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12 Days of Christmas GMAT Competition with Lots of Fun
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
(B) that their employees earned and that the information be shared
(C) that was earned by their employees with the information being shared
(D) earned by their employees and shared the information
(E) earned by their employees, information that must also be shared
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
(B) that their employees earned and that the information be shared
(C) that was earned by their employees with the information being shared
(D) earned by their employees and shared the information
(E) earned by their employees, information that must also be shared
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12 Days of Christmas GMAT Competition with Lots of Fun
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
(B) that their employees earned and that the information be shared
(C) that was earned by their employees with the information being shared
(D) earned by their employees and shared the information
(E) earned by their employees, information that must also be shared
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
(B) that their employees earned and that the information be shared
(C) that was earned by their employees with the information being shared
(D) earned by their employees and shared the information
(E) earned by their employees, information that must also be shared
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Experts' Global Official Explanation
Meaning + Modifiers + Parallelism + Verb Forms
Understanding the intended meaning is key to solving this question; the intended meaning of this sentence is that the Department of Labor will order the restaurant chain to investigate whether several of its branches confiscated the employees’ tips, information that the restaurant chain must then share with the unions.
- • Any elements linked by a conjunction (“and” in this sentence) must be parallel.
• The simple future tense is used to refer to actions that will take place in the future.
A. Trap. This answer choice alters the meaning of the sentence through the phrase “and that the information be shared…”; the use of “and” incorrectly implies that investigating the actions of the restaurant’s branches and sharing the information with the unions are two separate and parallel actions; the intended meaning is that the Department of Labor will order the restaurant chain to investigate whether several of its branches confiscated the employees’ tips, information that the restaurant chain must then share with the unions. Further, Option A fails to maintain parallelism between “to investigate” and “that the information be shared”; please remember that any elements linked by a conjunction (“and” in this sentence) must be parallel.
B. Trap. This answer choice alters the meaning of the sentence through the phrase “and that the information be shared…”; the use of “and” incorrectly implies that investigating the actions of the restaurant’s branches and sharing the information with the unions are two separate and parallel actions; the intended meaning is that the Department of Labor will order the restaurant chain to investigate whether several of its branches confiscated the employees’ tips, information that the restaurant chain must then share with the unions. Further, Option B fails to maintain parallelism between “to investigate” and “that the information be shared”; please remember that any elements linked by a conjunction (“and” in this sentence) must be parallel.
C. This answer choice incorrectly uses the singular verb phrase “was earned” to refer to the plural noun “tips”. Further, Option C alters the meaning of the sentence through the phrase “earned by their employees with the information being shared”; the construction of this phrase incorrectly implies that the “employees” earned the “tips” by using the information being shared with the unions; the intended meaning of the sentence is that the Department of Labor will order the restaurant chain to investigate whether several of its branches confiscated the employees’ tips, information that the restaurant chain must then share with the unions.
D. This answer choice alters the meaning of the sentence through the phrase “and shared the information…”; the use of “and” incorrectly implies that investigating the actions of the restaurant’s branches and sharing the information with the unions are two separate and parallel actions; the intended meaning is that the Department of Labor will order the restaurant chain to investigate whether several of its branches confiscated the employees’ tips, information that the restaurant chain must then share with the unions. Further, Option D incorrectly uses the simple past tense verb “shared” to refer to an action that will take place in the future.
E. Correct. This answer choice correctly modifies “whether several of its branches confiscated tips” with “information that must also be shared…”, conveying the intended meaning- that the Department of Labor will order the restaurant chain to investigate whether several of its branches confiscated the employees’ tips, information that the restaurant chain must then share with the unions. Further, Option E avoids the parallelism error seen in Options A and B, as Option E expresses the nature of the information through the modifying phrase “information that must also be shared…”; please remember, modifying phrases are subordinate to their referents; therefore, modifying phrases do not maintain parallelism with their referents. Additionally, Option E correctly uses the past participle noun modifier phrase “earned by their employees” to refer to the plural noun “tips”, conveying that the “tips” were earned by the “employees” and resolving the subject-verb disagreement seen in Option C.
E is the best answer choice.
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22 Dec 2022, 07:27
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Not an easy one:
A) and that... is not parallel to anything.
B) and that is parallel, however it creates a nonsense meaning: the DoL will soon order a restaurant chain to investigate whether several of its branches confiscate tips that their employees earned and (tips) that the information be shared?
For this to be correct and parallel, that would have to be after "the DoL will soon order (that) and (that)" Out.
C) Terrible choice. Tips earned by employees with information being shared? the with is completely wrong here. Out.
D) Tense issue. Shared is in the past, this is talking about the future. Out.
That leaves with E. Not a very pleasant choice imo, but it makes sense. The modifier at the end logically refers to the result of the investigation, and it uses the command subjunctive to imply that it must be shared with other chains.
Final choice E.
A) and that... is not parallel to anything.
B) and that is parallel, however it creates a nonsense meaning: the DoL will soon order a restaurant chain to investigate whether several of its branches confiscate tips that their employees earned and (tips) that the information be shared?
For this to be correct and parallel, that would have to be after "the DoL will soon order (that) and (that)" Out.
C) Terrible choice. Tips earned by employees with information being shared? the with is completely wrong here. Out.
D) Tense issue. Shared is in the past, this is talking about the future. Out.
That leaves with E. Not a very pleasant choice imo, but it makes sense. The modifier at the end logically refers to the result of the investigation, and it uses the command subjunctive to imply that it must be shared with other chains.
Final choice E.
