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by sandy217 » Mon May 09, 2011 7:52 am
Declining enrollments are forcing smaller private colleges to choose between raising tuition and reduction of staff

A.Between raising tuition and reduction of the staff

B.among raising tuition and reducing staff

C.between raising tuition or reducing staff

D.betweeen raising tuition and reducing staff

E.between the rise of tuition and the reduction of the staff

Y not E??
Please state grammatical reason,if any(Other than wordy), to eliminate E
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by HSPA » Mon May 09, 2011 7:55 am
rise of tution sounds like "rise of the fallen".. but we need increase in fee.

IMO D.. parallel question
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by sandy217 » Mon May 09, 2011 7:59 am
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by aspirant2011 » Mon May 09, 2011 9:05 am
sandy217 wrote:Declining enrollments are forcing smaller private colleges to choose between raising tuition and reduction of staff

A.Between raising tuition and reduction of the staff

B.among raising tuition and reducing staff

C.between raising tuition or reducing staff

D.betweeen raising tuition and reducing staff

E.between the rise of tuition and the reduction of the staff

Y not E??
Please state grammatical reason,if any(Other than wordy), to eliminate E
the rise of tuitionin this sentence seems as if the tuition will rise itself.......which is actually wrong
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by Tani » Mon May 09, 2011 8:29 pm
You need "between" because there are only two items. Eliminate B.

"Raising tuition" and "reduction of staff" need to be parallel. (They aren't.)Eliminate A.

When choosing "between" two things you say, "between A and B", not "between A or B." Eliminate C.

D is not only awkward and unidiomatic, but non-parallel. You could make a case for "between the rise of tuition and the reduction of staff" (without "the" before "staff"), but the meaning becomes unclear. These forms imply that tuition is rising on its own and staff is reducing itself, when in reality the college administration is causing both to happen.
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by sandy217 » Tue May 10, 2011 6:35 am
Tani Wolff - Kaplan wrote:You need "between" because there are only two items. Eliminate B.

"Raising tuition" and "reduction of staff" need to be parallel. (They aren't.)Eliminate A.

When choosing "between" two things you say, "between A and B", not "between A or B." Eliminate C.

E is not only awkward and unidiomatic, but non-parallel. You could make a case for "between the rise of tuition and the reduction of staff" (without "the" before "staff"), but the meaning becomes unclear. These forms imply that tuition is rising on its own and staff is reducing itself, when in reality the college administration is causing both to happen.
Hope you are talking about E here.
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by Tani » Tue May 10, 2011 8:44 am
Thanks - I've always been better at grammar than at typing!
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