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Outlining his strategy for nursing the troubled conglomerate back to health, the chief executive's plans were announced on Wednesday for cutting the company's huge debt by selling nearly $12 billion in assets over the next 18 months.
executive's plans were announced on Wednesday for cutting the company's huge debt by selling nearly $12 billion in assets over the next 18 months
executive's plans, which are to cut the company's huge debt by selling nearly $12 billion in assets over the next 18 months, were announced on Wednesday
executive's plans for cutting the company's huge debt by selling nearly $12 billion in assets over the next 18 months were announced on Wednesday
executive announced plans Wednesday to cut the company's huge debt by selling nearly $12 billion in assets over the next 18 months
executive announced plans Wednesday that are to cut the company's huge debt by selling nearly $12 billion in assets over the next 18 months
题目分析：
句首出现的现在分词短语一定是伴随状语，该分词的主语同其修饰的句子的主语相同。
选项分析：
A选项：本选项中outline的主语是计划（plans），但是，在逻辑上，能概括策略的肯定是“人”，而不是“计划”，所以outline的逻辑主语应该为executive而不是executive’s plans；
另外，for cutting the company’s huge debt不能用于修饰plan。这点考查了“不定式和ing的区别”。用之于本选项，计划的内容，肯定是在主句发生后，会被影响进而开始发生的事件，所以必须用不定式短语。
B选项：outline的主语错误同(A)。
C选项：outline的主语错误同(A)。
D选项：Correct. 本选项在语法和逻辑上均是正确的。
E选项：本选项中that are to cut the company’s huge debt是plans的限定性定语，其中的that are是不能添加的。to cut已经可以修饰plans了，表示plans的内容，不必要再行添加that are。
我选了E。
看过解答之后有一个疑问。我当时选E是因为觉得plans 和 to do这个结构里面插了一个wednseday，所以我觉得D里面的to do 不是plan to do 结构里的，也可以是announce这个动词的目的状语，这样逻辑就不通顺了，但是E用了从句，不存在这个问题，虽然表达更复杂了。可以解答一下我这个疑问吗？
首先，Wednesday是一个状语，放在任何一个位置，都不影响其他结构。譬如，选项D中，Wednesday放在这里，不会影响plan to do这个结构。
其次，关于这个歧义的问题。切记切记，GMAT考试要求的是，按照选项最合理的意思来读。既然to do最合理的成分是做plan的定语，那么它就是plan的定语，不会是目的状语。
最后，选项E的主要问题是，are to cut变成了一个be to do的结构，意思变成了这个计划未来要减少xxx，和announced的时态不符。
如何判断D项的to do是作定语，还是做目的状语呢？
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