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by gmat_perfect » Tue Jun 08, 2010 9:00 pm
Unlike most severance packages, which require workers to stay until the last day scheduled to collect, workers at the automobile company are eligible for its severance package even if they find a new job before they are terminated.

(A) the last day scheduled to collect, workers at the automobile company are eligible for its severance package
(B) the last day they are scheduled to collect, workers are eligible for the automobile company's severance package
(C) their last scheduled day to collect, the automobile company offers its severance package to workers
(D) their last scheduled day in order to collect, the automobile company's severance package is available to workers
(E) the last day that they are scheduled to collect, the automobile company's severance package is available to workers

[spoiler]OA: D[/spoiler]

MY logic to eliminate the option E is as follows:

I have a book that I am supposed to collect.
=> Meaning I will collect the book.

Look at the option E:

[b]"the last day that they are scheduled to collect"[/b]

=> It means that they will collect the last day. Does it make sense?

So, E is changing the meaning of the sentence.

Thanks men for nice explanation.
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by vivek1110 » Tue Jun 08, 2010 9:27 pm
Eliminate A, B & C. Incompatible comparisons.

Down to D & E.

E sounds wordy.

Answer should be D.
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by andrey_tsi » Tue Jun 08, 2010 10:42 pm
Answer: D
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by hardik.jadeja » Tue Jun 08, 2010 10:42 pm
One more vote for D. Same reasons as given by vivek.
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by FightWithGMAT » Wed Jun 09, 2010 6:23 am
gmat_perfect wrote:Unlike most severance packages, which require workers to stay until the last day scheduled to collect, workers at the automobile company are eligible for its severance package even if they find a new job before they are terminated.

(A) the last day scheduled to collect, workers at the automobile company are eligible for its severance package
(B) the last day they are scheduled to collect, workers are eligible for the automobile company's severance package
(C) their last scheduled day to collect, the automobile company offers its severance package to workers
(D) their last scheduled day in order to collect, the automobile company's severance package is available to workers
(E) the last day that they are scheduled to collect, the automobile company's severance package is available to workers

OA: Later
D it is

"their last scheduled day" means "the last day in the company"
"the last day that they are scheduled to collect" means "the day decided to collect the packages" and here last is redundant......the day is fixed...so there is no logic of saying last day.
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by martin.jonson007 » Wed Jun 09, 2010 6:55 am
IMO D

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by nikhilkatira » Wed Jun 09, 2010 8:41 am
OA please
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by gmatmachoman » Wed Jun 09, 2010 8:45 am
martin.jonson007 wrote:IMO D

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PLEASE UNDERLINE FAULTY PORTION...!!!

Yeah gmat_perfect!! We want you to be perfect bhai!!

Acttually, u are posting some wonderful questions, but that small underlining will be a "value addition" for the good wrk u do!
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by pnk » Wed Jun 09, 2010 1:01 pm
D vs E

E - schedule should modify 'day' + passive construction => IMO D
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by Patrick_GMATFix » Wed Jun 09, 2010 10:50 pm
This is a comparison that begins with "most severance packages". The other side of the comparison, which comes after the "which" clause, must be parallel to "most severance packages". The right answer must compare two types of severance packages. A, B and C can be eliminated on this basis.

The difference between D and E one of meaning. Think about what the author is trying to say. the 2nd package is different from the 1st because the 2nd "is available to workers even if they find a new job before they are terminated". Since this is a contrast, the author must be trying to say that the 1st package will not be available to workers who leave before they are terminated. In other words, in the 1st package, if workers leave early they will not get their money. This is what D says: the package "requires workers to stay until their last day in order to collect [money from the package]"

OA is D. A detailed solution can be found at GMATPrep question 2310

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by arora007 » Sat Jul 24, 2010 8:04 am
while practicing from
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I could not believe that E was marked the right answer.....
I am glad that I could refer back to BTG and GMATFix to find Patrick explain the answer is truly D.
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by indiantiger » Sat Jul 24, 2010 6:32 pm
D it is

right usage of Unlike X, Y and D is also more clear with rightly used their.
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by gmat_perfect » Sat Jul 24, 2010 10:59 pm
MY logic to eliminate the option E is as follows:

I have a book that I am supposed to collect.
=> Meaning I will collect the book.

Look at the option E:

"the last day that they are scheduled to collect"

=> It means that they will collect the last day. Does it make sense?

So, E is changing the meaning of the sentence.

Thanks men for nice explanation.
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by Apoorva2712 » Sun May 31, 2015 2:17 am
@Patrik_GMATFix
Your explanation for option D is awesome.
Could you please explain why option E is wrong.I understand option E as last day to collect .(which is collecting days) - nonsensical.
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by joealam1 » Wed Sep 07, 2016 6:39 am
"until their last day in order to collect" isn't wordy as well specially the "in order" part???
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