Question 70

The organizers of the fund-raiser expected that at least 500 people would attend, that the keynote speaker would be well received, and that they would raise twice the amount of money as they did last year.

This revision correctly maintains parallel structure in the sentence by using "that" consistently for all three expectations of the organizers.

A) The organizers of the fund-raiser expected that at least 500 people would attend, that the keynote speaker would be well received, and that they would raise twice the amount of money as they did last year.

This option is correct as it uses parallel structure throughout the list of expectations. Each clause begins with "that," ensuring clarity and grammatical consistency in expressing the organizers' expectations.

B) The organizers of the fund-raiser expected that at least 500 people would attend, that the keynote speaker would be well received, and raising twice the amount of money as they did last year.

This option is incorrect because it breaks the parallel structure by using "raising" instead of "that they would raise." This inconsistency makes the sentence less clear and grammatically incorrect.

C) The organizers of the fund-raiser expected that at least 500 people would attend, that the keynote speaker would be well received, and, consequently, to raise twice the amount of money as they did last year.

This option is incorrect because it introduces "consequently" and changes the structure of the last clause to "to raise." This disrupts the parallelism established in the previous clauses, leading to a lack of clarity.

D) The organizers of the fund-raiser expected that at least 500 people would attend; that the keynote speaker would be well received; and to raise twice the amount of money as they did last year.

This option is incorrect due to the use of semicolons and the phrase "to raise," which again disrupts the parallel structure required for clarity. The expectations should be presented in a consistent grammatical format.

Conclusion

Option A is definitively correct as it maintains parallel structure throughout the sentence, clearly expressing the organizers' expectations. All other options fail to provide the necessary grammatical consistency, which is essential for clarity in complex sentences.