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Project SC Butler: Day 86: Sentence Correction (SC2)
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Meaning analysis:Without touching error of this sentence we can more or less infer that The board voted for 2 things:
1. to purchase new offices overseas
2. to promote some executives with some positive evaluations
Error analysis:"and" //ism marker is in non-underlined portion, so it is clear indicator.
We have to go though answer choices and find something to be // to some part of the preceding part of "and"
"had received" is correct, seems the author wants to say that the executives received positive evaluations before the voting action.
"if" is wrong, we don't have anything to be // to "if"
"they would be promoted" - they refers of plural executives, but this construction seems awkward.
(A)
if the executives had received positive evaluations they would be promoted.
(B)
receiving positive evaluations would be a promotion for the executives.
("receiving" there is nothing to be //)
(C)
promoting executives having received positive evaluations.
(same as (B), "receiving" there is nothing to be //)
(E)
the executives to be promoted for having received positive evaluations.
(okay, we have noun "executives, it can be // to noun offices, but this is a complete disaster)(D) promote the executives who had received positive evaluations. clear and concise
D is the answer
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