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To counter the popularity of Massively Open Online Courses, the University of Armedageon has proposed slashing the tuition cost per credit by as much as 15 percent this year, which results in a loss of $5M for the university and represents the reversal of a trend of increasing tuition costs over the past decade.
A. To counter the popularity of Massively Open Online Courses, the University of Armedageon has proposed slashing the tuition cost per credit by as much as 15 percent this year, which results in a loss of $5M for the university and represents
B. To counter the popularity of Massively Open Online Courses, the University of Armedageon has proposed slashing the tuition cost per credit by as much as 15 percent this year, a reduction that results in a loss of $5M for the university and that represents
C. The University of Armedageon has proposed slashing the tuition cost per credit by as much as 15 percent this year, countering the popularity of Massively Open Online Courses, resulting in a loss of $5M for the university, and representing
D. Countering the popularity of Massively Open Online Courses, the University of Armedageon has proposed the slashing of the tuition cost per credit by as much as 15 percent this year, resulting in a loss of $5M for the university and representing
E. Resulting in a loss of $5M for the university, the University of Armedageon has proposed slashing the tuition cost per credit by as much as 15 percent this year to counter the popularity of Massively Open Online Courses, representing
A. To counter the popularity of Massively Open Online Courses, the University of Armedageon has proposed slashing the tuition cost per credit by as much as 15 percent this year, which results in a loss of $5M for the university and represents
B. To counter the popularity of Massively Open Online Courses, the University of Armedageon has proposed slashing the tuition cost per credit by as much as 15 percent this year, a reduction that results in a loss of $5M for the university and that represents
C. The University of Armedageon has proposed slashing the tuition cost per credit by as much as 15 percent this year, countering the popularity of Massively Open Online Courses, resulting in a loss of $5M for the university, and representing
D. Countering the popularity of Massively Open Online Courses, the University of Armedageon has proposed the slashing of the tuition cost per credit by as much as 15 percent this year, resulting in a loss of $5M for the university and representing
E. Resulting in a loss of $5M for the university, the University of Armedageon has proposed slashing the tuition cost per credit by as much as 15 percent this year to counter the popularity of Massively Open Online Courses, representing
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To counter the popularity of Massively Open Online Courses, the University of Armedageon has proposed slashing the tuition cost per credit by as much as 15 percent this year, which results in a loss of $5M for the university and represents the reversal of a trend of increasing tuition costs over the past decade.
A. To counter the popularity of Massively Open Online Courses, the University of Armedageon has proposed slashing the tuition cost per credit by as much as 15 percent this year, which results in a loss of $5M for the university and represents
B. To counter the popularity of Massively Open Online Courses, the University of Armedageon has proposed slashing the tuition cost per credit by as much as 15 percent this year, a reduction that results in a loss of $5M for the university and that represents
C. The University of Armedageon has proposed slashing the tuition cost per credit by as much as 15 percent this year, countering the popularity of Massively Open Online Courses, resulting in a loss of $5M for the university, and representing
D. Countering the popularity of Massively Open Online Courses, the University of Armedageon has proposed the slashing of the tuition cost per credit by as much as 15 percent this year, resulting in a loss of $5M for the university and representing
E. Resulting in a loss of $5M for the university, the University of Armedageon has proposed slashing the tuition cost per credit by as much as 15 percent this year to counter the popularity of Massively Open Online Courses, representing
A is incorrect for the use of which -> which can not modify the previous clause
C and D are incorrect because :-
There is an intention why university has proposed to slash the tution costs, therefore "to counter" should be used. "Countering", on the other hand, turns the sentence into cause and effect relationship which may not be true since university has proposed to slash tution fee to counter no that has proposed to slash tutuion fee which has countered the popularity.
E is incorrect since University does not result in a loss, its the action of slashing the tution fee.
B is correct since it uses noun (summative modifier - a reduction) + noun modifier to modify the previous clause. Additionally it has a proper parallelism maintained.
A. To counter the popularity of Massively Open Online Courses, the University of Armedageon has proposed slashing the tuition cost per credit by as much as 15 percent this year, which results in a loss of $5M for the university and represents
B. To counter the popularity of Massively Open Online Courses, the University of Armedageon has proposed slashing the tuition cost per credit by as much as 15 percent this year, a reduction that results in a loss of $5M for the university and that represents
C. The University of Armedageon has proposed slashing the tuition cost per credit by as much as 15 percent this year, countering the popularity of Massively Open Online Courses, resulting in a loss of $5M for the university, and representing
D. Countering the popularity of Massively Open Online Courses, the University of Armedageon has proposed the slashing of the tuition cost per credit by as much as 15 percent this year, resulting in a loss of $5M for the university and representing
E. Resulting in a loss of $5M for the university, the University of Armedageon has proposed slashing the tuition cost per credit by as much as 15 percent this year to counter the popularity of Massively Open Online Courses, representing
A is incorrect for the use of which -> which can not modify the previous clause
C and D are incorrect because :-
There is an intention why university has proposed to slash the tution costs, therefore "to counter" should be used. "Countering", on the other hand, turns the sentence into cause and effect relationship which may not be true since university has proposed to slash tution fee to counter no that has proposed to slash tutuion fee which has countered the popularity.
E is incorrect since University does not result in a loss, its the action of slashing the tution fee.
B is correct since it uses noun (summative modifier - a reduction) + noun modifier to modify the previous clause. Additionally it has a proper parallelism maintained.
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STEP 1 - UNDERSTANDING INTENDED MEANING
To counter the popularity of Massively Open Online Courses,
the University of Armedageon has proposed slashing the tuition cost per credit by as much as 15 percent this year,
which results in a loss of $5M for the university
and represents the reversal of a trend of increasing tuition costs over the past decade.
Errors:
1. “Which” is a relative pronoun and can refer only to a noun placed before it. Thus, “which” is referring to the “year” implying the year results is a loss. This is illogical
2. If we look closely, “which” is referring to result of the verb in the preceding clause “has proposed”. The result of the verb is reduced tuition cost. “Which” is referring to this reduction which leads to a loss of $5M for the university. Thus, the usage of “which” to refer to the noun phrase "slashing tuition fee" placed far away from the "which" is incorrect.
3. What “represents” the reversal of a trend……past decade”? The answer is the “reduction in tuition cost”. Since “and” connects the two verbs “results in” and “represents”, the meaning conveyed is that it is the “year” “which” “results in” and “represents”.
Correction: what we need is a restructuring of the sentence to convey the following INTENDED MEANING:
• In order to counter the popularity of Massively Open Online Courses, the University of Armedageon has proposed something.
• The University has proposed slashing the tuition cost per credit by as much as 15 percent this year.
• This reduction in tuition cost results in a loss of $5M for the university.
• The reduction tuition cost also represents the reversal of a trend of increasing tuition costs over the past decade.
1. The only choice to correctly bring out the intended meaning is choice B. It correctly states the “purpose and proposal relationship”. It also correctly states the cause-effect relationship between the “reduced tuition fees” and the resulting loss and representation of reversal.
2. Choice B uses a flexible modifier (noun+noun modifier) to modify the noun phrase “slashing tuition fees”
3. The typical format of a Flexible modifier is (Noun entity) followed by (Modifier modifying this entity) and such a modifier can modify any entity in the preceding clause.
To counter the popularity of Massively Open Online Courses,
the University of Armedageon has proposed slashing the tuition cost per credit by as much as 15 percent this year,
which results in a loss of $5M for the university
and represents the reversal of a trend of increasing tuition costs over the past decade.
Errors:
1. “Which” is a relative pronoun and can refer only to a noun placed before it. Thus, “which” is referring to the “year” implying the year results is a loss. This is illogical
2. If we look closely, “which” is referring to result of the verb in the preceding clause “has proposed”. The result of the verb is reduced tuition cost. “Which” is referring to this reduction which leads to a loss of $5M for the university. Thus, the usage of “which” to refer to the noun phrase "slashing tuition fee" placed far away from the "which" is incorrect.
3. What “represents” the reversal of a trend……past decade”? The answer is the “reduction in tuition cost”. Since “and” connects the two verbs “results in” and “represents”, the meaning conveyed is that it is the “year” “which” “results in” and “represents”.
Correction: what we need is a restructuring of the sentence to convey the following INTENDED MEANING:
• In order to counter the popularity of Massively Open Online Courses, the University of Armedageon has proposed something.
• The University has proposed slashing the tuition cost per credit by as much as 15 percent this year.
• This reduction in tuition cost results in a loss of $5M for the university.
• The reduction tuition cost also represents the reversal of a trend of increasing tuition costs over the past decade.
1. The only choice to correctly bring out the intended meaning is choice B. It correctly states the “purpose and proposal relationship”. It also correctly states the cause-effect relationship between the “reduced tuition fees” and the resulting loss and representation of reversal.
2. Choice B uses a flexible modifier (noun+noun modifier) to modify the noun phrase “slashing tuition fees”
3. The typical format of a Flexible modifier is (Noun entity) followed by (Modifier modifying this entity) and such a modifier can modify any entity in the preceding clause.
