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Re: SC: cost-cutting !!GMATPREP!! [#permalink]
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There is a rule in modification that if a modifier is inessential, then it has to be set off with a comma, in which case the clause should complete the intended meaning in full without considering the modifier. In D and E, the prepositional modifiers are separated by a comma, but the intended meaning of the passage can not be completed without considering the modifiers. Therefore, the use of comma before the preposition ‘with’ is grammatically incorrect. Hence D and E can be dropped.
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Re: The results of the company's cost-cutting measures are [#permalink]
31 Mar 2012, 14:05
After reviewing this topic and also other topics about the same question, I didn't find an answer to my question:
Why is it OK to use present participant ("falling")?
I have expected it to be "had fallen", since it happened 2 years ago and after it the profits got better ("increased), or in other words:
1st action (Past Perfect) ---> 2nd action (Past Simple) ---> PRESENT.
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Re: The results of the company's cost-cutting measures are [#permalink]
31 Mar 2012, 15:31
priyankur_saha@ml.com wrote: The results of the company's cost-cutting measures are evident in its profits, which increased five percent during the first three months of this year after it fell over the last two years.
a. which increased five percent during the first three months of this year after it fell
b. which had increased five percent during the first three months of this year after it had fallen
c. which have increased five percent during the first three months of this year after falling
d. with a five percent increase during the first three months of this year after falling
e. with a five percent increase during the first three months of this year after having fallen Correct answer is C. "which have increased five percent during the first three months of this year after falling" Correctly explains the situation in the question stem. Also in parallel with the question stem question.
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Re: The results of the company's cost-cutting measures are [#permalink]
01 Apr 2012, 09:42
Sarang wrote: priyankur_saha@ml.com wrote: The results of the company's cost-cutting measures are evident in its profits, which increased five percent during the first three months of this year after it fell over the last two years.
a. which increased five percent during the first three months of this year after it fell
b. which had increased five percent during the first three months of this year after it had fallen
c. which have increased five percent during the first three months of this year after falling
d. with a five percent increase during the first three months of this year after falling
e. with a five percent increase during the first three months of this year after having fallen Correct answer is C. "which have increased five percent during the first three months of this year after falling" Correctly explains the situation in the question stem. Also in parallel with the question stem question. Were you trying to answer my question or did you just see the question and answered the original post  I was asking only about the verb "falling" and its tense...
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Re: The results of the company's cost-cutting measures are [#permalink]
08 Apr 2012, 04:05
Jump up... After reviewing this topic and also other topics about the same question, I didn't find an answer to my question: Why is it OK to use present participant ("falling")? I have expected it to be "had fallen", since it happened 2 years ago and after it the profits got better ("increased), or in other words: 1st action (Past Perfect) ---> 2nd action (Past Simple) ---> PRESENT. Thank you. EDIT:  people just answer the original SC question, without even looking at the latest posts and what was asked in them!
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Re: The results of the company's cost-cutting measures are [#permalink]
08 Apr 2012, 05:29
+1 C profits is plural hence "Have increased" is correct hence C
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Re: The results of the company's cost-cutting measures are [#permalink]
20 Oct 2012, 22:37
FuzzyBuzzard wrote: Jump up... After reviewing this topic and also other topics about the same question, I didn't find an answer to my question: Why is it OK to use present participant ("falling")? I have expected it to be "had fallen", since it happened 2 years ago and after it the profits got better ("increased), or in other words: 1st action (Past Perfect) ---> 2nd action (Past Simple) ---> PRESENT. Thank you. EDIT: people just answer the original SC question, without even looking at the latest posts and what was asked in them! Must say, you raised an interesting question. My take: Since its quite evident that one event precedes another, since the relative clause uses " over the last two years", I think it was redundant to use "had fallen". ex- Sam had done his homework before going for date last night. The above sentence is rather incorrect because the sequence of event is quite clear by the use of before. The correct sentence could have been: Sam had done his homework, when he went for the date. OR Sam had done his homework before he went for the date. Hope its clear.
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Re: The results of the company's cost-cutting measures are [#permalink]
21 Oct 2012, 22:48
C is the right answer because the pronoun, "which", sounds more correct than the usage of "with". Also the sequence of events is pretty clear- just rearrange to make sense - which after falling over the last 2 years have increased five percent during the first three months of this year.
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Re: SC: cost-cutting !!GMATPREP!! [#permalink]
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VeritasPrepBrian wrote: Hey noboru,
I'll take the bait! My rationale for C over D has a few points:
1) "Which" in C is a clear modifier - it directly says that the profits have increased after the profits fell, so it has a very clear meaning whereas, at first glance to me, "with" seemed a little less direct. Honestly, upon first glance that was enough for me - C was clearer, and therefore better, than D.
2) Upon further review, I'll even say this - what is the subject of the verb "falling" in D? We haven't set up "profits" as a subject (as we did with "which" as a reflexive pronoun in C), so D has an unclear meaning - what fell?
3) "with" in D should have a meaning as something that joins two things, so it seems like it would link "are evident in its profits...with an increase", making "profits" and "an increase" as two separate and equivalent items...and that's an illogical meaning because the "increase" doesn't have a clear number or value in that case. You can't simply have "an increase" - that increase has to be attached to a number, a figure, etc. So the word "with" in D introduces a lack of clarity throughout the underlined portion - the increase is vague and the verb "falling" has no subject. D is incorrect on several counts. Hi Brian, Thanks for the clarification.. Could you please let us know the right usage of 'with' ? 'with' appears in a lot of incorrect answers to the OG SC Questions. Would really like to know when can usage of 'with' be right? Regards, Sachin
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Re: The results of the company's cost-cutting measures are [#permalink]
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The og says there is a idiom error , I cant find it. Any help on this missing idiom?
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