The White House

Good Question raptor 1985.

At first, I went for E because it suggested parallelism in the form ing ....and ..ing but then I realized that this option is changing the meaning of the original sentence. Original sentence says "how to protect consumers" while E suggests "looking at protecting consumers". Thus, B and E are incorrect. A is also incorrect since would reflects uncertainty, which is not the case here. we are left with B and C and I bet for D as I would prefer "look" over "looking".

Hope this helps.

raptor1985 wrote:The White House, meanwhile, has set up its own interagency panel that would look at
how to protect consumers while also make United States companies more competitive
internationally.

A. that would look at how to protect consumers while also make
B. that will look at the protection of consumers while also making
C. for looking at how to protect consumers while also making
D. that will look at how to protect consumers while also making
E. for looking at protecting consumers and also making

OA : D
Source : SC Grail

Pls. explain the solution

We require WHILE ..MAKING to act as a modifier of the previous clause. MAKING signifies that LOOKING and MAKING (with WHILE) is happening at the same time. Drop A/E

Moreover E - AND MAKING changes the original meaning. Like C, E uses 'FOR LOOKING' - it changes the original meaning saying that the WHILE HOUSE SET UP PANEL FOR LOOKING AT XXX. But the original sentence says WHILE HOUSE SET UP PANEL THAT WOULD LOOK (it means, sentence is not saying that panel was set up with a purpose of looking at xxx, rather that it was set up and that it would look at xxx).

B - changes the meaning 'here sentence means panel will look at the protection' while the original sentence says 'panel will look at how to protect'

IMO D

Hi,
I still don't really understand why 'while also making' could be correct ? Is it a phrasal verb or idiom or firm structure?
thx