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by nik08 » Sat Sep 13, 2008 11:34 pm
The modernization program for the steel mill will cost approximately 51 million dollars, which it is hoped can be completed in the late 1980’s.

(A) The modernization program for the steel mill will cost approximately 51 million dollars, which it is hoped can be completed in the late 1980’s.

(B) The modernization program for the steel mill, hopefully completed in the late 1980’s, will cost approximately 51 million dollars.

(C) Modernizing the steel mill, hopefully to be completed in the late 1980’s, will cost approximately 51 million dollars.

(D) The program for modernizing the steel mill, which can, it is hoped, be completed in the late 1980’s and cost approximately 51 million dollars.

(E) Modernizing the steel mill, a program that can, it is hoped, be completed in the late 1980's, will cost approximately 51 million dollars
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by Mani_mba » Sun Sep 14, 2008 12:18 am
IMO E.

The antecedent of "Which" is the immediate preceding noun. A and D are out based on this rule.

In B, "Hopefully completed" is not correct

In C, "Hopefully to be completed" construction is wrong. Hopefully is an adverb and hence not correctly used here.
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by niraj_a » Sun Sep 14, 2008 3:32 am
yeah, one has to choose between C and E for the right answer, and although E may be wordy, it is better constructed than C.
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