Sentence Correction

A recent review of pay scales indicates that CEO's now earn an average of 419 times more pay than blue-collar workers, compared to a ratio of 42 times in 1980.

A. that CEO's now earn an average of 419 times more pay than blue-collar workers, compared to a ratio of 42 times
B. that, on average, CEO's now earn 419 times the pay of blue-collar workers, a ratio that compares to 42 times
C. that, on average, CEO's now earn 419 times the pay of blue-collar workers, as compared to 42 times their pay, the ratio
D. CEO's who now earn on average 419 times more pay than blue-collar workers, as compared to 42 times their pay, the ratio
E. CEO's now earning an average of 419 times the pay of blue-collar workers, compared to the ratio of 42 times

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C

IMO C.

If you go with meaning none of the options sound good.

indicates that - subjunctive mood should be followed by base form of the verb so eliminate D and E.

Eliminate A and B - parallelism/structure.

Is it B?

Please provide OA.

Thanks.

OA is C

to whom is 'their' refering to?? what is the source

mehrasa wrote:OA is C

sam2304 wrote:IMO C.

If you go with meaning none of the options sound good.

indicates that - subjunctive mood should be followed by base form of the verb so eliminate D and E.

Eliminate A and B - parallelism/structure.

I don't think "indicate that" is subjunctive mood. Can you confirm.