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Delighted by the reported earnings for the first quarter of the fiscal year, it was decided by the company manager to give her staff a raise.
A it was decided by the company manager to give her staff a raise
B the decision of the company manager was to give her staff a raise
C the company manager decided to give her staff a raise
D the staff was given a raise by the company manager
E a raise was given to the staff by the company manager
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I would say C. The modifying phrase is referring to the manager so the manager must follow the modifying phrase.
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C it is
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Re: company manager [#permalink]
 23 Jun 2007, 13:14
vay wrote: Delighted by the reported earnings for the first quarter of the fiscal year, it was decided by the company manager to give her staff a raise.
A it was decided by the company manager to give her staff a raise
>>>"it was decided by the lacks concision"
B the decision of the company manager was to give her staff a raise
>>>Modifier problem
C the company manager decided to give her staff a raise
>>>CORRECT
D the staff was given a raise by the company manager
>>>Modifier problem
E a raise was given to the staff by the company manager
>>>Modifier problem
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Re: company manager [#permalink]
31 Mar 2012, 16:20
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Re: company manager [#permalink]
04 May 2012, 09:08
C is for sure since only manager can be delighted and gave raise.
Employee as a subject would transfer the sentence to passive voice.
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Re: company manager
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04 May 2012, 09:08
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