Hoping to alleviate some of the financial burdens

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Hoping to alleviate some of the financial burdens of a growing population, property taxes last year were raised by an eleven percent increase by the county government.

A) property taxes last year were raised by an eleven percent increase by the county government
B) property taxes were raised by eleven percent last year by the county government
C) the county government raised property taxes by an eleven percent increase last year
D) the county government last year raised by eleven percent property taxes
E) the county government raised property taxes by eleven percent last year

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by sam2304 » Fri Mar 02, 2012 12:55 am
A/B - Both have modifier error.
C - raised X by Y% is right - raised and increase are redundant
D - doesn't make sense, it is too awkward. Object of the sentence is missing in this.

Hoping to alleviate some of the financial burdens of a growing population, who did what - The county government raised property taxes - this is the intended meaning.

Hence E.
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by killer1387 » Fri Mar 02, 2012 1:05 am
D) the county government last year raised by eleven percent property taxes
--> last year seems to modify county government. last year should modify the action raised
E) the county government raised property taxes by eleven percent last year
--> correct

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by Jim@StratusPrep » Fri Mar 02, 2012 7:46 am
Ask yourself what what raised? It was property taxes. Put the noun in the sentence before you start to describing it.
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by vikram4689 » Fri Mar 02, 2012 8:07 am
"raised by eleven percent property taxes" does not make any sense. Whatever was raised should come before the measurement "A raised B by C"
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