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I'm not sure if I understand this q correctly... Alaska [#permalink]
 24 Sep 2008, 19:50
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I'm not sure if I understand this q correctly...
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
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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
The most reasonable choice seems (D) as it corrects the sentence without being redundant in it's word use.
Any thoughts?
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Confused .. going with C. "They" is clearly wrong since the subject Alaska is Singular. Rest of the anschoices has "its" which is little confusing ..as to wheter it refer to alaska or state's economy.
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Richardson wrote: I'm not sure if I understand this q correctly...
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 Answer is C in all possibilities. They in B & E is dubious. 'with the intention' in A is wordier & can be replaced by single word 'intended'. In D usage of continuous 'exhausting' is not justified. There is no continuity intended in the sentence.
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Richardson wrote: I'm not sure if I understand this q correctly...
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 A has pronoun referent issues .Its could refer to state's or Alaska. Alaska could be anything !!!!!Test Concept here is Pronoun Referent + Logic C for me
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Thanks. OA is C.
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C fur shizzle
D makes it sound as if the state is intentionally exhausting the oil...
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Richardson wrote: I'm not sure if I understand this q correctly...
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 ->Hold this
(B) fund, the intention of which is to sustain the state’s economy after they have exhausted their oil reserves -> eliminate,they is incorrect
(C) fund intended to sustain the state’s economy after oil reserves are exhausted -> hold this
(D) fund intended to sustain the state’s economy after exhausting its oil reserves -> seems as if alaska willl exhaust the oil reserves
(E) fund that they intend to sustain the state’s economy after oil reserves are exhausted -> they is wrong Between A and C , C is better
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A is unnecessarily wordy. When given a choice, one should go for precise and clear option. B/w A and C , definitely C is better one. neeshpal wrote: can someone please explain why A is wrong.
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