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The government allocated trillions of dollars that were intended to aid small businesses, protect unemployed individuals, and prevent economic devastation but was instead, in some cases, spent on handouts for wealthy individuals and giant corporations.
A. dollars that were intended to aid small businesses, protect unemployed individuals, and prevent economic devastation
B. dollars that was intended to aid small businesses and unemployed individuals and prevent economic devastation
C. dollars intended to aid small businesses and unemployed individuals and to prevent economic devastation
D. dollars, which intended to aid small businesses, unemployed individuals, and prevent economic devastation
E. dollars, intending to aid small businesses and unemployed individuals, preventing economic devastation,
A. dollars that were intended to aid small businesses, protect unemployed individuals, and prevent economic devastation
B. dollars that was intended to aid small businesses and unemployed individuals and prevent economic devastation
C. dollars intended to aid small businesses and unemployed individuals and to prevent economic devastation
D. dollars, which intended to aid small businesses, unemployed individuals, and prevent economic devastation
E. dollars, intending to aid small businesses and unemployed individuals, preventing economic devastation,
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05 Sep 2020, 08:15
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Veritas Prep Explanation:
The correct answer is B.
This answer correctly parallels the list at the end of the underlined potion. Beyond that, this answer is one of only a couple of choices that correctly connect to – and parallel – the “but was instead” second half of the sentence.
Answer A describes the “trillions of dollars” at first using the plural “were” but later switches to the singular “was” (“but was instead… spent”). Whether “trillions of dollars” is singular or plural, it simply makes no sense to switch between the two agreements when referring to this same subject. And, of course, “was” must refer to the “trillions of dollars,” since the alternative is that “the government… was… spent on handouts” – not a logical meaning of the sentence.
Answer C fails to provide a verb on “trillions of dollars” to parallel “but was instead… spent on handouts.” (“intended” in C is a participle modifier, not a verb.) As such, this answer seems to suggest that “the government… was… spent on handouts” – still entirely illogical.
Answer D suggests that the “trillions of dollars” was what “intended” to do the things described in the middle of the sentence. But, of course, money is not sentient and intends nothing. This answer also fails parallelism in its list “aid small businesses, unemployed individuals, and prevent economic devastation,” since only the first and third elements contain verbs.
Answer E begins a list with “intending, … preventing,” but simply never finishes that list. Furthermore, yet again this answer choice fails to connect properly to the “but was… spent on handouts” in the latter portion of the sentence.
It is worth noting that “trillions of dollars” could be construed as either a singular or a plural subject, but that in either case the sentence must maintain consistency throughout. Certainly, though, it would not have been correct to simply cross out the singular usage in this case, since one could, and perhaps in this case even should, to quote the New York Times’ grammar blog (in an analogous case), “construe ‘billions of dollars’ as an amount rather than a number, and use singular verbs.”
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The government allocated trillions of dollars that were intended to aid small businesses, protect unemployed individuals, and prevent economic devastation but was instead, in some cases, spent on handouts for wealthy individuals and giant corporations.
The greatest clue comes from the non-underlined part of the sentence: “but WAS spent”.
A. dollars that were intended to aid small businesses, protect unemployed individuals, and prevent economic devastation
“were” is incorrect because amount of money is uncountable.
B. dollars that was intended to aid small businesses and unemployed individuals and prevent economic devastation
Correct: parallelism is great “dollars that WAS intended… but WAS spent”
C. dollars intended to aid small businesses and unemployed individuals and to prevent economic devastation
“but” is a parallelism marker.
“but was spent” is not parallel to anything now, hence incorrect.
D. dollars, which intended to aid small businesses, unemployed individuals, and prevent economic devastation
“but” is a parallelism marker.
“but was spent” is not parallel to anything now, hence incorrect.
E. dollars, intending to aid small businesses and unemployed individuals, preventing economic devastation,
“but” is a parallelism marker.
“but was spent” is not parallel to anything now, hence incorrect.
Hence B
The greatest clue comes from the non-underlined part of the sentence: “but WAS spent”.
A. dollars that were intended to aid small businesses, protect unemployed individuals, and prevent economic devastation
“were” is incorrect because amount of money is uncountable.
B. dollars that was intended to aid small businesses and unemployed individuals and prevent economic devastation
Correct: parallelism is great “dollars that WAS intended… but WAS spent”
C. dollars intended to aid small businesses and unemployed individuals and to prevent economic devastation
“but” is a parallelism marker.
“but was spent” is not parallel to anything now, hence incorrect.
D. dollars, which intended to aid small businesses, unemployed individuals, and prevent economic devastation
“but” is a parallelism marker.
“but was spent” is not parallel to anything now, hence incorrect.
E. dollars, intending to aid small businesses and unemployed individuals, preventing economic devastation,
“but” is a parallelism marker.
“but was spent” is not parallel to anything now, hence incorrect.
Hence B
