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by f2001290 » Sat May 26, 2007 7:58 am
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The labor agreement permits staff reductions through attrition with increased pension benefits and a special early-retirement program for speeding it up.
(A) attrition with increased pension benefits and a special early-retirement program for speeding it up
(B) attrition and provides increased pension benefits and a special early-retirement program to speed the attrition process
(C) attrition, which will be speeded up by providing increased pension benefits and a special early-retirement program
(D) attrition, which, by their providing increased pension benefits and a special early-retirement program, will speed the process
(E) attrition, which provides increased pension benefits and a special early-retirement program for speeding the attrition process

What's wrong with C.
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by 800GMAT » Tue May 29, 2007 12:33 am
C awkwardly uses the passive voice.

My answer is B

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Re: SC - 1000 - #771

by jayhawk2001 » Tue May 29, 2007 9:51 pm
f2001290 wrote:771
The labor agreement permits staff reductions through attrition with increased pension benefits and a special early-retirement program for speeding it up.
(A) attrition with increased pension benefits and a special early-retirement program for speeding it up
(B) attrition and provides increased pension benefits and a special early-retirement program to speed the attrition process
(C) attrition, which will be speeded up by providing increased pension benefits and a special early-retirement program
(D) attrition, which, by their providing increased pension benefits and a special early-retirement program, will speed the process
(E) attrition, which provides increased pension benefits and a special early-retirement program for speeding the attrition process

What's wrong with C.
A - "it" has no clear referrent
C - "speeded up" looks awkward
D - their has incorrect referrent
E - changes meaning. It is the labor-agreement that provides increased
pension benefits... not the attrition. Placement of which changes meaning

Another vote for B
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by discreet » Wed May 30, 2007 7:09 am
Also,I guess you can directly eliminate few choices having "which" here as the clause is a restrictive one?Isn't it?
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by Rashmi1804 » Wed Apr 15, 2009 12:58 pm
I dont think it is a restrictive clause here.
Still i am not sure why C is wrong.

Is it because it is passive ???

is the construction "........which WILL BE speeded up BY PROVIDING X and Y" ??

probably the it should "......by provision of x and y"

ANYBODY PLEASE COMMENT;my exam date is nearing!!!

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by rs2010 » Wed Apr 15, 2009 1:06 pm
First C looks incomplete
attrition, which will be speeded up by providing increased pension benefits and a special early-retirement program
Second if you want to go with then look at the parallelism here you are comparing pensiion benefits with a program.

Third to seperate this out you need to end which clause somewhere
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by yeloaw » Wed Apr 15, 2009 4:07 pm
IMO E

C is incorrect because "which will be speeded up " looks awkward.
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by tuanquang269 » Sat Nov 19, 2011 8:17 am
OA is B, can anyone explain more?
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by karthikgmat » Sat Nov 19, 2011 8:15 pm
That's B?
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by Jim@Grockit » Sun Nov 20, 2011 11:36 pm
The problem with C is "providing", in my opinion. Grammatically, it's unclear what's providing, and if anything is supposed to refer to attrition, which doesn't make sense.
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by tuanquang269 » Mon Nov 21, 2011 2:22 am
Jim@Grockit wrote:The problem with C is "providing", in my opinion. Grammatically, it's unclear what's providing, and if anything is supposed to refer to attrition, which doesn't make sense.
Can you explain more, how you eliminate the other choices?

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by Jim@Grockit » Mon Nov 21, 2011 7:54 am
tuanquang269 wrote:
Jim@Grockit wrote:The problem with C is "providing", in my opinion. Grammatically, it's unclear what's providing, and if anything is supposed to refer to attrition, which doesn't make sense.
Can you explain more, how you eliminate the other choices?

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Choice A has a mysterious "it". Choice C has "their", equally mysterious. E has "attrition" providing increased benefits, when it should be the agreement.
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by tuanquang269 » Thu Nov 24, 2011 7:44 am
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by vinodsundaram » Mon Jul 16, 2012 2:37 am
(A) attrition with increased pension benefits and a special early-retirement program for speeding it up - attrition with increased benefits changes meaning. Also Ambiguous 'it'.

(B) attrition and provides increased pension benefits and a special early-retirement program to speed the attrition process. - Clear

(C) attrition, which will be speeded up by providing increased pension benefits and a special early-retirement program . - Speeded up is redundant. Wrong usage of 'which'. Means as though attrition will be speeded up by pension benefits etc.

(D) attrition, which, by their providing increased pension benefits and a special early-retirement program, will speed the process. - improper usage of which (same as C) and ambiguous 'their'
(E) attrition, which provides increased pension benefits and a special early-retirement program for speeding the attrition process - Means as though attrition provides pension benefits. Awkward


IMO B :)
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