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Though once powerful political forces, labor unions have lost much of their influence, which has resulted in a political climate that some analysts claim to favor management.
A. which has resulted in a political climate that some analysts claim to favor
B. resulting in a political climate that some analysts claim favors
C. which has resulted in a political climate that some analysts claim that favors
D. resulting in a political climate that some analysts claim to be in favor of
E. which has resulted in a political climate that has been claimed by some analysts to favour
A. which has resulted in a political climate that some analysts claim to favor
B. resulting in a political climate that some analysts claim favors
C. which has resulted in a political climate that some analysts claim that favors
D. resulting in a political climate that some analysts claim to be in favor of
E. which has resulted in a political climate that has been claimed by some analysts to favour
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Many of you are misinterpreting the meaning of B and D. Let me see if I can clarify.
In B, both "claim" and "favors" are verbs. The analysts claim that the climate favors management. Compare it to a few instances where two verbs are smashed together:
Whatever my wife says goes. (The subject-verb pairs are wife-says and whatever-goes.)
This is an album that everyone thinks rocks. (Okay, this sounds really weird, but it's not wrong. The pairs are everyone-thinks and album-rocks.)
Not convinced? Try a form of "to be." Many are concerned about a plan that the governor insists is working just fine. (governor-insists, plan-is)
You can basically think of the subject-verb pair in the middle as a modifier. We have a climate that favors management. We have a climate that (some analysts claim) favors management.
D isn't saying that the analysts are in favor of management, as some here are suggesting. Rather, it's saying that the analysts claim that the climate is in favor of management? What makes this wrong, then? A climate can't "be in favor" of something--that suggests an opinion, and climates don't have opinions! It can "favor" something, which just means to provide an advantage.
In B, both "claim" and "favors" are verbs. The analysts claim that the climate favors management. Compare it to a few instances where two verbs are smashed together:
Whatever my wife says goes. (The subject-verb pairs are wife-says and whatever-goes.)
This is an album that everyone thinks rocks. (Okay, this sounds really weird, but it's not wrong. The pairs are everyone-thinks and album-rocks.)
Not convinced? Try a form of "to be." Many are concerned about a plan that the governor insists is working just fine. (governor-insists, plan-is)
You can basically think of the subject-verb pair in the middle as a modifier. We have a climate that favors management. We have a climate that (some analysts claim) favors management.
D isn't saying that the analysts are in favor of management, as some here are suggesting. Rather, it's saying that the analysts claim that the climate is in favor of management? What makes this wrong, then? A climate can't "be in favor" of something--that suggests an opinion, and climates don't have opinions! It can "favor" something, which just means to provide an advantage.
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Though once powerful political forces, labor unions have lost much of their influence, which has resulted in a political climate that some analysts claim to favor management.
A) which has resulted in a political climate that some analysts claim to favor
B) resulting in a political climate that some analysts claim favors
C) which has resulted in a political climate that some analysts claim that favors
D) resulting in a political climate that some analysts claim to be in favor of
E) which has resulted in a political climate that has been claimed by some analysts to favour
The original sentence contains several errors. First, the relative pronoun "which" cannot be used to modify the action of the preceding clause, as it does here ("which has resulted in..."). Instead, it must be used to modify the immediately preceding noun only. In this case, that noun is "influence," which cannot be described as resulting in a "political climate." It is the loss of that influence that has resulted in the "political climate" described in the sentence, not the influence itself. Second, "that some analysts claim to favor management" is incorrect. If we remove "some analysts claim" from the sentence, we are left with "a political climate that...to favor management." This is incorrect. We need "to favor" to agree with "a political climate that."
(A) This choice is incorrect as it repeats the original sentence.
(B) CORRECT. This choice corrects the relative pronoun error by replacing "which has resulted" with "resulting." Moreover, "favors" agrees with "a political climate that..."
(C) This choice does not correct the relative pronoun error. Moreover, it does not correct the verb error. It replaces "to favor" with "that favors," creating the illogical sequence "a political climate that...that favors."
(D) This choice corrects the relative pronoun error by replacing "which has resulted" with "resulting." However, it does not correct the verb error. It replaces "to favor" with "to be in favor of," creating the illogical sequence "a political climate that...to be in favor of."
(E) This choice does not correct the relative pronoun error. Moreover, it does not correct the verb error. It does not replace "to favor." Additionally, "has been claimed by some analysts" is unnecessarily in passive voice and is wordy.
A) which has resulted in a political climate that some analysts claim to favor
B) resulting in a political climate that some analysts claim favors
C) which has resulted in a political climate that some analysts claim that favors
D) resulting in a political climate that some analysts claim to be in favor of
E) which has resulted in a political climate that has been claimed by some analysts to favour
MANHATTAN GMAT OFFICIAL EXPLANATION:
The original sentence contains several errors. First, the relative pronoun "which" cannot be used to modify the action of the preceding clause, as it does here ("which has resulted in..."). Instead, it must be used to modify the immediately preceding noun only. In this case, that noun is "influence," which cannot be described as resulting in a "political climate." It is the loss of that influence that has resulted in the "political climate" described in the sentence, not the influence itself. Second, "that some analysts claim to favor management" is incorrect. If we remove "some analysts claim" from the sentence, we are left with "a political climate that...to favor management." This is incorrect. We need "to favor" to agree with "a political climate that."
(A) This choice is incorrect as it repeats the original sentence.
(B) CORRECT. This choice corrects the relative pronoun error by replacing "which has resulted" with "resulting." Moreover, "favors" agrees with "a political climate that..."
(C) This choice does not correct the relative pronoun error. Moreover, it does not correct the verb error. It replaces "to favor" with "that favors," creating the illogical sequence "a political climate that...that favors."
(D) This choice corrects the relative pronoun error by replacing "which has resulted" with "resulting." However, it does not correct the verb error. It replaces "to favor" with "to be in favor of," creating the illogical sequence "a political climate that...to be in favor of."
(E) This choice does not correct the relative pronoun error. Moreover, it does not correct the verb error. It does not replace "to favor." Additionally, "has been claimed by some analysts" is unnecessarily in passive voice and is wordy.
