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by xcusemeplz2009 » Thu Nov 12, 2009 10:26 am
Each year companies in the United State 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[spoiler]

y A is not correct[/spoiler]
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by getso » Thu Nov 12, 2009 10:53 am
Annually is redundant...Since each year is already stated at the beginning of the sentence.

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by sunnyjohn » Thu Nov 12, 2009 7:06 pm
IMO: E

anually is redundant - so A, B, and C are out.

out of E and D - D is awkward..I choose E.


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

mistake i think are shown in Bold.[/b]

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by gmatv09 » Thu Nov 12, 2009 8:00 pm
IMO E

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

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by xcusemeplz2009 » Fri Nov 13, 2009 5:21 am
thanks guys

OA is E
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