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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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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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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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by indi » Thu Oct 20, 2011 9:23 am
IMO E...What is oa

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