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Unlike most severance packages, which require workers to stay until the last day scheduled to collect, workers at the automobile company are eligible for its severance package even if they find a new job before they are terminated.
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(A) the last day scheduled to collect, workers at the automobile company are eligible for its severance package
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Incorrect comparison between Most severance packages and workers….Unlike requires a direct comparison between two similar entities that is logical. Eliminate.

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(B) the last day they are scheduled to collect, workers are eligible for the automobile company's severance package
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Same error as A, out.

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(C) their last scheduled day to collect, the automobile company offers its severance package to workers
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Same error as A and this time severance packages are compared to automobile company.

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(D) their last scheduled day in order to collect, the automobile company's severance package is available to workers
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Finally we have a logical comparison that makes sense. The phrase their last scheduled day in order to collect seems fine- instead of having to wait until their last schedule day in order to *(note that in order to basically means so that one can do something)* collect looks good! Keep.

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(E) the last day that they are scheduled to collect, the automobile company's severance package is available to workers
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This is identifical D except that sentence says that the works don’t have to wait until their last day that are schedule to collect- it is a very subtle difference but this basically means that the workers are scheduled purely for the purpose of collecting money which doesn’t seem as good as D. Eliminate.
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I don't understand what is difference between (D) and (E).
Meaning between (D) and (E) may be a little bit different but I don't know why meaning of (E) is wrong.
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I don't understand what is difference between (D) and (E).
Meaning between (D) and (E) may be a little bit different but I don't know why meaning of (E) is wrong.
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D: Most severance packages...require workers to stay until their last scheduled day in order to collect.
The green portion conveys the following meaning:
In order to collect a severance package, workers are required to stay until their last scheduled day OF WORK.
This meaning makes sense.
Generally, a severance package is given after a worker's employment has ended.

E: Most severance packages...require workers to stay until the last day that they are scheduled to collect.
The red portion seems to convey the following meaning:
There are MANY days on which each worker is scheduled to collect that worker's severance package.
It is insufficient for the worker to stay only until the first day or the second day.
Rather, workers are required to stay until the LAST day that they are scheduled to collect a severance package.
This meaning defies logic.
A severance package does not begin on multiple days while a worker is still employed.
As noted above, a severance package is given after a worker's employment has ENDED.
Eliminate E.
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I don't understand what is difference between (D) and (E).
Meaning between (D) and (E) may be a little bit different but I don't know why meaning of (E) is wrong.
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"The day/time THAT something happened" is a construction you'll often hear English speakers say—e.g., you'll commonly hear couples reminiscing about "the day that we met"—but it's not a valid formal written idiom.

The correct idioms for this type of meaning are inverted forms of modifiers that also work the other way around.
E.g.,
We met during this time period <—> ...the time period during which we met
We met in 1978 <—> 1978 was the year in which we met
...and of course you can also write the year/time/period WHEN we met.


"That", on the other hand, isn't workable unless it actually makes sense in its ordinary capacity, following the object of some verb.
e.g., you CAN write The earliest specific day that I remember from my childhood..., because you actually remember that day from your childhood.

This is why choice E doesn't work.
You can't write the last day that they are scheduled to collect unless they were actually "scheduled to collect a day", which makes no sense at all.
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Unlike most severance packages, which require workers to stay until th Updated on: 03 Oct 2022, 11:43
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Sadly, the usage of the day that something happened does not seem limited to colloquial speech.

Examples from the NY Times:
the day that Elizabeth II became Britain's longest reigning monarch
the day that Congress was to meet
the day that Mr. Ruto addressed a crowd of supporters
the day that Hong Kong was returned to China
the day that the ad appears
the day that his club closed

Examples from The Atlantic:
the day that my entire right arm went numb
the day that Americans decide they need to lose a few pounds
the day that Esparza-Casarez's husband died
the day that France takes possession of New Orleans

Examples from The Economist:
the day that everyone is connected to 5G
the day that Congress would be counting
the day that the Senate rejected four gun-control measures
the day that Jamaica announced its plans
the day that the Senate approved the gun-control reform package
the day that America remembers its fallen soldiers,
the day that he would leave

From Harvard University:
the day that the IOP was launched
the day that Abel Rodriguez won his first asylum case
the day that libraries and universities will save money
the day that new students enrolled at the school

I agree that this idiom is problematic.
I would be highly skeptical of an answer choice that includes it.
That said, many respected publications seem to consider it acceptable.
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Dear experts,

I don't understand what is difference between (D) and (E).
Meaning between (D) and (E) may be a little bit different but I don't know why meaning of (E) is wrong.
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Hello Tanchat,

We hope this finds you well.

To answer your query, Option E alters the meaning of the sentence through the phrase "the last day they are scheduled to collect"; the construction of this phrase incorrectly implies that most severance packages require workers to stay until the last day that they are scheduled for the specific purpose of collecting their severance package; the intended meaning is that most severance packages require workers to stay until the last day they are scheduled to work in order to collect their severance package; Option D correctly conveys this meaning through the phrase "their last scheduled day in order to collect".

We hope this helps.
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