Increasingly partisan political coverage may be leading pollsters to a

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Increasingly partisan political coverage may be leading pollsters to alter their polling methods to support an intended  result; which may, as an example, be the phrasing of  questions in order to elicit desired responses.

A) result; which may, for example, be the phrasing of
 
B) result, such as to be phrasing
 
C) result, like to phrase
 
D) result, as an example, to phrase
 
E) result; pollsters may, for example, phrase

generis · Answer

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gloomybison · Answer

A) result; which may, for example, be the phrasing of
use of semicolon here is wrong. semicolon are either use to make a list or split to Independent clauses, however in this case which may...is a dependent clause

B) result, such as to be phrasing
"such as phrasing" would be more appropriate, "to be" is unnecessary and kinda warps the meaning

C) result, like to phrase
We are trying to introduce an example and "like" is not the ideal candidate for doing so

D) result, as an example, to phrase
Illogical meaning; this option implies that altering polling methods to support an intended result is done in order to phrase questions in order to elicit desired responses.

E) result; pollsters may, for example, phrase
 Correct 
We have IC at both part of the phrase split by a semicolon

zhanbo · Answer

My answer is  (E) . It took me 01:13.

(A) semicolon before "which" must be changed to comma because "which ..." introduces a relative / dependent clause. Semicolon is used to connect two independent clauses. 
Moreover, even if the punctuation issue were fixed, this version would still be incorrect because "which" does not have a meaningful antecedent.

(BCD) all try to provide an example to demonstrate what pollsters can be to alter their polling methods to support their partisan agenda. The independent clause "Increasingly partisan political coverage may be leading pollsters to alter their polling methods to support an intended result", however, does not suggest that an example or two is forthcoming. It is much better to make the intension (of providing an example) clear by saying "pollsters may, for example, phrase", as does (E). 
In addition, 
(B) "such as" is more commonly followed by a gerund instead of an infinitive. In addition, an infinitive already conveys that the action is to take place in the future, so "be phrasing” is unnecessary. "To phrase" is sufficient. 
(C) "like" cannot be used to provide examples. 
(D) "as an example" may modify "to phrase questions" or modify "Increasingly partisan political coverage may be leading pollsters...". Also, if we cross out "as an example", the sentence nonsensically says that "pollsters alter their methods to phrase questions". The logic is reversed: They phrase questions to alter their polling results instead.

(E) A clear sentence comprising two ICs connected by semicolon.

Vatsal7794 · Answer

Increasingly partisan political coverage may be leading pollsters to alter their polling methods to support an intended result; which may, as an example, be the phrasing of questions in order to elicit desired responses.

A) result; which may, for example, be the phrasing of
Which introduces dependent clause, That's why it can't be separated by comma

B) result, such as to be phrasing
We have used such as to introduce example, so such as must be followed my noun..not by infinitive

C) result, like to phrase
Same as B
D) result, as an example, to phrase
Same as B

E) result; pollsters may, for example, phrase 
Perfect

My answer is E

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TarunKumar1234 · Answer

Increasingly partisan political coverage may be leading pollsters to alter their polling methods to support an intended result; which may, as an example, be the phrasing of questions in order to elicit desired responses.

A) result; which may, for example, be the phrasing of
Which introduces dependent clause, That's why it can't be separated by comma

B) result, such as to be phrasing
We have used such as to introduce example, so such as must be followed my noun..not by infinitive

C) result, like to phrase
Same as B
D) result, as an example, to phrase
Same as B

E) result; pollsters may, for example, phrase
Perfect

My answer is E

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