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Despite exhortations from Republicans and conservative [#permalink]
 18 Oct 2005, 07:51
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Despite exhortations from Republicans and conservative Democrats that he use savings from budget cuts to shrink the federal deficit, President Clinton initially favored the use of the first windfall from cutting the federal budget for investing in infrastructure
(A) the use of the first windfall from cutting the federal budget for investing
(B) the use of the first windfall from cuts to the federal budget for investing
(C) that they use the first windfall from federal budget cuts for the investment
(D) using the first windfall from cuts of the federal budget for the investing in
(E) using the first windfall from federal budget cuts for investment
Sorry for the confusion!
Last edited by kimmyg on 19 Oct 2005, 06:28, edited 1 time in total.
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kimmyg, Q is not clear. can you please post the corrected one?
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I cannot understand thsi question. It need some repair.
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Question reads fine now. Looks like a straight E.
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yup E for me too....
windfal from budget cuts to be used on infrastructure...
kind of an idiom...
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Another E.
Using is the correct word for the sentence.
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I will go with E
2/3 split
D is worse, so E remains
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(B) 'from cuts to the federal budget' lacks clarity
(C) 'they' has no clear referent
(D) 'windfall from cuts of the federal budget' lack clarity
Both A and E looks alright, but I'll take E for simply being more concise.
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E is good. budget cuts in E is coreect expression.
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OA is E
Thanks!
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