Several employees of Company X believe that the reason that sales are

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Several employees of Company X believe that the reason  that sales are alarmingly declining is that the design department knows little about marketing and strategy .

A. that sales are alarmingly declining is that the design department knows little about marketing and strategy

B. that sales are alarmingly declining is because the design department knows little about marketing and strategy

C. for the alarming decline in sales is that the design department knows little about marketing and strategy

D. that sales are alarmingly declining is that the design department knows little about marketing as well as strategy

E. that sales are declining alarmingly is that the design departments knows little about strategy and marketing

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makwanamansi4 · Answer

Can someone explain y b is incorrect?

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yogesh122 · Answer

Because using reason and because together is redundant.

sood1596 · Answer

What is the reason for using "As well as" here? Doesn't it make the sentence more wordy?

HaonanLiang · Answer

I chose C, and I wonder why it is wrong?

HaonanLiang · Answer

i stand with you and I don't think the OA is D.. Wishing someone to answer this question..

jasleen89 · Answer

I chose C- why is that not the right answer? D on the other hand seems vv wordy to me.

GobaChatro · Answer

The same thing popped into my head

sood1596 · Answer

Bunuel 
Could you please explain?

riddleme · Answer

OA is C in this question thread: https://gmatclub.com/forum/several-empl ... 2#p2843062 Wonder which OA is correct Posted from my mobile device

divyadna · Answer

Usage of 'reason' in the non-underlined portion of the construction makes 'because' redundant.

Bunuel · Answer

OFFICIAL EXPLANATION

Several employees of Company X believe that the reason  that sales are alarmingly declining is that the design department knows little about marketing and strategy .

A. that sales are alarmingly declining is that the design department knows little about marketing and strategy

Incorrect.

While this answer choice is grammatically correct, it is stylistically flawed.

The phrase  sales are alarmingly declining  is wordy and awkward. Look for an answer choice that is stylistically superior.

B. that sales are alarmingly declining is because the design department knows little about marketing and strategy

This answer choice repeats the original stylistic mistake and adds another stylistic flaw. Using both  The reason  and  is because  in the same sentence is redundant.

What help us identify this mistake is the following Stop Sign: The reason + because

C. for the alarming decline in sales is that the design department knows little about marketing and strategy

This answer choice corrects the original stylistic flaw. Replacing the wordy and awkward verbal phrase  sales are alarmingly declining  with the simpler noun phrase  alarming decline in sales  improves the sentence's style and effectiveness of expression.

D. that sales are alarmingly declining is that the design department knows little about marketing as well as strategy

While this answer choice is grammatically correct, it is stylistically flawed. Replacing the single word  and  with the three-word phrase  as well  as creates redundancy.

What helps us identify this mistake is the following Stop Sign: as well as

E. that sales are declining alarmingly is that the design departments knows little about strategy and marketing

Incorrect.

This answer choice is grammatically incorrect.

The corrected sentence changes the singular department to the plural form departments.

The lesson to be learned here is the importance of paying close attention to details in the answer choices.

Do not assume that the only thing that changes in the answer choices is the part which was flawed in the original sentence. Different answer choices can make changes in various parts of the sentence.

The change in the corrected sentence creates two problems.

The first is grammatical - a Subject Verb Disagreement: the plural subject  departments  does not agree with the singular verb  knows .

The second problem is a change in meaning. In the original sentence, there is one design department whereas in this answer choice there are at least two.

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