The State Labour Department has approved an increase in the wages of l : Sentence Correction (SC)

The State Labour Department has approved an increase in the wages of labourers from other states, a reduction in their tax obligations, and brought joy to the thousands of immigrant labourers living in the city.


(A) an increase in the wages of labourers from other states, a reduction in their tax obligations, and brought

(B) a wage increase for labourers from other states, reducing their tax obligations, and brought

(C) an increase in the wages of labourers from other states and a reduction in their tax obligations, bringing

(D) that the wages of labourers from other states be increased and that their tax obligations be reduced, and brought

(E) an increase in both the wages of labourers from other states along with a reduction in their tax obligations, bringing

The State Labour Department has approved an increase in the wages of labourers from other states, a reduction in their tax obligations, and brought joy to the thousands of immigrant labourers living in the city.


(A) an increase in the wages of labourers from other states, a reduction in their tax obligations, and brought incorrect parallelism, not the intended meaning

(B) a wage increase for labourers from other states, reducing their tax obligations, and brought incorrect verb tenses , wrong construction

(C) an increase in the wages of labourers from other states and a reduction in their tax obligations, bringing Correct parallelism and cause and effect relationship

(D) that the wages of labourers from other states be increased and that their tax obligations be reduced, and brought incorrect use of that , use of subjunctive , incorrect verb tenses

(E) an increase in both the wages of labourers from other states along with a reduction in their tax obligations, bringing incorrect use of both.. and

C is the correct answer

(A) an increase in the wages of labourers from other states, a reduction in their tax obligations, and brought meaning error. Brought joy is incorrectly made parallel. It is a result of action and hence modifier should be used.

(B) a wage increase for labourers from other states, reducing their tax obligations, and brought similar to A

(C) an increase in the wages of labourers from other states and a reduction in their tax obligations, bringing Correct choice

(D) that the wages of labourers from other states be increased and that their tax obligations be reduced, and brought same parallelism error as A

(E) an increase in both the wages of labourers from other states along with a reduction in their tax obligations, bringing incorrect use of Both word here...it should be used with "And" and not with "Along with"