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striker007
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3)Blaming its recent troubles on a widening recession and slow rate of technology spending, the computer company announced that it would cut 10 percent of its workforce--more than 2,000 jobs--and expected to report a loss in its third quarter.
(A) company announced that it would cut 10 percent of its workforce--more than 2,000 jobs--and expected to report a
(B) company announced that there would be a cut--10 percent of its workforce, which was more than 2,000 jobs--and expected a reported
(C) company announced the cutting of its workforce by 10 percent, more than 2,000 jobs, and it expected a reported
I eliminated (B) based on the the incorrect usage of "which " . "Which " is not supposed to modify "workforce " as it does in (b)
I eliminated (C) because "the cutting" doesn't specify who does the "cutting" , but in the original sentence it is clear that the "company" does the cutting.
Also in (b) and (c) the usage of "expected a reported loss" doesn't indicate who actually does the reporting , in the original sentence it is clear the the company does the reporting , but in (c) this is not clear .
I don't understand the difference in parallelism between
(1)"would cut " and "expected " in (A)
and
(2) "announced " and "expected " in (B) and (C) , could you throw some light on the parallelism in (A) is correct and that in (B) and (C) is incorrect ?
(A) company announced that it would cut 10 percent of its workforce--more than 2,000 jobs--and expected to report a
(B) company announced that there would be a cut--10 percent of its workforce, which was more than 2,000 jobs--and expected a reported
(C) company announced the cutting of its workforce by 10 percent, more than 2,000 jobs, and it expected a reported
I eliminated (B) based on the the incorrect usage of "which " . "Which " is not supposed to modify "workforce " as it does in (b)
I eliminated (C) because "the cutting" doesn't specify who does the "cutting" , but in the original sentence it is clear that the "company" does the cutting.
Also in (b) and (c) the usage of "expected a reported loss" doesn't indicate who actually does the reporting , in the original sentence it is clear the the company does the reporting , but in (c) this is not clear .
I don't understand the difference in parallelism between
(1)"would cut " and "expected " in (A)
and
(2) "announced " and "expected " in (B) and (C) , could you throw some light on the parallelism in (A) is correct and that in (B) and (C) is incorrect ?

















