Prep-T1-Q82

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Prep-T1-Q82

by kaijen » Wed Sep 19, 2007 6:49 am
Test1-82.

Each year companies in the United States could save as much as $58 billion annually by preventing illness among employees and gain as much as $200 billion through improving performance of workers if they simply provided offices with cleaner air.

(A) annually by preventing illness among employees and gain as much as $200 billion through improving performance of workers if they simply provided
(B) annually if they prevented employee illness and gain as much as $200 billion through worker performance improved by simply providing
(C) annually in employee illness prevention and gain as much as $200 billion through worker performance improved by simply providing
(D) in employee illness prevention and gain as much as $200 billion through improving performance of workers if they simply provided
(E) by preventing illness among employees and gain as much as $200 billion through improved worker performance if they simply provided

Ans:(E)

(A)(B)(C)redundant
each year + annually

Why not (D)?
I think (D) is parallel. Thx
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by raulverde » Wed Sep 19, 2007 7:42 am
D changes the meaning.

(D) in employee illness prevention and gain as much as $200 billion through improving performance of workers if they simply provided

Compare :" We saved money by outsourcing" to " We saved money in outsourcing"

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by aj5105 » Thu Nov 13, 2008 3:01 am
E..

by preventing AND through improved worker performance

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