kinjiGC wrote:
Unlike many collective bargaining agreements, which insist on treating broad classes of workers as equals, employees at the aluminum plant are compensated based on a wide range of criteria even if they have less than six months on the job.
a) broad classes of workers as equals, employees at the aluminum plant are compensated based on a wide range of criteria
b) broad classes of workers as equal to each other, employees are compensated in the plant's agreement based on a wide range of criteria
c) workers as classes of equals, the aluminum plant's agreement compensates its employees based on a wide range of criteria
d) broad classes of workers as equal to one another, the aluminum plant's agreement establishes that employees are compensated based on a wide range of criteria
e) broad classes of workers as equals, the aluminum plant's agreement establishes that employees are compensated based on a wide range of criteria
Thought process while solving the question :- Unlike many collective bargaining agreements
(Because 'Unlike' is present, 'collective bargaining agreements' would be compared with 'some agreement' later in the sentence), which
(refers to agreements) insist
(Correct verb for plural agreements) on treating
broad classes of workers as equals (Meaning- All workers must be treated equally) , employees (Doubt- Shouldn't it be 'agreement' as we concluded while reading 'Unlike' ) at the aluminum plant are compensated based on a wide range of criteria (a fact is given that how employees are compensated at AP) even if they have less than six months on the job.
The areas highlighted in PINK are the ones need to be addressed. We can not compare "bargaining agreements" with "employees"
a) broad classes of workers as equals, employees at the aluminum plant are compensated based on a wide range of criteria.
As discussedb) broad classes of workers as equal to each other
('as equal' is sufficient; 'each other' seems to create redundancy), employees
(wrong comparison- as discussed above) are compensated in the plant's agreement
(employees can be compensated in 'company' and not in 'plant's agreement'. Agreement can only mention the compensation conditions) based on a wide range of criteria
c) workers as classes of equals
('Workers class as equals" carries different meaning from "workers as classes of equals", the aluminum plant's agreement
(Correct comparison) compensates
(Correct S-V, but how can an agreement compensate employees. It can only feature the criteria) its employees based on a wide range of criteria
d) broad classes of workers as equal to one another
('as equal' is sufficient; 'one another' seems to create redundancy, the aluminum plant's agreement
(Correct comparison) establishes that employees are compensated based on a wide range of criteria
e) broad classes of workers as equals, the aluminum plant's agreement establishes that employees are compensated based on a wide range of criteria.
This option addresses all the issues. _________________
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