lgon wrote:
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 wrote:
(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.
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Along with deaths sounds like deaths are also approved.
Therefore, B is wrong.
Option C wrote:
(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 wrote:
(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 wrote:
(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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