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The list of countries that qualifies for an investment-grade (i.e., AAA, AA, or A) rating by the credit agency has been reduced to eliminate several countries seriously affected by the recent economic downturn.
(A) that qualifies for an investment-grade (i.e., AAA, AA, or A) rating by the credit agency has been reduced to eliminate
(B) that qualifies for the investment-grade (i.e., AAA, AA, or A) ratings by the credit agency has been reduced and eliminates
(C) that qualifies by an investment-grade (i.e., AAA, AA, or A) rating for the credit agency has been reduced to eliminate
(D) that qualify for an investment-grade (i.e., AAA, AA, or A) rating by the credit agency has been reduced to eliminate
(E) that qualify for earning the investment-grade (i.e., AAA, AA, or A) ratings by the credit agency has been reduced and eliminates
(A) that qualifies for an investment-grade (i.e., AAA, AA, or A) rating by the credit agency has been reduced to eliminate
(B) that qualifies for the investment-grade (i.e., AAA, AA, or A) ratings by the credit agency has been reduced and eliminates
(C) that qualifies by an investment-grade (i.e., AAA, AA, or A) rating for the credit agency has been reduced to eliminate
(D) that qualify for an investment-grade (i.e., AAA, AA, or A) rating by the credit agency has been reduced to eliminate
(E) that qualify for earning the investment-grade (i.e., AAA, AA, or A) ratings by the credit agency has been reduced and eliminates
15 Apr 2021, 02:45
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OFFICIAL EXPLANATION
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Phrases like "the list of countries" should sound an alarm. "Countries" is plural, but "list" is singular, so you have to determine which one "qualifies" corresponds to. As it turns out, the list is of countries "that qualify" for the rating - the list itself doesn't qualify for a rating. That leaves only choices (D) and (E).
The first difference between the remaining choices is "qualify for an investment-grade rating" and "qualify for earning the investment-grade rating". "Qualify for earning" is redundant; there's no notion of "earning" in the original sentence, so there's no distinction between qualifying for the rating and earning the rating. Further, "for earning" is not idiomatic, and because the phrase is redundant, there isn't even really a way to fix it by changing a word or two. That leaves choice (D).
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13 Apr 2021, 23:55
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The list of countries that qualifies for an investment-grade (i.e., AAA, AA, or A) rating by the credit agency has been reduced to eliminate several countries seriously affected by the recent economic downturn.
(A) that qualifies for an investment-grade (i.e., AAA, AA, or A) rating by the credit agency has been reduced to eliminate Incorrect
(B) that qualifies for the investment-grade (i.e., AAA, AA, or A) ratings by the credit agency has been reduced and eliminates Incorrect
(C) that qualifies by an investment-grade (i.e., AAA, AA, or A) rating for the credit agency has been reduced to eliminate Incorrect
(D) that qualify for an investment-grade (i.e., AAA, AA, or A) rating by the credit agency has been reduced to eliminate Correct
(E) that qualify for earning the investment-grade (i.e., AAA, AA, or A) ratings by the credit agency has been reduced and eliminates Incorrect
POE -
that modifies countries, which is plural; whereas qualifies singular
eliminate A, B & C
E - earning the investment-grade (i.e., AAA, AA, or A) ratings changes meaning,
parallelism error - ...............reduced and eliminates
so Answer D
(A) that qualifies for an investment-grade (i.e., AAA, AA, or A) rating by the credit agency has been reduced to eliminate Incorrect
(B) that qualifies for the investment-grade (i.e., AAA, AA, or A) ratings by the credit agency has been reduced and eliminates Incorrect
(C) that qualifies by an investment-grade (i.e., AAA, AA, or A) rating for the credit agency has been reduced to eliminate Incorrect
(D) that qualify for an investment-grade (i.e., AAA, AA, or A) rating by the credit agency has been reduced to eliminate Correct
(E) that qualify for earning the investment-grade (i.e., AAA, AA, or A) ratings by the credit agency has been reduced and eliminates Incorrect
POE -
that modifies countries, which is plural; whereas qualifies singular
eliminate A, B & C
E - earning the investment-grade (i.e., AAA, AA, or A) ratings changes meaning,
parallelism error - ...............reduced and eliminates
so Answer D
