Sentence Correction

Added to the increase in hourly wages requested last July, the railroad employees are now seeking an expanded program of retirement benefits.

A.
B. Added to increase in hourly wages which had been requested last July, the employees of the railroad are now seeking an expanded program of retirement benefits.

C. The railroad employees are now seeking an expanded program of retirement benefits added to the increase in hourly wages that were requested last July.

D. In addition to the increase in hourly wages that were requested last July, the railroad employees retirement benefits.

E. In addition to the increase in hourly wages requested last July, the employees of the railroad are now seeking an expanded program of retirement benefits.

OA is E. I chose C and cannot find anything wrong with it.

Got confused between C and E and picked the wrong one

Now if I see clearly C is implying the wrong meaning.... It implies that employees are demanding retirement benefits to be added to increase in wages which is illogical. Obviously they want increase in wage and in addition to that they want retirement benefits.

Hope this helps...

Yup, I get it now. Thanks buddy.

C is wrong because it should be "the increase in hourly wages that WAS requested". The subject is "increase" - singular, not "wages" - plural.

Why option D is wrong? Is "that were requested" is wordy against "requested"? I havent got on what basis we can eliminate option D. Please clarify... Thanks in Advance

limestone wrote:Added to the increase in hourly wages requested last July, the railroad employees are now seeking an expanded program of retirement benefits.

A.
B. Added to increase in hourly wages which had been requested last July, the employees of the railroad are now seeking an expanded program of retirement benefits.

C. The railroad employees are now seeking an expanded program of retirement benefits added to the increase in hourly wages that were requested last July.

D. In addition to the increase in hourly wages that were requested last July, the railroad employees retirement benefits.

E. In addition to the increase in hourly wages requested last July, the employees of the railroad are now seeking an expanded program of retirement benefits.

OA is E. I chose C and cannot find anything wrong with it.

C - suggests WAGES WERE REQUESTED LAST YEAR, but the increase is to say INCREASE IN WAGE WAS REQUESTED; 2nd prob - BENEFITS were NOT added to INCREASE IN WAGE rather the opposite

D - fragment (there is no main clause)

E - by bringing the prep ph (IN ADDITION...JULY) the sequence of event is clear; IMO

a. The sentence is in present continuous tense. So, 'Added to' doesn't go well with the sentence.
b. Same error as 'a'.
c. 'Added to' should be changed with 'in addition to' and 'were' should be changed with 'was' as 'increase' here is used as singular.
d. 'was' should be used instead of 'were' as explained in option 'c'.
e. Grammatically correct.
Hence, e is the answer.