The benefits of the new policies are far reaching, economic experts

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The benefits of the new policies are far reaching, economic experts say,
This is original sentence & my doubt is here two I.P clause join just by comma . all the five option are same .
plz expert advice where i miss concept .

(A) far reaching, economic experts say, providing a powerful vehicle to chip away at poverty in other countries and expanding the earnings of immigrants in the United States

(B) far reaching, economic experts say, as it is providing a powerful vehicle to chip away at poverty in other countries and expand the earnings of immigrants in the United States

(C) far reaching, economic experts say, providing a powerful vehicle to chip away at poverty and expand the immigrants’ earnings in the United States

(D) far reaching, economic experts say, by providing a powerful vehicle to chip away at poverty in other countries while it expands the earnings of immigrants in the United States

(E) far reaching, economic experts say, in that they provide a powerful vehicle to chip away at poverty in other countries, expanding the earnings of immigrants in the United States

pqhai · Accepted Answer

The benefits of the new policies are far reaching, economic experts say,
This is original sentence & my doubt is here two I.P clause join just by comma . all the five option are same .
plz expert advice where i miss concept .

A)far reaching, economic experts say,   providing   a powerful vehicle to chip away at poverty in other countries and   expanding   the earnings of immigrants in the United States.
  Correct.   "providing" and "expanding" modify "the benefits" correctly.

B)far reaching, economic experts say, as   it    is providing  a powerful vehicle to chip away at poverty in other countries  and expand  the earnings of immigrants in the United States.
 Wrong.  "The benefits" is plural. Bad grammar structure.

C)far reaching, economic experts say,   providing   a powerful vehicle to chip away at poverty   and expand   the immigrants’ earnings in the United States.
 Wrong.  Not parallel.

D)far reaching, economic experts say, by   providing   a powerful vehicle to chip away at poverty in other countries while   it expands   the earnings of immigrants in the United States.
 Wrong.  Parallelism problem + "The benefits" is plural.

E)far reaching, economic experts say, in that   they provide   a powerful vehicle to chip away at poverty in other countries   expanding   the earnings of immigrants in the United States. 
 Wrong.  "They" refers to the benefits or experts? + Parallelism problem.

Hope it helps.

Cadaver · Answer

Straight A........

verb + ing after comma adds info

DesiGmat · Answer

Though I picked the correct answer.

I have a doubt (may be because of over reading the same sentence).

Can we parallel chip and expand in option C?

Why can't we consider "The benefits of the new policies are far reaching, economic experts say, providing a powerful vehicle to" an initial non-parallel part?

To elaborate....

The benefits of the new policies are far reaching, economic experts say, providing a powerful vehicle to chip away at poverty in other countries

and

The benefits of the new policies are far reaching, economic experts say, providing a powerful vehicle to expand the immigrants’ earnings in the United States.

I know we can also eliminate C based on the usage of apostrophe "immigrants’ earnings" because "the earnings of immigrants in the United States" is more precise than "immigrants’ earnings in the United States"

please respond

aniteshgmat1101 · Answer

I am confused. When we remove extra information from a sentence, shouldn`t we remove it with comma?
Here "economic experts say" is an extra information, and if we remove it from sentence with the commas associated, then the Verb+ing modifier (providing) has no comma left. 
Realy need help, Please reply...

Nightmare007 · Answer

My meaning analysis
The benefits of the new policies are far reaching, economic experts say,
providing a powerful vehicle to chip away at poverty in other countries and
expanding the earnings of immigrants in the United States

A is correct- no error
B Parallelism - expand and providing. Moreover pronoun IT is not having a correct antecedent.
C other countries is missing changing the meaning as if the poverty is removed in only US.
D Pronoun error IT.
E Changes meaning as if expanding is done so as to provide.

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egghead2017 · Answer

far reaching, economic experts say,  providing  a powerful vehicle to chip away at poverty in other countries and  expanding  the earnings of immigrants in the United States.

Two adverbial modifiers are parallel - Answer A

jafy · Answer

The benefits of the new policies are far reaching, economic experts say,
This is original sentence & my doubt is here two I.P clause join just by comma . all the five option are same .
plz expert advice where i miss concept .

Tamao411284 · Answer

Hi,

Please try to make your understanding as simple as possible. Here the main subject is "The benefits". The benefits are far reaching ,   1. Providing a powerful.. and 2. Expanding...
these are two ing modifiers which should point to the subject of main clause to provide the extra information.
B : it incorrect subject reference.
C : Changes the meaning ( new subject vehicle, verbs chip and expand).
D : while introduces simultaneous actions so debilitating the meaning. it (refers to the vehicle again.)
E : we need to join two ideas referring to a subject with and/aswell as/and also, due to which the construction is ambiguous.

lakshya14 · Answer

Why in (C), "expand" be parallel to "chip away", still seems to make sense by telling the advantages of the policies?

gauranggarg · Answer

I also marked C, but then realised later that it changes the meaning. This option removes key words "in other nations" after chip away at poverty. I think this changes the meaning and hence means that this option is wrong.

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Basshead · Answer

The benefits of the new policies are far reaching, economic experts say,
This is original sentence & my doubt is here two I.P clause join just by comma . all the five option are same .
plz expert advice where i miss concept .

(A) far reaching, economic experts say,  providing  a powerful vehicle to chip away at poverty in other countries and  expanding  the earnings of immigrants in the United States

(B) far reaching, economic experts say, as  it  is providing a powerful vehicle to chip away at poverty in other countries and expand the earnings of immigrants in the United States

-- 'benefits' is plural

(C) far reaching, economic experts say,  providing  a powerful vehicle to chip away at poverty and  expand  the immigrants’ earnings in the United States

-- 'expand' is not parallel to 'providing'

(D) far reaching, economic experts say, by providing a powerful vehicle to chip away at poverty in other countries while  it expands  the earnings of immigrants in the United States

-- 'benefits' is plural

(E) far reaching, economic experts say, in that they  provide  a powerful vehicle to chip away at poverty in other countries,  expanding  the earnings of immigrants in the United States

-- Parallelism issue.

Answer is A.

CEdward · Answer

I see the parallelism in a, but can one argue that this is a parallelism trap? i.e. providing and expanding modify the economic experts? I am not a fan of their placement here.

abhishekmayank · Answer

Although option A has been marked as correct sentence, but the adverbial modifier "providing" and "expanding" don't make sense with the subject of the sentence, "benefits". It is the "policies" and not the "benefits" that are "providing a powerful vehicle.." and "expanding the earnings.."

A.  The benefits  of the new policies are far reaching, economic experts say,  providing  a powerful vehicle to chip away at poverty in other countries and  expanding  the earnings of immigrants in the United States.

Whenever an ing-modifier is separated out of the main clause by comma, then subject of the main clause should make sense with the ing-modifier.
Whether "Benefits" are "providing" a powerful vehicle or "expanding" the earnings? Clearly no. Instead, providing a powerful vehicle or expanding the earnings themselves are benefits.

Expert kindly help ...

abhishekmayank · Answer

Not satisfied with either the question or its explanations :

Option A :

The benefits of the new policies are far reaching, economic experts say,
This is original sentence & my doubt is here two I.P clause join just by comma . all the five option are same .
plz expert advice where i miss concept .

When ing-modifier is separated by the main clause by comma, then subject should make sense with the modifier. 
Whether "Benefits" are "providing" powerful vehicle or "expanding" the earnings ? Clearly no. Instead, providing vehicle and expanding the earnings themselves are benefits.

Experts, kindly help

ExpertsGlobal5 · Answer

Hello  abhishekmayank ,

We hope this finds you well.

To clarify, the intended meaning here is, indeed, that the benefits of the new policies are far reaching, and as a result,   these benefits   are providing a powerful vehicle to chip away at poverty in other countries and expanding the earnings of immigrants in the United States.

The logic here is that the policies produce certain benefits, and these benefits take two further actions - a perfectly logical meaning.

We hope this helps.
All the best!
Experts' Global Team

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