Why the ans is C?
Delighted by the reported earnings for the first quarter of the fiscal year, it was decided by the company manager to give her staff a raise.
(A) it was decided by the company manager to give her staff a raise
(B) the decision of the company manager was to give her staff a raise
(C) the company manager decided to give her staff a raise
(D) the staff was given a raise by the company manager
(E) a raise was given to the staff by the company manager
Hi Manoj,
“Delighted by the reported earnings for the first quarter of the fiscal year” is a modifier and the rule for such a modifier before a clause is that whatever noun the modifier modifies has to immediately follow the modifier.
In this case, who was delighted by the reported earnings for the first quarter of the fiscal year? The manager. Hence, the manager has to immediately follow the modifier. Hence option C is the correct answer
