SC-budget gap

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SC-budget gap

by gmat009 » Fri Sep 26, 2008 10:40 am
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

Which one is better A or C and why
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by Travis_1234567890 » Fri Sep 26, 2008 10:54 am
This is a great example of || issues.

C is the best choice

A is not ||.....two things proposed....."a reduction" and "to subsidize"

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by gmat009 » Fri Sep 26, 2008 11:03 am
Even I picked C but OA is A

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by Travis_1234567890 » Fri Sep 26, 2008 11:08 am
:shock:

Really?

I would love to hear from the SC experts on this one...

In the meantime, what is the source? Does the source give an explanation?

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by raajan_p » Fri Sep 26, 2008 11:54 am
A is the right answer here because it maintains the correct Parallelism

the city’s mayor proposed a nearly 17 percent reduction in the amount allocated the previous year "to maintain" A and "to Subsidize" B

Hope, this helps.

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by Travis_1234567890 » Fri Sep 26, 2008 11:56 am
raajan_p

Thanks-

I completely missed that!

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Re: SC-budget gap

by dumb.doofus » Sat Sep 27, 2008 4:16 pm
gmat009 wrote: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

Which one is better A or C and why
There's more to this question than just the simple parallel structure.. Why C is wrong is because it says.. proposed to reduce, by nearly 17 percent, the amount [color=red]from [/color]the previous year
the "from" implies that the amount is getting reduced from last year's and not this year's allocation..

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