Film industry

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Source - Grokit

In the film industry, the first two months of the year are usually a time of tight production budgets, because the advertising demands of the holiday season exact a large toll, and the equally extravagant marketing push leading up to the Oscars strains corporate offers

toll, and the equally extravagant marketing push leading up to the Oscars strains

toll, and their marketing push is equally extravagant leading up to the Oscars, straining

toll, with an even more extravagant marketing push leading up to the Oscars straining

toll, while the marketing push leading up to the Oscars is more extravagant to strain

toll, while their marketing push leading up to the Oscars is equally extravagant and strains

OA A What is wrong with D

[soms_ar]

here is my attempt on this one:

B & E - wrong reference by using "their"
D - is wordy and "to strain corp offers" is not parallel

between A & C; I would choose C. let me know what the right choice is.

[hitmis]

imo a

Understanding the context : both the advertising demands and the extravagant marketing strain the corporate offers.

hence "while" will make sense only if you are comparing functions. e.g. Production budgets are tight because while the movie sales usually increase marginally in this period, the advertisement costs for the upcoming movies are the highest during the same period.
hence D and E are out.

A is best among the rest.

[sandy217]

Source - Grokit

In the film industry, the first two months of the year are usually a time of tight production budgets, because the advertising demands of the holiday season exact a large toll, and the equally extravagant marketing push leading up to the Oscars strains corporate offers

toll, and the equally extravagant marketing push leading up to the Oscars strains

toll, and their marketing push is equally extravagant leading up to the Oscars, straining

toll, with an even more extravagant marketing push leading up to the Oscars straining

toll, while the marketing push leading up to the Oscars is more extravagant to strain

toll, while their marketing push leading up to the Oscars is equally extravagant and strains

OA A What is wrong with D

IMO A

B, E Out . "Their" has no reference
As we are presenting two factors leading to tight production budget use of "And" is more appropriate , there is no contrast to be established here.

D alters the meaning of original sentence. " extravagant marketing push leading up to the Oscars strains corporate officers" is different from "marketing push leading up to the Oscars is more extravagant to strain corporate officers" ..Former speaks How extravagant marketing push to catch upto oscars strains officers and latter conveys "Push is to strain" corporate officers

[niksworth]

What hitmis has written earlier is right.

In addition,
the marketing push leading up to the Oscars is more extravagant to strain corporate offers - This clause makes no sense.

[mj78ind]

Source - Grokit

In the film industry, the first two months of the year are usually a time of tight production budgets, because the advertising demands of the holiday season exact a large toll, and the equally extravagant marketing push leading up to the Oscars strains corporate offers

toll, and the equally extravagant marketing push leading up to the Oscars strains

toll, and their marketing push is equally extravagant leading up to the Oscars, straining

toll, with an even more extravagant marketing push leading up to the Oscars straining

toll, while the marketing push leading up to the Oscars is more extravagant to strain

toll, while their marketing push leading up to the Oscars is equally extravagant and strains

OA A What is wrong with D

Exact and strains should be parallel. Leaves A and E.
Their redundant in E. hence choose A, hope it helps!

[frank1]

I was able to get it
B and E out because of Pronoun 'their'
C out....toll,with an even.....means it is describing toll
D out because of strange construction ....while ....oscars is more...
So A remains