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09 Sep 2018, 23:51
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The pharmaceutical company hired a consultant to supervise a division studying lower salaries as to their effects on employees’ morale.
(A) studying lower salaries as to their effects on employees’ morale
(B) studying the effects of lower salaries on employees’ morale
(C) for studying what are the effects in employees’ morale that lower salaries would cause
(D) studying the effects of employees’ morale on lower salaries
(E) studying what the effects lower salaries would have on employees’ morale
(A) studying lower salaries as to their effects on employees’ morale
(B) studying the effects of lower salaries on employees’ morale
(C) for studying what are the effects in employees’ morale that lower salaries would cause
(D) studying the effects of employees’ morale on lower salaries
(E) studying what the effects lower salaries would have on employees’ morale
10 Sep 2018, 00:55
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+1 for B.
(A) studying lower salaries as to their effects on employees’ morale --> wordy and awkward
(B) studying the effects of lower salaries on employees’ morale --> Correct idiom "Effect of X on Y"
(C) for studying what are the effects in employees’ morale that lower salaries would cause --> wordy and awkward
(D) studying the effects of employees’ morale on lower salaries --> Opposite
(E) studying what the effects lower salaries would have on employees’ morale --> wordy and awkward
Hence, B.
(A) studying lower salaries as to their effects on employees’ morale --> wordy and awkward
(B) studying the effects of lower salaries on employees’ morale --> Correct idiom "Effect of X on Y"
(C) for studying what are the effects in employees’ morale that lower salaries would cause --> wordy and awkward
(D) studying the effects of employees’ morale on lower salaries --> Opposite
(E) studying what the effects lower salaries would have on employees’ morale --> wordy and awkward
Hence, B.
11 Sep 2018, 03:44
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Bunuel
MANHATTAN REVIEW OFFICIAL EXPLANATION:
C is wordy and uses the incorrect expression ‘effects in’. It should be ‘effects on’. D changes the meaning. B is shorter and clearer than A and E. B is correct.
