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Rearrange the given phrases to form a meaningful sentence:

A. by the staff members that the salaries

B. the earnest appeal

C. was rejected by the authorities

D. be subjected to an upward revision

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Solution

✅ Correct Option: 2

The subject is 'the earnest appeal' (B), qualified by 'by the staff members that the salaries' (A), continued by the subjunctive 'be subjected to an upward revision' (D), and finished with the main verb phrase 'was rejected by the authorities' (C). Full sentence: The earnest appeal by the staff members that the salaries be subjected to an upward revision was rejected by the authorities.

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