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by sogmat » Wed Jun 24, 2009 5:07 pm
\It was an increase in reported cases of malaria along the Gulf Coast that in 1921 led the health authorities’ granting a permit for experimentation with human subjects to the group that later would be called by the name of Unimedco.
(A) authorities’ granting a permit for experimentation with human subjects to the group that later would be called by the name of
(B) authorities’ granting a permit for experimentation with human subjects to the group that later to be called by the name of
(C) authorities’ granting a permit for experimentation using human subjects to the group that later would be called by the name of
(D) authorities to grant a permit for human experimentation to the group later called
(E) authorities to grant a permit for human experimentation to the group that later would be called by the name of

OA D

Y not [spoiler]E[/spoiler please give a reason other that wordy
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by Domnu » Wed Jun 24, 2009 7:34 pm
Eliminate A, B, C; "the authorities' granting a permit for experimentation" is awkward. Choice E is wordy; "called by the name of" is unnecessary; we can just use "called."

This leaves us with D.
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by cramya » Wed Jun 24, 2009 9:19 pm
IMO

Redundancy leading to wordiness in E can be avoided

called <=> by the name of
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by thetrystero » Wed Jun 24, 2009 10:15 pm
It was an increase in reported cases of malaria along the Gulf Coast that in 1921 led the health authorities’ granting a permit for experimentation with human subjects to the group that later would be called by the name of Unimedco.
(A) authorities’ granting a permit for experimentation with human subjects to the group that later would be called by the name of
i don't think authorities’ granting is the right usage. called by the name of is redundant.
(B) authorities’ granting a permit for experimentation with human subjects to the group that later to be called by the name of
(C) authorities’ granting a permit for experimentation using human subjects to the group that later would be called by the name of
(D) authorities to grant a permit for human experimentation to the group later called
(E) authorities to grant a permit for human experimentation to the group that later would be called by the name of
called by the name of is redundant


My answer: D
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