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E is the best.
'Deaths' cant be approved by directors, hehe.
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Combining deaths with other approvals does not make sense.

Probably the right sentence will be: Promotions, retirements, and other actions approved by the board of directors at its May meeting and the deaths that occurred until then will be reported in the July 15 issue of the company paper.
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ajit257,

daagh brings up a great point here: On the GMAT, little words and endings can be the difference between getting an answer right and getting an answer wrong. Notice how this sentence is similar to:

"The earthquake damaged and destroyed our house."

Notice the "and" here. You can't destroy AND damage something; either you damage it OR you destroy it. You'll see this issue (really related to the meaning of the sentence rather than the grammar) every now and then on the GMAT.

On to your question about doing these problems efficiently:

Whenever you see a split between AND and OR in the SC answer choices, there's a good chance that this is exactly what is being tested. That's why it's so important on the test to consider these questions in the context of their answer choices, rather than just trying to find all the grammatical issues in the original sentence.

Great question!

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Generally you can not parallel actions nouns with other nouns.
Here you have two hints the weird meaning and that rule.
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went with A for parallelism. didnt notice that deaths cant be approved by directors. :P. thanks for the explanation
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I didnt get the explanation here. I thought that there were four items in the list which were REPORTED.
1.) promotions
2.) retirements
3.) deaths
4.) some actions that were approved by someone.

Where it is reported? In the July issue. Simple. Why cant we think like this?

Alright, if it would have mentioned “ also approved”, I could understand that every item was approved by someone. The structure of the sentence would be as follows:
A, B, C, and D that was also approved by someone were reported In the July issue.

Please clarify.
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Promotions, retirements, deaths, and other actions approved by the board of directors at its May meeting will be reported in the July 15 issue of the company paper.

The things that are going to be reported include:
    Promotions
    Retirements
    Deaths
    Other Actions


If you try to go through the sentence mechanically, option A may seem to be correct. However, if you understand the meaning correctly, approvals would be required only for PROMOTIONS, RETIREMENTS and OTHER ACTIONS, not DEATHS.
Therefore, A is wrong.

Option B
(B) Promotions, retirements, and other actions which have been approved at the May meeting of the board of directors along with deaths, with be reported in the July 15 issue of the company paper.

"Along with deaths sounds like deaths are also approved.
Therefore, B is wrong.

Option C
(C) To be reported in the July 15 issue of the company paper are the promotions, retirements, deaths, and other actions which were approved at the board of directors’ May meeting.

"To be reported in the July 15 issue" sounds quite odd. Also, deaths are getting approved.
C is also wrong.

Option D
(D) Meeting in May, the promotions, retirements, and other actions approved by the board of directors, including obituaries, will be reported in the July 15 issue of the company paper.
Meeting in May needs to be accompanied by a preposition.
D is incorrect.

Option E
(E) The July 15 issue of the company paper will report on promotions, retirements, and other actions approved by the board of directors at its May meeting; the paper will also include obituaries.
Promotions, retirements and other actions have been correctly approved by the board. the paper will also include obituaries rightly completes the sentence.
Therefore, E is correct.

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