Bunuel
In order to improve profit margins, the hospital adopted a number of measures, to eliminate some administrative personnel and raising fees for certain elective services.
(A) to eliminate some administrative personnel and raising
(B) to eliminate some administrative personnel and rising
(C) eliminating some administrative personnel and raising
(D) by eliminating some administrative personnel and the rise of
(E) eliminated some administrative personnel and raising
Classic modifier question.
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(A) to eliminate some administrative personnel and raising
Starting the clause with "to" doesn't make sense. It creates a tense issue. With the main clause saying that "the hospital
adopted" implying that the action has been done already, and the
to eliminate and raising indicating that this action will be performed in the future. Also, there is a parallelism issue between
to eliminate and
raising.
Quote:
(B) to eliminate some administrative personnel and rising
Same issues as (A). Also,
rising fees is incorrect.
Quote:
(C) eliminating some administrative personnel and raising
Seems fine. Removes the "to" and resolves the parallelism issue.
Quote:
(D) by eliminating some administrative personnel and the rise of
The
by does not make sense with the meaning of the sentence. Also, parallelism issue between
by eliminating and
the rise of.
Quote:
(E) eliminated some administrative personnel and raising
The
eliminated creates a tense issue and also probably a meaning issue (eliminated some personnel).
Hence, the answer is