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During the State of the Union address every February, the president announced the amount of new programs the administration planned to create and the amounts of money it invested in each one.

A. announced the amount of new programs the administration planned to create and the amounts of money it invested in each one

B. announced the amount of new programs the administration had created and the amount of money that was invested in each one

C. announces the number of new programs the administration plans to create and the amount of money to be invested in each one

D. announces the amount of new programs created by the administration and the amount of money invested in them

E. had announced the administration’s plans for a number of new programs and the amounts of money that were to be invested in them

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During the State of the Union address every February, the president an 27 Jun 2019, 12:51
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Done. Good concept tested here. :)
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The non-underlined portion tells us that the announcement is a regular phenomenon and thus must be presented in simple present tense.
Programs is a countable noun and thus we should use “the number of” instead of “the amount of”.
This eliminates A,B,D

The usage of past perfect “had announced” does not fit well here as the announcement is a regular phenomenon. Thus, E is eliminated.

C should be the answer.

generis please provide your inputs on my explanation.
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The non-underlined portion tells us that the announcement is a regular phenomenon and thus must be presented in simple present tense.
Programs is a countable noun and thus we should use “the number of” instead of “the amount of”.
This eliminates A,B,D

The usage of past perfect “had announced” does not fit well here as the announcement is a regular phenomenon. Thus, E is eliminated.

C should be the answer.

generis please provide your inputs on my explanation.
Thank you in advance

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Hi @"Vinit800HBS , your analysis is spot on. You caught the issue I mentioned. Nicely done. :)
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generis, although the question attempts to test good concepts, I reckon this question has a poor quality. Let me explain my thoughts.

The OA says that the correct answer is C - "announces the number of new programs the administration plans to create and the amount of money to be invested in each one". In the sentence, "each one" refers to the number of new programs, correct? If so, let's thing about the question for a moment. One cannot invest in each "the number", because it is THE ONLY ONE "number", i.e. "the number" is singular. If the question offered "a number of new programs", then "a number" would mean a set of programs each of which could receive funding. So, OA seems to be "the best of the worst" options.

On top of the above, it seems that option C would be more complete if there was "that" in it - "announces the number of new programs THAT the administration plans to create".

What are your thoughts?
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generis, although the question attempts to test good concepts, I reckon this question has a poor quality. Let me explain my thoughts.

The OA says that the correct answer is C - "announces the number of new programs the administration plans to create and the amount of money to be invested in each one". In the sentence, "each one" refers to the number of new programs, correct? If so, let's thing about the question for a moment. One cannot invest in each "the number", because it is THE ONLY ONE "number", i.e. "the number" is singular. If the question offered "a number of new programs", then "a number" would mean a set of programs each of which could receive funding. So, OA seems to be "the best of the worst" options.

On top of the above, it seems that option C would be more complete if there was "that" in it - "announces the number of new programs THAT the administration plans to create".

What are your thoughts?
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mykrasovski , I think you have raised two issues that are not errors in this sentence but that can create confusion.

Correct option C:
During the State of the Union address every February, the president announces the number of new programs the administration plans to create and the amount of money to be invested in each one

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No, each one does not refer to the number.

Each one refers to programs.
Each program will receive money. Each one [of the programs] will receive money.

Rather than listing every planned programs one by one and specifying the amount of money to be invested in each named program, I can use the catchall "programs" and say "each one" to refer to those programs.

• Each one

ONE

In this sentence, one is a pronoun that refers to a count noun.*
I am about to make the margaritas, but I can't remember whether you want one.
After eyeing the calamari rings with great suspicion for a long time, I finally decided to try one.

I am not referring to any particular calamari ring in the pile. But I am referring to tasting A calamari ring.
When I decide to taste one, I decide to taste A calamari ring in that pile.
I am not, after all, tasting a chocolate chip cookie. (Though I wish I were. :grin: )

Correct: GMATNinja prepared a number of calamari rings, and after eyeing them with great suspicion, I decided to try one.

EACH ONE

Each one means every one of the programs. Every single planned program will receive money.

Oxford Online Dictionary (proxy, I believe) defines each one, HERE:
Used to refer to every one of two or more people or things, regarded and identified separately.
-- Place two small frying pans on a gentle heat and pour a little olive oil in each one.

ANTECEDENTS

I cannot figure out why you and others think that each one must refer to a number of.
I have seen this confusion about pronoun antecedents quite often.

The guidelines
The antecedent of a pronoun such as ONE or EACH ONE is the eligible noun that makes logical sense.
The antecedent of a pronoun can be the object of a preposition.

EACH ONE refers to PROGRAMS.

• ANNOUNCE - two idioms
(1) Announce THAT X and that Y
(2) Announce X and Y

Yes, often announce automatically takes a THAT. Announce THAT X and that Y:
He announced that he was withdrawing from the race.

Announce does not always require a THAT. In such cases, including a THAT is incorrect.
Announce X and Y.
X and Y are direct objects of the transitive verb announce
These sentences are all correct:
-- They announced their engagement.
-- He announced his retirement from acting and his plans to run for president.

Wrong: They announced THAT their engagement. :x

Announce without THAT is more common than people realize. They just don't remember having seen the construction.
The pronoun confusion is understandable.

My thoughts? The question is not of poor quality. Nothing is wrong with option (C) and you just asked two good questions.

Hope that explanation helps.

*One indicates an indefinite copy or a single, indefinite part of a collection:
After walking by the CHOCOLATES so many times, Roger finally had to eat one.
Manhattan Prep GMAT Sentence Correction, 6th edition, p. 195.
What did Roger eat? A chocolate.
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generis thanks for providing the explanations. For some reason I still want to have a modifier "that", but I totally agree that there are instances when it is not needed (your examples are very good). However, your examples are different (in their meaning) from the original sentence that we are discussing.

Anyways, thank you.
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generis thanks for providing the explanations. For some reason I still want to have a modifier "that", but I totally agree that there are instances when it is not needed (your examples are very good). However, your examples are different (in their meaning) from the original sentence that we are discussing.

Anyways, thank you.
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mykrasovski - why do you believe that each one refers to a number of?

Please explain?
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During the State of the Union address every February, the president an 29 Jun 2019, 14:10
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generis, maybe I am too confused. I guess each one can refer to either "the number of new programs" or "a number of new programs".
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