by: 21 members; Thanked: 230 times

by shankar.ashwin » Thu Oct 20, 2011 6:46 am

While A has a modifier error, between B and E,
B uses 'it' which refers to the 'report' but is the construction is not very clear.
Should be E IMO which avoids the problem

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indi: Senior | Next Rank: 100 Posts; Posts: 38; Joined: Tue Sep 13, 2011 6:48 am

by indi » Thu Oct 20, 2011 9:23 am

IMO E...What is oa

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