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U.A.W. representatives met with the top management of Chrysler to discuss the possibly disastrous low quarterly earnings of the company and how they might be able to agree on improving them.
A) how they might be able to agree on improving them
B) how agreeing on them might be able to improve them
C) what agreements they might reach in order to improve such earnings
D) what agreements they might reach for improving them
E) the improvements in earnings that might be reached in an agreement
A) how they might be able to agree on improving them
B) how agreeing on them might be able to improve them
C) what agreements they might reach in order to improve such earnings
D) what agreements they might reach for improving them
E) the improvements in earnings that might be reached in an agreement
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27 Jun 2020, 13:13
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In A,B,And D, them at the last of sentence is fragmenting it. Its not clear who is them? There. Hence insufficient.
In between C and E
E is changing the meaning by interchanging words position.
Hence C is the best solution.
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In between C and E
E is changing the meaning by interchanging words position.
Hence C is the best solution.
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The underlined portion of the sentence contains the plural pronouns they and them, so check for pronoun errors. The plural pronoun they, in the context how they might...agree, correctly refers to the combined representatives and top management. The plural pronoun them, however, could refer to either representatives or earnings. This is a pronoun ambiguity error. Eliminate choice A and look for any obvious repeaters. Choice B is an obvious repeater because it also uses the ambiguous pronoun them. Eliminate choice B. Choice D is an obvious repeater because it also uses the ambiguous pronoun them. Eliminate choice D. Now, evaluate the remaining answer choices individually looking for a reason to eliminate each.
Choice C corrects the pronoun ambiguity error by replacing them with such earnings, and introduces no new errors. Keep choice C. Choice E corrects the pronoun ambiguity error by replacing them with earnings. However, the substantial rearrangement in wording introduces a modifier error as the sentence now indicates that it is the improvements...that might be reached. Eliminate choice E.
Choice A: No. The pronoun them has more than one possible referent. Pronoun ambiguity.
Choice B: No. The pronoun them has more than one possible referent. Pronoun ambiguity.
Choice C: Correct.
Choice D: No. The pronoun them has more than one possible referent. Pronoun ambiguity.
Choice E: No. The phrase that might be reached incorrectly modifies improvements. Misplaced modifier.
The correct answer is choice C.
The underlined portion of the sentence contains the plural pronouns they and them, so check for pronoun errors. The plural pronoun they, in the context how they might...agree, correctly refers to the combined representatives and top management. The plural pronoun them, however, could refer to either representatives or earnings. This is a pronoun ambiguity error. Eliminate choice A and look for any obvious repeaters. Choice B is an obvious repeater because it also uses the ambiguous pronoun them. Eliminate choice B. Choice D is an obvious repeater because it also uses the ambiguous pronoun them. Eliminate choice D. Now, evaluate the remaining answer choices individually looking for a reason to eliminate each.
Choice C corrects the pronoun ambiguity error by replacing them with such earnings, and introduces no new errors. Keep choice C. Choice E corrects the pronoun ambiguity error by replacing them with earnings. However, the substantial rearrangement in wording introduces a modifier error as the sentence now indicates that it is the improvements...that might be reached. Eliminate choice E.
Choice A: No. The pronoun them has more than one possible referent. Pronoun ambiguity.
Choice B: No. The pronoun them has more than one possible referent. Pronoun ambiguity.
Choice C: Correct.
Choice D: No. The pronoun them has more than one possible referent. Pronoun ambiguity.
Choice E: No. The phrase that might be reached incorrectly modifies improvements. Misplaced modifier.
The correct answer is choice C.
