Jamboree Question of the Day - Day 5, Nov 12th 2010

Question (Sentence Correction):

Many policy experts say that shifting a portion of health-benefit costs back to the workers helps to control the employer’s costs, but also helps to limit medical spending by making patients more careful consumers.

(A) helps to control the employer’s costs, but also helps

(B) helps the control of the employer’s costs, and also

(C) not only helps to control the employer’s costs, but also helps

(D) helps to control not only the employer’s costs, but

(E) not only helps to control the employer’s costs, and also helps

Solution (Posted on 13th):
A) helps to control....., but also helps - a but also is not needed at all in the absence of a not only.
B) and also - redundant
C) CORRECT
D) not only employer's cost, but to limit - not parallel. - employer's cost - noun; to limit - verb
E) Same as B