[讨论]大全上的151题，答案选 A，但C似乎也可以。题中并没有明确的信息表明这150million是用于cover wage increase的而不是incr

Tonytan2006

    

1.     
At the beginning of the year,
the city allocated $150 million to cover the increase in wages that it
expected to approve as a result of negotiations with the municipal labor
unions.

    

(A) increase in
wages that it expected to approve as a result of negotiations

    

(B) increased
wages it expected to approve from negotiations

    

(C) increasing
wages expected to be approved as a result of negotiating

    

(D) negotiated
increases in wages it expected to approve（A）

    

(E) increases
expected to be approved in wages from negotiating

rsxt3193

In my opinion, the major problem with (C) is the use of "negotiating" instead of "negotiation". When both -ing form and a noun (from the same verb) can be used (for correct grammar), we prefer to use noun.