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In the most bizarre court case this month, the judge ruled that two ping-pong ball
manufacturers owed restitution to four national ping-pong teams for the illegal
weighting of
the ping-pong balls in an effort to fix the tournament.

(A) that two ping-pong ball manufacturers owed restitution to four national ping-pong teams for the illegal weighting of
(B) that two ping-pong ball manufacturers owed restitution to four national ping-pong teams because of their illegal weighting of
(C) that two ping-pong ball manufacturers owe restitution to four national ping- pong teams for their illegal weighting of
(D) on two ping-pong ball manufacturers that owed restitution to four national ping-pong teams because they illegally weighted
(E) on the restitution that two ping-pong ball manufacturers owed to four national ping-pong teams for the illegal weighting of


You had not to choose C, because as daagh has already said it is not clear in this case to whom "their" refers to - to manufactures or to teams.
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In the most bizarre court case this month, the judge ruled that two ping-pong ball manufacturers owed restitution to four national ping-pong teams for the illegal weighting of the ping-pong balls in an effort to fix the tournament.


(A) that two ping-pong ball manufacturers owed restitution to four national ping-pong teams for the illegal weighting of

(B) that two ping-pong ball manufacturers owed restitution to four national ping-pong teams because of their illegal weighting of

(C) that two ping-pong ball manufacturers owe restitution to four national ping- pong teams for their illegal weighting of

(D) on two ping-pong ball manufacturers that owed restitution to four national ping-pong teams because they illegally weighted

(E) on the restitution that two ping-pong ball manufacturers owed to four national ping-pong teams for the illegal weighting of

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Here the first thing you have to ask yourself is: what did the judge rule? Did he rule on two ping-pong ball manufacturers or on restitution? No, the judge ruled that they owed something. That means that A, B and C are the only possible answer choices. You have to also maintain an agreement in tenses. The judge ruled that somebody owed something, not owes. That eliminates choice C. One difference between choices A and B is the use of different idioms. The manufacturers owed restitution for something, not because of something. This is the correct idiomatic expression. The use of ‘their’ is B is also ambiguous. Choice A is the correct answer.
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i dont think that "their" in option B is ambiguous. Their must be referred to manufacturers because if "their" referred to teams, whole sentence makes non sense. The manufacturers owed restitution to the teams because of the fault of the teams? It sounds funny to me. Anyone has the same thought ?
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