Sentence Correction

Municipal governments are beginning to confront the growing pension liabilities; this leads local politicians throughout the country to become increasingly vocal about restraining costs and limiting services.


1)the growing pension liabilities; this leads


2)their growing pension liabilities; leading


3)the growth in their pension liabilities, which leads


4)their growing pension liabilities, leading


5)their growing pension liabilities, that leads

gmatnmein2010 wrote:Municipal governments are beginning to confront the growing pension liabilities; this leads local politicians throughout the country to become increasingly vocal about restraining costs and limiting services.


1)the growing pension liabilities; this leads
begining verb in 1st clause is not llel with leads

2)their growing pension liabilities; leading
semi colon indicates the cluase after it is independent , however leading lacks a sub and refers to the sub of previous clause hence incorrect

3)the growth in their pension liabilities, which leads
verbs of both clause are not llel as in A

4)their growing pension liabilities, leading
correct

5)their growing pension liabilities, that leads
verbs of both clause are not llel as in A

IMO D

Between the and their, possessive pronoun their is a better option for the Plural noun goverments. Had doubts between 2 and 4. The usage of semicolon is well explained. So IMO D