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08 Apr 2021, 09:00
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Unlike many collective bargaining agreements, which insist on treating broad classes of workers as equals, employees at the aluminum plant are compensated based on a wide range of criteria even if they have less than six months on the job.
(A) broad classes of workers as equals, employees at the aluminum plant are compensated based on a wide range of criteria
(B) broad classes of workers as equal to each other, employees are compensated in the plant's agreement based on a wide range of criteria
(C) workers as classes of equals, the aluminum plant's agreement compensates its employees based on a wide range of criteria
(D) broad classes of workers as equal to one another, the aluminum plant's agreement establishes that employees are compensated based on a wide range of criteria
(E) broad classes of workers as equals, the aluminum plant's agreement establishes that employees are compensated based on a wide range of criteria
(A) broad classes of workers as equals, employees at the aluminum plant are compensated based on a wide range of criteria
(B) broad classes of workers as equal to each other, employees are compensated in the plant's agreement based on a wide range of criteria
(C) workers as classes of equals, the aluminum plant's agreement compensates its employees based on a wide range of criteria
(D) broad classes of workers as equal to one another, the aluminum plant's agreement establishes that employees are compensated based on a wide range of criteria
(E) broad classes of workers as equals, the aluminum plant's agreement establishes that employees are compensated based on a wide range of criteria
15 Apr 2021, 09:15
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OFFICIAL EXPLANATION
E
The opening word "unlike" should signal that this sentence involves a comparison. To isolate the comparison, ignore the phrase "which insist. . . as equals" and focus on what is being compared. The initial sentence compares "many collective bargaining agreements" with "employees at the aluminum plant", two things that cannot be compared. Since we can't change the first part of the comparison, we need some other agreement to follow the comma.
(B) has the same problem as (A), while the other three choices follow the comma with "the aluminum plant's agreement". (C) is incorrect because it suggests that the agreement itself compensates its employees. Logically speaking, the agreement doesn't do the compensating, nor does it have employees. (D) and (E) differ only in the first phrase; (D) is redundant. If the agreement treats
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08 Apr 2021, 10:05
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Ans is E
Options D and E compare
the aluminum plant's agreement back to the generic agreements - the subject of the statement.
Between D and E, E is more crisp and conveys the meaning fairly well.
Hence, OA : E
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Options D and E compare
the aluminum plant's agreement back to the generic agreements - the subject of the statement.
Between D and E, E is more crisp and conveys the meaning fairly well.
Hence, OA : E
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