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option c) voilates which specific rule of style/grammar

by ashish1354 » Fri Sep 18, 2009 8:16 am
182. Bringing the Ford Motor Company back from the verge of bankruptcy shortly after the Second World War was a special governmentally sanctioned price increase during a period of wage and price controls.
(A) Bringing the Ford Motor Company back from the verge of bankruptcy shortly after the Second World War was a special governmentally sanctioned price increase during a period of wage and price controls.
(B) What brought the Ford Motor Company back from the verge of bankruptcy shortly after the Second World War was a special price increase that the government sanctioned during a period of wage and price controls.
(C) That which brought the ford Motor Company back from the verge of bankruptcy shortly after the Second World War was a special governmentally sanctioned price increase during a period of wage and price controls.
(D) What has brought the Ford Motor Company back from the verge of bankruptcy shortly after the Second World War was a special price increase that the government sanctioned during a period of wages and price controls.
(E) To bring the Ford Motor Company back from the verge of bankruptcy shortly after the Second World War, there was a special price increase during a period of wages and price controls that government sanctioned
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by capnx » Fri Sep 18, 2009 12:47 pm
go with B
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Re: option c) voilates which specific rule of style/grammar

by umaa » Fri Sep 18, 2009 7:07 pm
ashish1354 wrote:182. Bringing the Ford Motor Company back from the verge of bankruptcy shortly after the Second World War was a special governmentally sanctioned price increase during a period of wage and price controls.
(A) Bringing the Ford Motor Company back from the verge of bankruptcy shortly after the Second World War was a special governmentally sanctioned price increase during a period of wage and price controls.
(B) What brought the Ford Motor Company back from the verge of bankruptcy shortly after the Second World War was a special price increase that the government sanctioned during a period of wage and price controls.
(C) That which brought the ford Motor Company back from the verge of bankruptcy shortly after the Second World War was a special governmentally sanctioned price increase during a period of wage and price controls.
(D) What has brought the Ford Motor Company back from the verge of bankruptcy shortly after the Second World War was a special price increase that the government sanctioned during a period of wages and price controls.
(E) To bring the Ford Motor Company back from the verge of bankruptcy shortly after the Second World War, there was a special price increase during a period of wages and price controls that government sanctioned
IMO B.

bringing is worng - A is out
C - THAT WHICH - WRONG
D - there is no two verbs in a sentence. Here HAS is awkward - WRONG

total sentence itself is meaningless
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by vaibhav.iit2002 » Fri Sep 18, 2009 8:41 pm
C : "That which brought ...."
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B : "What brought ...."

C is wordy and B better conveys that meaning
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by capnx » Sat Sep 19, 2009 6:01 am
in C, the modification portion seems awkward:
special governmentally sanctioned price increase
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by Gmat09_5ALL » Sat Sep 19, 2009 8:37 am
A and C - special governmentally sanctioned price increase special and governmentally sanctioned are modifier for the Price increase -> modifier modifier Noun - Wrong

E - price increase during a period of wages and price controls that government sanctioned
government sanctioned - price increase - Wrong

D - Change of Tenses

Hence B
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