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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option c) voilates which specific rule of style/grammar
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IMO B.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
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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C : "That which brought ...."
vs.
B : "What brought ...."
C is wordy and B better conveys that meaning
vs.
B : "What brought ...."
C is wordy and B better conveys that meaning
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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
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
