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Alaska regularly deposits

by heymayank08 » Fri Feb 24, 2012 10:37 am
73. Alaska regularly deposits some of its profits from the sale of oil into a special fund, with the intention to sustain the state's economy after the exhaustion of its oil reserves.
(A) fund, with the intention to sustain the state's economy after the exhaustion of its oil reserves
(B) fund, the intention of which is to sustain the state's economy after they have exhausted their oil reserves
(C) fund intended to sustain the state's economy after oil reserves are exhausted
(D) fund intended to sustain the state's economy after exhausting its oil reserves
(E) fund that they intend to sustain the state's economy after oil reserves are exhausted

OA: c

but doesn't it destorts the meanig of the sentence by sayin "after oil reserves are exhausted"
which may or may not refer to alaska's oil reserves

according to me the correct should be : A
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by GmatKiss » Sat Feb 25, 2012 1:39 am
I would like to request you to post your questions better.

1. Please remove the 73./54./what ever number from the source where you are copying, before posting it here
2. Please reveal the OA only in spoiler.

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heymayank08 wrote:73. Alaska regularly deposits some of its profits from the sale of oil into a special fund, with the intention to sustain the state's economy after the exhaustion of its oil reserves.
(A) fund, with the intention to sustain the state's economy after the exhaustion of its oil reserves
(B) fund, the intention of which is to sustain the state's economy after they have exhausted their oil reserves
(C) fund intended to sustain the state's economy after oil reserves are exhausted
(D) fund intended to sustain the state's economy after exhausting its oil reserves
(E) fund that they intend to sustain the state's economy after oil reserves are exhausted

OA: c

but doesn't it destorts the meanig of the sentence by sayin "after oil reserves are exhausted"
which may or may not refer to alaska's oil reserves

according to me the correct should be : A

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by heymayank08 » Sat Feb 25, 2012 5:55 am
ok i'll take care of this.. :)

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by mankey » Sat Feb 25, 2012 8:17 am
A little confused between A and C. Would have strongly preferred "C", if it were "have been exhausted" instead of "are exhausted".

Dear expert please help.

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by tomada » Sat Feb 25, 2012 10:44 am
I think that intention to sustain is an incorrect idiom
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by goelmaya » Mon Feb 27, 2012 11:33 am
mankey wrote:A little confused between A and C. Would have strongly preferred "C", if it were "have been exhausted" instead of "are exhausted".

Dear expert please help.

Regards.

In A, "its" in the dependent clause refers to "the state's economy". Logically, it should be "Alaska"

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