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28. A representative of the Women’s Bureau of the United States Department of Labor contends that employers who offer benefits which permit that employees can balance home and work responsibilities better, realizing gains in attendance, recruiting, and retention.
(A) which permit that employees can balance home and work responsibilities better, realizing
(B) which permit employees balancing home and work responsibilities better will realize
(C) that permit employees to balance the responsibilities of home and work better will realize
(D) that permit employees a better balance between the responsibilities of home and work, thus realizing
(E) such that employees are permitted a balance between home and work responsibilities, and they will realize
Can some one please explain when to use 'that' and when to use 'which'? I know 'that' is essential modifier and 'which' is non-essential ... but here I am not able to apply that logic.
x2suresh -- going forward please under line
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Re: SC - 1000 series [#permalink]
10 Feb 2009, 16:56
A representative of the Women’s Bureau of the United States Department of Labor contends that employers who offer benefits which permit that employees can balance home and work responsibilities better, realizing gains in attendance, recruiting, and retention.
(A) which permit that employees can balance home and work responsibilities better, realizing
(B) which permit employees balancing home and work responsibilities better will realize
(C) that permit employees to balance the responsibilities of home and work better will realize
(D) that permit employees a better balance between the responsibilities of home and work, thus realizing
(E) such that employees are permitted a balance between home and work responsibilities, and they will realize
Pick C.
Here the part "permit employees to balance the responsibilities of home and work better" is a restrictive clause. So you need to use that. Since its the benefits that permitted the employees to do X which helped in Y.
Which is used in non-restrictive clauses, tells something incidental but does not define the subject of the sentence.
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Re: SC - 1000 series [#permalink]
18 Feb 2009, 13:41
OA is C. Thanks.
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Re: SC - 1000 series [#permalink]
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Re: SC - 1000 series [#permalink]
21 Dec 2009, 23:36
A representative of the Women’s Bureau of the United States Department of Labor contends that employers who offer benefits which permit that employees can balance home and work responsibilities better, realizing gains in attendance, recruiting, and retention.
(A) which permit that employees can balance home and work responsibilities better, realizing
// which is non essential modifier. It is used to add information and is preceded by comma.
(B) which permit employees balancing home and work responsibilities better will realize
(C) that permit employees to balance the responsibilities of home and work better will realize
IMO: C
Brevity preferred on GMAT.
(D) that permit employees a better balance between the responsibilities of home and work, thus realizing
// realizing is awkward. That is an essential modifier.
(E) such that employees are permitted a balance between home and work responsibilities, and they will realize
Unidiomatic..
such as is the right idiom
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Re: SC - 1000 series [#permalink]
22 Dec 2009, 00:18
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Thanks Nitya, nice clip on That versus Which...!
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