In the merger with Mobil Corporation in 1999

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In the merger with Mobil Corporation in 1999, Exxon added $120B of revenue, which doubled its revenue, and acquired 100K employees that made it  the largest private corporation on the planet.

A. In the merger with Mobil Corporation in 1999, Exxon added $120B of revenue, which doubled its revenue, and acquired 100K employees that made it
B. Merging with Mobil Corporation, Exxon, acquiring 100K employees in 1999 and adding $120B of revenue, doubled its revenue and made itself into
C. Exxon, in its merger with Mobil Corporation in 1999, acquired 100K employees, adding $120B of revenue, and doubled its revenue, making it
D. Acquiring 100K employees and adding $120B of revenue, Exxon doubled its revenue in 1999 and merged with Mobil Corporation in 1999, making itself
E. In its merger with Mobil Corporation in 1999, Exxon added $120B of revenue, doubling its Revenue, and acquired 100K employees, making itself

Jk8269 · Answer

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elegantm · Answer

In the merger with Mobil Corporation in 1999, Exxon added $120B of revenue, which doubled its revenue, and acquired 100K employees that made it  the largest private corporation on the planet.

A. In the merger with Mobil Corporation in 1999, Exxon added $120B of revenue,  which  doubled  its  revenue, and acquired 100K employees that made  it  -  Antecedent of IT is not clear; moreover usage of WHICH is not apt 
B. Merging with Mobil Corporation, Exxon, acquiring 100K employees in 1999 and adding $120B of revenue, doubled  its  revenue and made itself  into  -  Antecedent of ITS is not clear; moreover usage of INTO is not required at all  
C. Exxon, in its merger with Mobil Corporation in 1999, acquired 100K employees,  adding $120B of revenue , and doubled its revenue, making it --   Changes the original intention  
D.  Acquiring 100K employees and adding $120B of revenue , Exxon doubled its revenue in 1999 and merged with Mobil Corporation in 1999, making itself -   Grammatically correct but changes the original intention  
E. In its merger with Mobil Corporation in 1999, Exxon added $120B of revenue, doubling its revenue and acquired 100K employees, making itself  - Best out of the options given, Correct

sobby · Answer

Its between A and E ...
Is a comma is missing in E .Please check 
 In its merger with Mobil Corporation in 1999, Exxon added $120B of revenue, doubling its revenue  , and acquired 100K employees, making itself

arvind910619 · Answer

IMO A 
Out of A and E 
Option E does not maintain parallelism

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ayushi15 · Answer

- CORRECT

The sentence originally means that in the merger-
 Exxon added $120B- this doubled the revenue
and
 Exxon acquired 100k employees- this made it the largest private corp.

The only sentence that correctly conveys the meaning is E;  doubling its revenue  modifies the action of Exxon adding 120B and  making itself the largest corp  modifies acquired 100k employees.

mailabhishekmathur · Answer

In E, shouldn't there be a comma at the end of revenue to make the sentence correct. This leads to the belief that 'doubling its revenue and acquired' should be in parallel whereas added and acquired are in parallel.

Please help

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sayantanc2k · Answer

Yes, you are right. Since the modifier "doubling its revenue" is a non-essential modifier, it must be separated by commas.

leanhdung · Answer

In the merger with Mobil Corporation in 1999, Exxon added $120B of revenue, which doubled its revenue, and acquired 100K employees that made it  the largest private corporation on the planet.

A. In the merger with Mobil Corporation in 1999, Exxon added $120B of revenue , which doubled  its revenue , and acquired  100K  employees that made  it

B. Merging with Mobil Corporation, Exxon, acquiring 100K employees in 1999 and adding $120B of revenue, doubled its revenue and made itself into
--> not intended meaning.

C. Exxon, in its merger with Mobil Corporation in 1999,  acquired  100K employees,  adding  $120B of revenue,  and doubled  its revenue, making it

D. Acquiring 100K employees and adding $120B of revenue, Exxon doubled its revenue in 1999 and merged with Mobil Corporation in 1999, making itself
--> not intended meaning.

E. In its merger with Mobil Corporation in 1999, Exxon added $120B of revenue, doubling its Revenue, and acquired 100K employees, making itself
--> correct.

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