vishy007 wrote:
Executives and federal officials say that the use of crack and cocaine is growing rapidly among workers,
significantly compounding the effects of drug and alcohol abuse, which already are a cost to business of more than $100 billion a year.
(A) significantly compounding the effects of drug and alcohol abuse, which already are a cost to business of
(B) significantly compounding the effects of drug and alcohol abuse, which already cost business
(C) significantly compounding the effects of drug and alcohol abuse, already with business costs of
(D) significant in compounding the effects of drug and alcohol abuse, and already costing business
(E) significant in compounding the effects of drug and alcohol abuse, and already costs business
Similar Question : LINK 1 & LINK 2 & LINK 3Choice B, the best answer, uses clear and concise phrasing to state that it is the
effects of drug and alcohol abuse that already cost business the sum mentioned.
In A,
to business is awkwardly and confusingly inserted between
cost and the propositional phrase that modifies it, and
are already a cost to business is wordy and awkward compared to
cost business.
In C, already with business costs of… is awkward and unclear, failing to specify that those prior
effects generate the
cost.
Choices D and E produce faulty constructions with the phrase
significant in compounding, which cannot grammatically modify the verb form i
s growing.
https://www.nytimes.com/1988/12/12/business/workers-substance-abuse-is-increasing-survey-says.htmlExecutives and Federal officials say the use of cocaine and crack is growing rapidly among workers,
significantly compounding the effects of drug and alcohol abuse, which cost business more than $100 billion a year.
I got this wrong.... can you please post answers with explanations?
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(A) significantly compounding the effects of drug and alcohol abuse, which already are a cost to business of (What are a cost to business??? Meaning)
(B)
significantly compounding the effects of drug and alcohol abuse, which already cost business (C) significantly compounding the effects of drug and alcohol abuse, already with business
costs of (effects-costs Subject-Verb Disagreement)
(D) significant in compounding the effects of drug and alcohol abuse, and already
costing business
(E) significant in compounding the effects of drug and alcohol abuse, and already
costs business (effects-costs Subject-Verb Disagreement)