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Question Discussion & Explanation<\/a><\/p>\n Correct Answer<\/strong>\u00a0- D<\/span>\u00a0-\u00a0(click and drag your mouse to see the answer)<\/p>\n Faced with an estimated $2 billion budget gap, the city\u2019s mayor\u00a0proposed a nearly 17 percent reduction in the amount allocated the previous year to maintain the city\u2019s major cultural institutions and to subsidize<\/span>\u00a0hundreds of local arts groups.<\/p>\n (A) proposed a nearly 17 percent reduction in the amount allocated the previous year to maintain the city\u2019s major cultural institutions and to subsidize<\/p>\n (B) proposed a reduction from the previous year of nearly 17 percent in the amount it was allocating to maintain the city\u2019s major cultural institutions and for subsidizing<\/p>\n (C) proposed to reduce, by nearly 17 percent, the amount from the previous year that was allocated for the maintenance of the city\u2019s major cultural institutions and to subsidize<\/p>\n (D) has proposed a reduction from the previous year of nearly 17 percent of the amount it was allocating for maintaining the city\u2019s major cultural institutions, and to subsidize<\/p>\n (E) was proposing that the amount they were allocating be reduced by nearly 17 percent from the previous year for maintaining the city\u2019s major cultural institutions and for the subsidization<\/p>\n
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