Multiple choice

At the beginning of the year, the company allocated Rs. 100 million to cover the increase in salaries that it expected to approve as a result of negotiations with the various employee unions.

  1. increase in salaries that it expected to approve as a result of negotiations

  2. increased salaries it expected to approve from negotiations

  3. increasing salaries expected to be approved as a result of negotiating

  4. negotiated increases in salaries it expected to approve

  5. increases expected to be approved in salaries from negotiating
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Explanation

‘Increased salaries’ is incorrect because the increase is yet to take place. Also the correct usage is ‘increase in’. ‘Increases’ used in options (4) and (5) is also incorrect as the sentence refers to a single increase. Hence (1).

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