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Speaking to the media at his annual news conference before Game 1 of the National Basketball Association Finals, Adam Silver, the league's commissioner, rejected the idea of expanding the regular-season schedule beyond the six months of games that have been planned for the 2017-18 season and that the league could reduce the number of games teams play on consecutive nights.
A. Adam Silver, the league's commissioner, rejected the idea of expanding the regular-season schedule beyond the six months of games that have been planned for the 2017-18 season and that the league could reduce the number of games teams play on consecutive nights.
B. the idea of expanding the regular-season schedule beyond the six months of games that have been planned for the 2017-18 season was rejected by league commissioner Adam Silver, but he said the league could reduce the amount of games teams play on consecutive nights.
C. league commissioner Adam Silver rejected the idea of expanding the regular-season schedule beyond the six months of games that have been planned for the 2017-18 season but said the league could reduce the amount of games teams play on consecutive nights.
D. the expansion of the regular-season schedule beyond the six months of games planned for the 2017-18 season was rejected by league commissioner Adam Silver, but he said the league could reduce the games played by teams on consecutive nights.
E. league commissioner Adam Silver rejected the idea of expanding the regular-season schedule beyond the six months of games that have been planned for the 2017-18 season but said the league could reduce the number of games teams play on consecutive nights.
A. Adam Silver, the league's commissioner, rejected the idea of expanding the regular-season schedule beyond the six months of games that have been planned for the 2017-18 season and that the league could reduce the number of games teams play on consecutive nights.
B. the idea of expanding the regular-season schedule beyond the six months of games that have been planned for the 2017-18 season was rejected by league commissioner Adam Silver, but he said the league could reduce the amount of games teams play on consecutive nights.
C. league commissioner Adam Silver rejected the idea of expanding the regular-season schedule beyond the six months of games that have been planned for the 2017-18 season but said the league could reduce the amount of games teams play on consecutive nights.
D. the expansion of the regular-season schedule beyond the six months of games planned for the 2017-18 season was rejected by league commissioner Adam Silver, but he said the league could reduce the games played by teams on consecutive nights.
E. league commissioner Adam Silver rejected the idea of expanding the regular-season schedule beyond the six months of games that have been planned for the 2017-18 season but said the league could reduce the number of games teams play on consecutive nights.
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Speaking to the media at his annual news conference before Game 1 of the National Basketball Association Finals, Adam Silver, the league's commissioner, rejected the idea of expanding the regular-season schedule beyond the six months of games that have been planned for the 2017-18 season and that the league could reduce the number of games teams play on consecutive nights.
A. Adam Silver, the league's commissioner, rejected the idea of expanding the regular-season schedule beyond the six months of games that have been planned for the 2017-18 season and that the league could reduce the number of games teams play on consecutive nights.
B. the idea of expanding the regular-season schedule beyond the six months of games that have been planned for the 2017-18 season was rejected by league commissioner Adam Silver, but he said the league could reduce the amount of games teams play on consecutive nights.
C. league commissioner Adam Silver rejected the idea of expanding the regular-season schedule beyond the six months of games that have been planned for the 2017-18 season but said the league could reduce the amount of games teams play on consecutive nights.
D. the expansion of the regular-season schedule beyond the six months of games planned for the 2017-18 season was rejected by league commissioner Adam Silver, but he said the league could reduce the games played by teams on consecutive nights.
E. league commissioner Adam Silver rejected the idea of expanding the regular-season schedule beyond the six months of games that have been planned for the 2017-18 season but said the league could reduce the number of games teams play on consecutive nights.
The first thing that jumps out at me here is the "-ing" modifier at the beginning of the sentence. The underlined portion has to begin with somebody who can actually speak, like Adam Silver...
This looks fine in terms of the "-ing" modifier. "Number of games" is fine, too. It's just that the parallelism is weird: "... the six months of games that have been planned... and that the league could reduce the number of games." Huh? Sure, I suppose the two "thats" are sort of parallel structurally, but they also make absolutely no sense as two parts of a list. Eliminate (A).
This one is a pretty easy elimination: "speaking" can't modify "the idea." Also, "amount" can only be used to modify non-countable nouns. Eliminate (B).
"Amount" is the only real problem here. Eliminate (C).
This is a similar error as in (B): "speaking" can't modify "the expansion", because expansions can't speak. Also a little bit weird to say "reduce the games played" -- I think we're trying to reduce the number of games, not the actual games themselves.
This one looks fine, I guess. There's no problem with the "-ing" modifier anymore, and "number of games" is correct. (E) is the answer.
Answer: E
Speaking to the media at his annual news conference before Game 1 of the National Basketball Association Finals, Adam Silver, the league's commissioner, rejected the idea of expanding the regular-season schedule beyond the six months of games that have been planned for the 2017-18 season and that the league could reduce the number of games teams play on consecutive nights.
A. Adam Silver, the league's commissioner, rejected the idea of expanding the regular-season schedule beyond the six months of games that have been planned for the 2017-18 season and that the league could reduce the number of games teams play on consecutive nights.
B. the idea of expanding the regular-season schedule beyond the six months of games that have been planned for the 2017-18 season was rejected by league commissioner Adam Silver, but he said the league could reduce the amount of games teams play on consecutive nights.
C. league commissioner Adam Silver rejected the idea of expanding the regular-season schedule beyond the six months of games that have been planned for the 2017-18 season but said the league could reduce the amount of games teams play on consecutive nights.
D. the expansion of the regular-season schedule beyond the six months of games planned for the 2017-18 season was rejected by league commissioner Adam Silver, but he said the league could reduce the games played by teams on consecutive nights.
E. league commissioner Adam Silver rejected the idea of expanding the regular-season schedule beyond the six months of games that have been planned for the 2017-18 season but said the league could reduce the number of games teams play on consecutive nights.
The first thing that jumps out at me here is the "-ing" modifier at the beginning of the sentence. The underlined portion has to begin with somebody who can actually speak, like Adam Silver...
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(A) Adam Silver, the league's commissioner, rejected the idea of expanding the regular-season schedule beyond the six months of games that have been planned for the 2017-18 season and that the league could reduce the number of games teams play on consecutive nights.
This looks fine in terms of the "-ing" modifier. "Number of games" is fine, too. It's just that the parallelism is weird: "... the six months of games that have been planned... and that the league could reduce the number of games." Huh? Sure, I suppose the two "thats" are sort of parallel structurally, but they also make absolutely no sense as two parts of a list. Eliminate (A).
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(B) the idea of expanding the regular-season schedule beyond the six months of games that have been planned for the 2017-18 season was rejected by league commissioner Adam Silver, but he said the league could reduce the amount of games teams play on consecutive nights.
This one is a pretty easy elimination: "speaking" can't modify "the idea." Also, "amount" can only be used to modify non-countable nouns. Eliminate (B).
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(C) league commissioner Adam Silver rejected the idea of expanding the regular-season schedule beyond the six months of games that have been planned for the 2017-18 season but said the league could reduce the amount of games teams play on consecutive nights.
"Amount" is the only real problem here. Eliminate (C).
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(D) the expansion of the regular-season schedule beyond the six months of games planned for the 2017-18 season was rejected by league commissioner Adam Silver, but he said the league could reduce the games played by teams on consecutive nights.
This is a similar error as in (B): "speaking" can't modify "the expansion", because expansions can't speak. Also a little bit weird to say "reduce the games played" -- I think we're trying to reduce the number of games, not the actual games themselves.
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(E) league commissioner Adam Silver rejected the idea of expanding the regular-season schedule beyond the six months of games that have been planned for the 2017-18 season but said the league could reduce the number of games teams play on consecutive nights.
This one looks fine, I guess. There's no problem with the "-ing" modifier anymore, and "number of games" is correct. (E) is the answer.
Answer: E
