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Seeking to spur science education, elementary and secondary schools will receive $25 million over the next ten years from the National Science Foundation to promote science.

(A) elementary and secondary schools will receive $25 million over the next ten years from the National Science Foundation to promote science

(B) $25 million will be spent by the National Science Foundation over the next ten years to promote science in elementary and secondary schools

(C) over the next ten years $25 million will be spent on elementary and secondary schools by the National Science Foundation for promoting science

(D) the National Science Foundation is to spend $25 million over the next ten years for promoting science in elementary and secondary schools

(E) the National Science Foundation will spend $25 million over the next ten years to promote science in elementary and secondary schools
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Originally posted by Riuscita on 02 Apr 2006, 19:38.
Last edited by broall on 16 Mar 2018, 07:48, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: Seeking to spur science education, elementary and secondary [#permalink] New post   02 Apr 2006, 19:58
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Who is seeking to spur science education? Its the National Science Foundation.

D's 'is to spend' is awkward

Also, please underline your questions, thanks!
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Re: Seeking to spur science education, elementary and secondary [#permalink] New post   02 Apr 2006, 20:16
Riuscita wrote:
Seeking to spur science education, elementary and secondary schools will receive $25 million over the next ten years from the National Science Foundation to promote science.


(A) elementary and secondary schools will receive $25 million over the next ten years from the National Science Foundation to promote science
(B) $25 million will be spent by the National Science Foundation over the next ten years to promote science in elementary and secondary schools
(C) over the next ten years $25 million will be spent on elementary and secondary schools by the National Science Foundation for promoting science
(D) the National Science Foundation is to spend $25 million over the next ten years for promoting science in elementary and secondary schools
(E) the National Science Foundation will spend $25 million over the next ten years to promote science in elementary and secondary schools



Well the first question came in my mind is 'who is seeking to spur science education?'
Its 'National Science Foundation'
So ''National Science Foundation' should modify the clause 'Seeking to spur science education' as closely as possible.
Only D and E give this option.
In D 'is to' and 'for promoting' are making it little wordy.
E is concise and clear.

So its E.

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Re: Seeking to spur science education, elementary and secondary [#permalink] New post   25 Jun 2018, 10:50
Seeking to spur science education, elementary and secondary schools will receive $25 million over the next ten years from the National Science Foundation to promote science.

(A) elementary and secondary schools will receive $25 million over the next ten years from the National Science Foundation to promote science

(B) $25 million will be spent by the National Science Foundation over the next ten years to promote science in elementary and secondary schools

(C) over the next ten years $25 million will be spent on elementary and secondary schools by the National Science Foundation for promoting science

(D) the National Science Foundation is to spend $25 million over the next ten years for promoting science in elementary and secondary schools

(E) the National Science Foundation will spend $25 million over the next ten years to promote science in elementary and secondary schools



Answer E. Seeking to spur....<Should modify>........the National Science Foundation


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Re: Seeking to spur science education, elementary and secondary [#permalink] New post   25 Jun 2018, 23:51
Riuscita wrote:
Seeking to spur science education, elementary and secondary schools will receive $25 million over the next ten years from the National Science Foundation to promote science.

(A) elementary and secondary schools will receive $25 million over the next ten years from the National Science Foundation to promote science

(B) $25 million will be spent by the National Science Foundation over the next ten years to promote science in elementary and secondary schools

(C) over the next ten years $25 million will be spent on elementary and secondary schools by the National Science Foundation for promoting science

(D) the National Science Foundation is to spend $25 million over the next ten years for promoting science in elementary and secondary schools

(E) the National Science Foundation will spend $25 million over the next ten years to promote science in elementary and secondary schools


Imo E

Split 1 : "Seeking to spur science education " should modify "national Science Foundation" to make the meaning clear .
Drop A, B, and C
Now D and E are grammatically correct but D has meaning error .
The goal of the Nation Science Foundation is to promote science education. To accomplish this goal they will spend 25 million dollars over the 10 years.
In D we have "to" infinitive at the wrong place it should be before promote to establish causality.
E is correct
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Seeking to spur science education, elementary and secondary [#permalink] New post   18 Jan 2019, 16:15
Riuscita wrote:
Seeking to spur science education, elementary and secondary schools will receive $25 million over the next ten years from the National Science Foundation to promote science.



(A) elementary and secondary schools will receive $25 million over the next ten years from the National Science Foundation to promote science - Wrong: Meaning Issue. NSF is seeking and not schools.

(B) $25 million will be spent by the National Science Foundation over the next ten years to promote science in elementary and secondary schools - Wrong: Modifier Issue.

(C) over the next ten years $25 million will be spent on elementary and secondary schools by the National Science Foundation for promoting science - Wrong: 1) Modifier Issue. 2) "for" instead of "to" to show intent

(D) the National Science Foundation is to spend $25 million over the next ten years for promoting science in elementary and secondary schools - Wrong: 1) "for" instead of "to" to show intent 2) "will" is better than "is to"

(E) the National Science Foundation will spend $25 million over the next ten years to promote science in elementary and secondary schools - Correct
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Re: Seeking to spur science education, elementary and secondary [#permalink] New post   17 Feb 2020, 00:12
The dangling modifier Seeking to spur science education must qualify the subject here – the National Science Foundation.

This clue can help us eliminate options A, B, and C.

Option D uses ‘is to spend’ and ‘for promoting’ which are not the best options when you consider Option E. The infinite form of the verb should be used instead of ‘for promoting’

Option E is the best choice.

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Re: Seeking to spur science education, elementary and secondary [#permalink] New post   02 Sep 2020, 06:34
Looking at the first clause Seeking to spur science education this is the biggest hint in this problem

First question to ask is who is seeking. It should be next to comma therefore the National Science Foundation should be there so only d and e are remaining
Now the the National Science Foundation wi be doing something and is not currently doing something so option e is correct

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Re: Seeking to spur science education, elementary and secondary [#permalink] New post   29 Oct 2020, 01:06
Seeking to spur science education Clearly modifying National Science Foundation",

Hence, a, b, c are out.

is to spend vs will spend, clearly E



Riuscita wrote:
Seeking to spur science education, elementary and secondary schools will receive $25 million over the next ten years from the National Science Foundation to promote science.

(A) elementary and secondary schools will receive $25 million over the next ten years from the National Science Foundation to promote science

(B) $25 million will be spent by the National Science Foundation over the next ten years to promote science in elementary and secondary schools

(C) over the next ten years $25 million will be spent on elementary and secondary schools by the National Science Foundation for promoting science

(D) the National Science Foundation is to spend $25 million over the next ten years for promoting science in elementary and secondary schools

(E) the National Science Foundation will spend $25 million over the next ten years to promote science in elementary and secondary schools
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