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15 Dec 2015, 21:59
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Insufficient funds and staffing make poorly run government institutions even less effective, further reducing confidence in them and thereby prompting more budget cuts.
A Insufficient funds and staffing make poorly run government institutions even less effective, further reducing confidence in them and thereby prompting more budget cuts.
B Poorly run government institutions are made even less effective, further reducing confidence in them and thereby prompting more budget cuts, because of insufficient funds and staffing.
C Insufficient funds and staffing make poorly run government institutions even less effective, confidence in them is reduced, more budget cuts are prompted.
D Funds and staffing that are insufficient make institutions in the government that are run poorly even less effective, further reducing confidence in the institutions and thereby prompting more budget cuts.
E Insufficient funds and staffing make poorly run government institutions even less effective, further reducing confidence in them, which prompt more budget cuts.
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A Insufficient funds and staffing make poorly run government institutions even less effective, further reducing confidence in them and thereby prompting more budget cuts.
B Poorly run government institutions are made even less effective, further reducing confidence in them and thereby prompting more budget cuts, because of insufficient funds and staffing.
C Insufficient funds and staffing make poorly run government institutions even less effective, confidence in them is reduced, more budget cuts are prompted.
D Funds and staffing that are insufficient make institutions in the government that are run poorly even less effective, further reducing confidence in the institutions and thereby prompting more budget cuts.
E Insufficient funds and staffing make poorly run government institutions even less effective, further reducing confidence in them, which prompt more budget cuts.
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15 Dec 2015, 22:33
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A Insufficient funds and staffing make poorly run government institutions even less effective, further reducing confidence in them and thereby prompting more budget cuts. --- The best
B Poorly run government institutions are made even less effective, further reducing confidence in them and thereby prompting more budget cuts, because of insufficient funds and staffing. –---The modifier is far away from its modified noun ‘poorly run government institutions’; a wrong word order of modification.
C Insufficient funds and staffing make poorly run government institutions even less effective, confidence in them is reduced, more budget cuts are prompted. – Poor parallelism
D Funds and staffing that are insufficient make institutions in the government that are run poorly even less effective, further reducing confidence in the institutions and thereby prompting more budget cuts.--- circuitous and verbose
E Insufficient funds and staffing make poorly run government institutions even less effective, further reducing confidence in them, which prompt more budget cuts. – No precise reference for the ‘which’; if it is confidence, then there is an SV error. If ‘which’ refers to the funds and staffing, it is structurally wrong since a relative pronoun cannot modify a noun jumping over verb ‘make’
B Poorly run government institutions are made even less effective, further reducing confidence in them and thereby prompting more budget cuts, because of insufficient funds and staffing. –---The modifier is far away from its modified noun ‘poorly run government institutions’; a wrong word order of modification.
C Insufficient funds and staffing make poorly run government institutions even less effective, confidence in them is reduced, more budget cuts are prompted. – Poor parallelism
D Funds and staffing that are insufficient make institutions in the government that are run poorly even less effective, further reducing confidence in the institutions and thereby prompting more budget cuts.--- circuitous and verbose
E Insufficient funds and staffing make poorly run government institutions even less effective, further reducing confidence in them, which prompt more budget cuts. – No precise reference for the ‘which’; if it is confidence, then there is an SV error. If ‘which’ refers to the funds and staffing, it is structurally wrong since a relative pronoun cannot modify a noun jumping over verb ‘make’
16 Dec 2015, 12:26
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First reaction is that A sounds good. Notice the difference between A and B. A uses the active voice "make", and B the passive "are made". Another sign that B is wrong. C is also missing an "and" before "more budget cuts". I agree that D is verbose compared to A. Compare "insufficient funds and staffing" with "fund and staffing that are insufficient". I also agree that the incorrect placement of "which" makes E wrong. It is worth paying particular attention to all relatives pronouns in SC answer choices. It's a fast way to eliminate wrong options.
