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The auto company attributed its recent increase in profits [#permalink] New post 28 Jul 2012, 03:03
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The auto company attributed its recent increase in profits...

why option b is wrong here.??
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Re: the auto company [#permalink] New post 28 Jul 2012, 05:26
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why option b is wrong here.??


I am no native, but hardly I have seen usage of "expensive in manufacturing".
Generally it is idiomatic to use "expensive to manufacture"
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Re: the auto company [#permalink] New post 28 Jul 2012, 07:32
As Ahmed mentioned here, it sounds idiomatic if you say expensive to manufacture rather than expensive in....... .
But quite still, I am unable to understand the meaning of the given answer. How can the recent increase in profits, which is quite clearly singular, be stated as both? (read question)
So if I go with the meaning, then I will choose option c.
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Re: the auto company [#permalink] New post 28 Jul 2012, 07:37
option c is wrong here because its not parallel. introducing is not parallel to success.
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Re: the auto company [#permalink] New post 28 Jul 2012, 08:06
I got it.
But can you help me in explaining the meaning of the correct answer.
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Re: the auto company [#permalink] New post 28 Jul 2012, 08:26
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I got it.
But can you help me in explaining the meaning of the correct answer.


The company attributed <effect> both to <cause 1> and to <cause 2>.

effect : increase in profits
cause 1: introduction of new models...
cause 2: success in..

effect and cause are independent phrases here and they are not guided by count of each other.
the effect can have 1,2.. n number of causes.
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Re: the auto company [#permalink] New post 28 Jul 2012, 10:24
This is somewhat a specious GMATPREP question because of some lingering doubts. Of course ‘to manufacture’ is the right idiom and therefore no other choice but D will fit in.

That apart, the doubt is what the correlative conjunction both modifies. If it modifies the two causes then it should just prior to those two causes and be called ‘to both’ rather than ‘both to ‘. On the contrary, if both modifies profits, it should be ‘both to’ rather than ‘to both’. There seems to be no such possibility

Since there seem to be two causes, only ‘to both’ should be declared appropriate in this case. However, as per this tenet, D and E are out.

If we can ignore ‘both to and to both’ muddle, then D is the choice. Should we deem not so, then there is no correct choice that satisfies both idom and appropriate word order
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