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by confuse mind » Wed Sep 05, 2012 1:25 am
Alaska regularly deposits some of its profits from the sale of oil into a special fund, with the intention to sustain the state's economy after the exhaustion of its oil reserves.

(A) fund, with the intention to sustain the state's economy after the exhaustion of its oil reserves
(B) fund, the intention of which is to sustain the state's economy after they have exhausted their oil reserves
(C) fund intended to sustain the state's economy after oil reserves are exhausted
(D) fund intended to sustain the state's economy after exhausting its oil reserves
(E) fund that they intend to sustain the state's economy after oil reserves are exhausted
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by vk_vinayak » Wed Sep 05, 2012 2:02 am
confuse mind wrote:Alaska regularly deposits some of its profits from the sale of oil into a special fund, with the intention to sustain the state's economy after the exhaustion of its oil reserves.

(A) fund, with the intention to sustain the state's economy after the exhaustion of its oil reserves
(B) fund, the intention of which is to sustain the state's economy after they have exhausted their oil reserves
(C) fund intended to sustain the state's economy after oil reserves are exhausted
(D) fund intended to sustain the state's economy after exhausting its oil reserves
(E) fund that they intend to sustain the state's economy after oil reserves are exhausted
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OA - C. I marked A :([/spoiler]
Yes, When I had seen this question for the first time, I marked A too. But C is correct.

intention to is an incorrect idiom.

Correct forms of the idiom: intent to, intent of, intention of.
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by Kasia@EconomistGMAT » Wed Sep 05, 2012 2:08 am
Answers B and E use the pronouns "their" and "they" which do not have a referent.
Answer A includes the stylistically flawed phrase "with the intention to sustain..." "Intended to sustain" used in answers C and D sounds much better and is less wordy. Answer D can also be dismissed because of the use of "exhausting," which is a worse choice than "exhausted" used in answer C.
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by confuse mind » Thu Sep 06, 2012 7:18 pm
In C - I see a flaw that the oil resources is NOT qualified with 'its' and without which the meaning is not proper.
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by Mission2012 » Fri Sep 07, 2012 3:53 am
Kaisa,

Could you pleased explain what is wrong with D.
(C) fund intended to sustain the state's economy after oil reserves are exhausted
(D) fund intended to sustain the state's economy after exhausting its oil reserves

In "D", "its" is referring to Alaska. right?

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by neelgandham » Sat Sep 08, 2012 7:11 am
(C) fund intended to sustain the state's economy after oil reserves are exhausted
- does this not change the meaning ? Which oil reserves is the author talking about ? Alaska's or ..?
(D) fund intended to sustain the state's economy after exhausting its oil reserves
- Why is this incorrect.

Any help is sincerely appreciated.
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by vk_vinayak » Sat Sep 08, 2012 7:43 am
neelgandham wrote:
(C) fund intended to sustain the state's economy after oil reserves are exhausted
- does this not change the meaning ? Which oil reserves is the author talking about ? Alaska's or ..?
(D) fund intended to sustain the state's economy after exhausting its oil reserves
- Why is this incorrect.

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(D). fund intended to sustain the state's economy after exhausting its oil reserves

I find D misleading for two reasons:

1. Its may refer to Alaska, fund, or economy
2. Even if its is referring to Alaska, the option D might mean that fund itself will first exhaust the oil reserve and then sustain the economy.

C is better.
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by Mission2012 » Sat Sep 08, 2012 11:01 pm
Hi Guys,

We are discussing the same question in another post -

https://www.beatthegmat.com/alaska-deposits-t116310.html

I would suggest that we should search a bit before starting a new thread.
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