12 Days of Christmas GMAT Competition - Day 9: Following multiple repo

Let's look at the options one by one-

A- and that the information is not parallel with anything below the underlined part of the sentence.

B- Same as A.

C- tips is plural, but was is being used to refer to tips.

D- shared the information - department of labor will soon order and shared the information is not parallel.

E- Seems right. information is referring to whether branches confiscated tips and there are no parallelism issues.

Hence, IMO E.

(A) Following multiple reports of wage theft, the Department of Labor will soon order a national restaurant chain to investigate whether several of its branches confiscated tips earned by their employees and that the information be shared with the local restaurant workers’ unions. - Incorrect meaning, awkward, Eliminate
(B) Following multiple reports of wage theft, the Department of Labor will soon order a national restaurant chain to investigate whether several of its branches confiscated tips that their employees earned and that the information be shared with the local restaurant workers’ unions. - Incorrect meaning, awkward, Eliminate
(C) Following multiple reports of wage theft, the Department of Labor will soon order a national restaurant chain to investigate whether several of its branches confiscated tips that was earned by their employees with the information being shared with the local restaurant workers’ unions. - Tense error and awkward construction, Eliminate
(D) Following multiple reports of wage theft, the Department of Labor will soon order a national restaurant chain to investigate whether several of its branches confiscated tips earned by their employees and shared the information with the local restaurant workers’ unions. - Correct grammar and modifier reference. Correct
(E) Following multiple reports of wage theft, the Department of Labor will soon order a national restaurant chain to investigate whether several of its branches confiscated tips earned by their employees, information that must also be shared with the local restaurant workers’ unions. - Incorrect grammar, Eliminate

Ans : D

Following multiple reports of wage theft, the Department of Labor will soon order a national restaurant chain to investigate whether several of its branches confiscated tips earned by their employees and that the information be shared with the local restaurant workers’ unions.

(A) earned by their employees and that the information be shared
The passive construction “earned by their employees” makes this choice wordy.

(B) that their employees earned and that the information be shared
This choice has no errors. The use of subjunctive (in green) correctly pairs with the verb “order”. This is likely the correct answer. – Contender.

(C) that was earned by their employees with the information being shared
The phrase “with the information being shared” is wordy and awkward. Usually (and not always!) the choice having the word “being” is not preferred by GMAT and we must look out for another option with a more concise and to the point grammatical construction.

(D) earned by their employees and shared the information
The passive construction “earned by their employees” makes this choice wordy. Also, the original sentence intends to tell that the “the Department of Labor will soon order the information (received) be shared”. Option D distorts the intended meaning of the original sentence.

(E) earned by their employees, information that must also be shared
The word “also” here is unnecessary and completely changes the intended meaning of the original sentence.

Answer: Option B

(A) earned by their employees and that the information be shared --> incorrect
(B) that their employees earned and that the information be shared --> correct choice (that & that parallelism correct )
(C) that was earned by their employees with the information being shared --> wrong
(D) earned by their employees and shared the information --> not the right choice
(E) earned by their employees, information that must also be shared --> not the right choice

Following multiple reports of wage theft, the Department of Labor will soon order a national restaurant chain to investigate whether several of its branches confiscated tips earned by their employees and that the information be shared with the local restaurant workers’ unions.

Two instructions are given by the department of labor. Order is a subjunctive verb that requires the use of "that". So Eliminate C,D,E.

(A) earned by their employees and that the information be shared - Modifier error
(B) that their employees earned and that the information be shared - "That their employees earned" correctly modifies tips - Correct
(C) that was earned by their employees with the information being shared
(D) earned by their employees and shared the information
(E) earned by their employees, information that must also be shared

Following multiple reports of wage theft, the Department of Labor will soon order a national restaurant chain to investigate whether several of its branches confiscated tips earned by their employees and that the information be shared with the local restaurant workers’ unions.

(A) earned by their employees and that the information be shared - correct
(B) that their employees earned and that the information be shared - no need to use
(C) that was earned by their employees with the information being shared - with ( changed the meaning)
(D) earned by their employees and shared the information - used incorrect
(E) earned by their employees, information that must also be shared - seems incorrect

IMO A

OA) A
Following multiple reports of wage theft, the Department of Labor will soon order a national restaurant chain to investigate whether several of its branches confiscated tips earned by their employees and that the information be shared with the local restaurant workers’ unions.

(A) earned by their employees and that the information be shared
--> put two subjunctive orders in parallel "to investigate.." and "that information be.."

(B) that their employees earned and that the information be shared
--> Ambiguouity about two clauses are parallel or not, and if "their employee.." and "information .." in parallel that is illogical

(C) that was earned by their employees with the information being shared
-->tips are plural so need a plural verb in the modifier

(D) earned by their employees and shared the information
--> put "earned" and "shared" in parallel which is not logical

(E) earned by their employees, information that must also be shared
--> these two clauses are connected with just a comma, not correct

(A) earned by their employees and that the information be shared - Incorrect Parralleism error
(B) that their employees earned and that the information be shared - Incorrect - That wrongly modifies confiscated tips
(C) that was earned by their employees with the information being shared - Incorrect of using being
(D) earned by their employees and shared the information - Incorrect - meaning error "shared" doesnt go with several of its branches
(E) earned by their employees, information that must also be shared - Correct - Noun + Noun Modifier doesnt

Option E Correct

(A) earned by their employees and that the information be shared -OUt
(B) that their employees earned and that the information be shared--False parallelism ,out
(C) that was earned by their employees with the information being shared--out
(D) earned by their employees and shared the information--confiscated and shared are parallel,Correct
(E) earned by their employees, information that must also be shared-out

oa: D

We already have a fixed imperative structure in the original sentence: order + TO DO sth. That means that, in order to adhere to the parallelism regulations,
we need to have the same structure regarding the information: order + TO SHARE the information.

Interestingly, the subjunctives used in A and B are wrong as they are non-parallel. Also, option D is wrong because of the sudden past tense.

Finally, we have a split between C and E. We immediately see that C is wrong, because it says <tips> that WAS earned, regardless of the plural form.
Therefore, we eliminate C, and the right answer is E.

IMO A,

That is not required.

Hence we are left with A, D, E


E has modifier error.

D has parallelism error.

Hence A

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Option A : 'order to X and that the information BE shared' is correct and properly brings out the subjunctive mood.

Option B, C, D, E : meaning of the 'information' changes and creates ambiguity

Correct answer is A

Following multiple reports of wage theft, the Department of Labor will soon order a national restaurant chain to investigate whether several of its branches confiscated tips earned by their employees and that the information be shared with the local restaurant workers’ unions.

(A) earned by their employees and that the information be shared Incorrect parallelism
(B) that their employees earned and that the information be shared
(C) that was earned by their employees with the information being shared Incorrect parallelism
(D) earned by their employees and shared the information Incorrect parallelism
(E) earned by their employees, information that must also be shared Incorrect parallelism

IMO B