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Currently at an average of $50,000 per year, statewide compensation for public employees is falling at a rate of 0.5 percent yearly.

A statewide compensation for public employees is falling at a rate of

B the state is compensating public employees at a falling rate of

C the state's public employees are being compensated at a falling rate of

D the fall in the rate of the state's public employee compensation is

E public employees are compensated by the state at a falling rate of

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Re: Currently at an average of $50,000 per year, statewide compensation fo [#permalink] New post   26 Mar 2018, 20:50
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I would go for B rather than A because A is in passive voice and B in active. In GMAT we usually prefer the active voice, if it is grammatically correct.

Correct me if I am wrong. IMO B.

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The preference for active over passive is the last option you should resort to. The 1st 3 steps should be MGC. Meaning Grammar Concision. Option B C D E distort the author's intended point. Please do not directly apply the active over passive rule . First look at the meaning. What the author is trying to convey.

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Re: Currently at an average of $50,000 per year, statewide compensation fo [#permalink] New post   25 Mar 2018, 20:58
A ought to be right.
Currently at an average___ ( should modify the compensation ) . Hence B C D E gone.




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Re: Currently at an average of $50,000 per year, statewide compensation fo [#permalink] New post   25 Mar 2018, 23:24
I would go for B rather than A because A is in passive voice and B in active. In GMAT we usually prefer the active voice, if it is grammatically correct.

Correct me if I am wrong. IMO B.

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Currently at an average of $50,000 per year, statewide compensation fo [#permalink] New post   26 Mar 2018, 05:42
SonalSinha803 wrote:
I would go for B rather than A because A is in passive voice and B in active. In GMAT we usually prefer the active voice, if it is grammatically correct.

Correct me if I am wrong. IMO B.

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Hi SonalSinha803

The statewide compensation for public employees is currently at an average of $50000.
It would not be right to say that the state has a current average of $50000.

Only Option A communicates the meaning clearly.
Generally, the GMAT does prefer active voice to passive voice.
But here, changing the sentence to active voice changes the meaning of the sentence.

Hope this helps you.
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Re: Currently at an average of $50,000 per year, statewide compensation fo [#permalink] New post   28 Mar 2018, 21:27
Yes ....I don't know how I missed it....I get it now.... thankyou !!

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Re: Currently at an average of $50,000 per year, statewide compensation fo [#permalink] New post   03 Jan 2020, 11:04
$50000 should modify the compensation. B,C,D & E fail in this comparison test.
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