To assure that the unions do not make a counter offer

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To assure that the unions do not make a counter offer, workers have been provided with outstanding benefits.

A) To assure that the unions do not make a counter offer, workers have been provided with outstanding benefits.
B) To assure the unions do not make a counter offer, the board of the parent organisations have provided workers with outstanding benefits.
C) To assure the unions do not make a counter offer, the board of the parent organisations has provided workers with outstanding benefits.
D) To assure that the unions do not make a counter offer, the board of the parent organisations has provided workers with outstanding benefits.
E) To assure that the unions do not make a counter offer, the board of the parent organisations have provided workers with outstanding benefits.

Abhishek009 · Answer

IMHO (D)  for the following reasons -

1. To assure that.... 
 2. the board ....... has
  3. provided workers with outstanding benefits. ( Provide X with Y )

chetan2u · Answer

Hi,

the Q is nowhere close to a 700 level, it should be sub 600 level ..
the sentence construction is not proper--
1)You assure someone, but here that 'someone is missing ..
example..
--he assured the parents that the kids will be safe..
--you have to assure me that you will do your work
2)you may require 'ensure' instead of 'assure'..
3) In whatever choices are there, D clearly stands out ..
Overall, efforts should be made to improve the sentence

sayantanc2k · Answer

You do not need to underline  To assure  and  with outstanding benefits  since they remain same in all the options.

Now, the explanation:

A. The modifier  To assure that the unions do not make a counter offer   may seem to wrongly refer to  workers . However strictly speaking this is not a correct explanation !! Infinitives of purpose CAN be used along with passive voice, even though the person whose intention is expressed is not mentioned in the sentence. For example: 
To keep the room warm, the window was closed. Correct. Just make sure that the person (whosoever be it) closed the window on purpose.
However as Chetan pointed out the indirect object of assure is missing, and hence it is unclear who assured whom. ( who  and  whom  both missing).

B. The usage of assure is as follows:
To assure someone(indirect object) something (direct object). Here  that the unions do not make a counter offer  is the direct object of  assure . However omitting  that  wrongly indicates that  the unions  is the indirect object of  assure .
The verb  have  does not agree with the subject  board .

C. The usage of assure is as folows:
To assure someone(indirect object) something (direct object). Here  that the unions do not make a counter offer  is the direct object of  assure . However omitting  that  wrongly indicates that  the unions  is the indirect object of  assure .

D. Correct. .. eliminates all errors above.

E. The verb  have  does not agree with the subject  board .

arirux92 · Answer

Hi  chetan2u , I took this sentence from Magoosh GMAT idioms book and added errors around it.

rhine29388 · Answer

missing noun regarding who made the offer to workers with outstanding benefits.Use of that is correct So correct ans seems to be option D

P.S. This occurs to me as a poorly worded question

Pankaj0901 · Answer

"the board of the parent organisations" is nowhere in the original sentence. :/
Even option A looks correct, as there's nothing wrong with modifier rule as someone has pointed already in this thread.

Pankaj0901 · Answer

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ravigupta2912 · Answer

A) To assure that the unions do not make a counter offer, workers have been provided with outstanding benefits. -- passive voice. keep

B) To assure the unions do not make a counter offer, the board of the parent organisations have provided workers with outstanding benefits. -- SV error. Board is singular, needs "has"

C) To assure the unions do not make a counter offer, the board of the parent organisations has provided workers with outstanding benefits. -- Incorrect. "assure" requires a "that"

D) To assure that the unions do not make a counter offer, the board of the parent organisations has provided workers with outstanding benefits. -- Correct.

E) To assure that the unions do not make a counter offer, the board of the parent organisations have provided workers with outstanding benefits. -- Incorrect. "have".

Pankaj0901 · Answer

Request experts to help here please.

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