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23 Dec 2022, 00:16
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Following multiple reports of wage theft, the Department of Labor will soon order a national restaurant chain to investigate whether several of its branches confiscated tips earned by their employees and that the information be shared with the local restaurant workers’ unions.
The DOL will order a restaurant chain to investigate
1. whether several of its branches confiscated tips
2. shared information with the local unions.
It is unclear who shared the information to unions (is it the restaurant chain's branches or the restaurant chain itself ?)
So the sentence maybe corrected grammatically either by:
The DOL will order a restaurant chain
1. to investigate whether several of its branches confiscated tips
2. to share information with the local unions
(or by)
The DOL will order a restaurant chain to investigate whether several of its branches
1. confiscated tips
2. and shared information with the local unions
But though this option has parallelism between 'confiscated' and 'shared' there is no connection between the two( each events happening independently and is illogical to meaning) and because of this it is unclear what information is shared with the unions.
(A) earned by their employees and that the information be shared
Here the parallelism is at problem. Between 'will order to investigate....' and 'will order that information be shared' you see that 'order that....be shared' is command subjunctive and breaks the parallelism. Eliminate
(B) that their employees earned and that the information be shared
Same parallelism with as in option A. Eliminate
(C) that was earned by their employees with the information being shared
tips is plural. 'that was earned' uses singular verb, which causes Subject verb disagreement. Eliminate
Also, it seems that the employees earned the tips with the information that was being shared and cause meaning issue. Eliminate
(D) earned by their employees and shared the information
The sentence is grammatically parallel but the meaning gets illogical, by confiscation of tips and sharing that information are happening at the same time. It is unclear what information is shared with the unions. We want to mean that the confiscation information is shared with the unions. Eliminate
(E) earned by their employees, information that must also be shared
This option correct the issues found in other options, by switching the second list item as a modifier. The parallelism is not considered in this option, but it connects the information to be shared with unions as the confiscation information by the usage of the modifier. Keep
So the best answer choice is E
The DOL will order a restaurant chain to investigate
1. whether several of its branches confiscated tips
2. shared information with the local unions.
It is unclear who shared the information to unions (is it the restaurant chain's branches or the restaurant chain itself ?)
So the sentence maybe corrected grammatically either by:
The DOL will order a restaurant chain
1. to investigate whether several of its branches confiscated tips
2. to share information with the local unions
(or by)
The DOL will order a restaurant chain to investigate whether several of its branches
1. confiscated tips
2. and shared information with the local unions
But though this option has parallelism between 'confiscated' and 'shared' there is no connection between the two( each events happening independently and is illogical to meaning) and because of this it is unclear what information is shared with the unions.
(A) earned by their employees and that the information be shared
Here the parallelism is at problem. Between 'will order to investigate....' and 'will order that information be shared' you see that 'order that....be shared' is command subjunctive and breaks the parallelism. Eliminate
(B) that their employees earned and that the information be shared
Same parallelism with as in option A. Eliminate
(C) that was earned by their employees with the information being shared
tips is plural. 'that was earned' uses singular verb, which causes Subject verb disagreement. Eliminate
Also, it seems that the employees earned the tips with the information that was being shared and cause meaning issue. Eliminate
(D) earned by their employees and shared the information
The sentence is grammatically parallel but the meaning gets illogical, by confiscation of tips and sharing that information are happening at the same time. It is unclear what information is shared with the unions. We want to mean that the confiscation information is shared with the unions. Eliminate
(E) earned by their employees, information that must also be shared
This option correct the issues found in other options, by switching the second list item as a modifier. The parallelism is not considered in this option, but it connects the information to be shared with unions as the confiscation information by the usage of the modifier. Keep
So the best answer choice is E
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23 Dec 2022, 00:22
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Sentence structure -
Following multiple reports of wage theft,
the Department of Labor will soon order a national restaurant chain to investigate
whether several of its branches confiscated tips earned by their employees and
that the information be shared with the local restaurant workers’ unions.
The sentence structure is incorrect as it is not parallel and meaning is unclear.
(A) earned by their employees and that the information be shared
Incorrect. Not parallel
(B) that their employees earned and that the information be shared
Incorrect. The information be shared is incorrectly modifying tips
(C) that was earned by their employees with the information being shared
Incorrect. Awkward structure with being shared
(D) earned by their employees and shared the information
Incorrect. Wrong meaning- Tips earned by employees and shared the information
(E) earned by their employees, information that must also be shared
Correct
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Following multiple reports of wage theft,
the Department of Labor will soon order a national restaurant chain to investigate
whether several of its branches confiscated tips earned by their employees and
that the information be shared with the local restaurant workers’ unions.
The sentence structure is incorrect as it is not parallel and meaning is unclear.
(A) earned by their employees and that the information be shared
Incorrect. Not parallel
(B) that their employees earned and that the information be shared
Incorrect. The information be shared is incorrectly modifying tips
(C) that was earned by their employees with the information being shared
Incorrect. Awkward structure with being shared
(D) earned by their employees and shared the information
Incorrect. Wrong meaning- Tips earned by employees and shared the information
(E) earned by their employees, information that must also be shared
Correct
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23 Dec 2022, 01:25
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Following multiple reports of wage theft, the Department of Labor will soon order a national restaurant chain to investigate whether several of its branches confiscated tips earned by their employees and that the information be shared with the local restaurant workers’ unions.
(A) earned by their employees and that the information be shared
Incorrect Parallelism. There is no that in the first part of the sentence.
(B) that their employees earned and that the information be shared
Incorrect Meaning.
(C) that was earned by their employees with the information being shared
Tips is plural and hence we need were.
(D) earned by their employees and shared the information
Incorrect meaning.
(E) earned by their employees, information that must also be shared
Correct option.
(A) earned by their employees and that the information be shared
Incorrect Parallelism. There is no that in the first part of the sentence.
(B) that their employees earned and that the information be shared
Incorrect Meaning.
(C) that was earned by their employees with the information being shared
Tips is plural and hence we need were.
(D) earned by their employees and shared the information
Incorrect meaning.
(E) earned by their employees, information that must also be shared
Correct option.
