Alaska regularly deposits some of its profits from the sale

Question

Alaska regularly deposits some of its profits from
the sale of oil into a special  fund, with the intention
to sustain the state's economy after the exhaustion
of its oil reserves. 
(A) fund, with the intention to sustain the state's 
economy after the exhaustion of its oil 
reserves.
(B) fund, the intention of which is to sustain the
state's economy after they have exhausted
their oil reserves
(C) fund intended to sustain the state's economy
after oil reserves are exhausted
(D) fund intended to sustain the state's economy
after exhausting its oil reserves
(E) fund that they intend to sustain the state's econ-
omy after oil reserves are exhausted

monarc · Answer

C....debating be/n C and A..Tough one indeed...

kpadma · Answer

Could you reason why you choose C instead of other choices?

I think C is a run-on sentence. I've provided a simplified version of it.

Alaska  deposits  money  intended  to save its future.

aspire · Answer

B and E are out because we do not know what 'they' refers to.

Now the choice is between A, C and E.

I did not choose A since it seemed to me to be bit wordy and confusing.

Now the choice is between B and D.

The catch point here are the words 'intention to' and 'intend'. 

The real meaning of 'intend' is 'to mean or signify'.

So what is meant to sustain the future? Its the fund.

hence I went by C as it seems to be more direct and concise than D is. 

Moreover, your simplified sentence sounds better if you say

Alaska deposits money intended( meant ) to save its future.

What do you say? 

Guys,

Let me know if there are better explanations.

hallelujah1234 · Answer

D is incorrect, because the grammatical referent of temporal phrase is fund.

Of A and C, C is obviously better.

kpadma · Answer

I'm little lost here! In choice D, which is "termporal phrase" ?

vivek_dj · Answer

C does not make it ckear that oil reserves are Alaska's ..while D with its 'its' makes it clear that oil reserves are Alaska's.

Coming back from a layoff so my mind might be rusty...so im not sure abt this.

Vivek.

Paul · Answer

I strongly go for C on this one. The next closest choice is D but D, IMO has a flaw. It is not clear

"fund intended to sustain the state's economy 
after exhausting  its  oil reserves"
What does "its" refer to? It is not too clear. In this case, it could refer to the preceding noun --> "the economy of the state" Thus, if "its" refers to "state's economy", it makes the sentence ambiguous and definitely would not make sense

kpadma · Answer

The official answer is C

Thanks for the nice explanation!

Paul · Answer

Just to add that A and B's problem is that it is as if it is the "fund" that has some intention. Hence, they can be right away discarded. E's problem is that plural "they" is used erroneously to refer to Alaska

vivek_dj · Answer

Anand,

Layoff in the sense ...layoff from the verbal/math sections of this site.

And yeah my bad with the answer.

Vivek.

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