In December of 1987 an automobile manufacturer pleaded no contest to criminal charges of odometer tampering and agreed to pay more than $16 million in civil damages for cars that were test-driven with their odometers disconnected.
[A] cars that were test-driven with their odometers disconnected.
cars that it had test-driven with their disconnected odometers.
[C] its cars having been test-driven with disconnected odometers.
[D] having test-driven cars with their odometers disconnected.
[E] having cars that were test-driven with disconnected odometers.
The given OA is D.
Explanation:
The options B and C get cancelled out for a wrong use of the pronoun 'it' and 'its' with no antecedent at all.
Option A: Cars that were test driven does not give a clear meaning. It can also be that the cars that do not belong to the manufacturer, are without the odometers.
Option D vs E: This is where concision steps in.
the cars that were test driven - uses a 'that clause' to modify the things.
the test driven cars - is also a modifier
but Option D is more concise as the same meaning is conveyed by using lesser words.
An adjective form is preferred to a noun clause or a that clause. But not in cases of place and measurement.
This is specifically a concision question...
Hope this helps.
[A] cars that were test-driven with their odometers disconnected.
cars that it had test-driven with their disconnected odometers.
[C] its cars having been test-driven with disconnected odometers.
[D] having test-driven cars with their odometers disconnected.
[E] having cars that were test-driven with disconnected odometers.
The given OA is D.
Explanation:
The options B and C get cancelled out for a wrong use of the pronoun 'it' and 'its' with no antecedent at all.
Option A: Cars that were test driven does not give a clear meaning. It can also be that the cars that do not belong to the manufacturer, are without the odometers.
Option D vs E: This is where concision steps in.
the cars that were test driven - uses a 'that clause' to modify the things.
the test driven cars - is also a modifier
but Option D is more concise as the same meaning is conveyed by using lesser words.
An adjective form is preferred to a noun clause or a that clause. But not in cases of place and measurement.
This is specifically a concision question...
Hope this helps.
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