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As the information technology field matures, programmers specializing [#permalink] New post   Updated on: 06 Mar 2019, 01:28
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As the information technology field matures, programmers specializing in particular niches like those of web design and application development have been becoming increasingly marketable to firms that currently outsource projects to boutique contractors.


(A) specializing in particular niches like those of web design and application development have been becoming increasingly

(B) who specialize in such particular niches as web design and application development are becoming more and more

(C) who specialized in particular niches such as those of web design and application development are being increasingly

(D) who specialize in particular niches like those of web design and application development have been becoming more and more

(E) having specialized in such particular niches as web design and application development are being increasingly


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Re: As the information technology field matures, programmers specializing [#permalink] New post   21 Jul 2015, 23:23
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I am rejecting A and D for using - like - to describe example of niches; C and E are gone for using inappropriate past and present perfect respectively to describe a current trend. In addition E uses the unwarranted-those of-.

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Re: As the information technology field matures, programmers specializing [#permalink] New post   09 Nov 2015, 03:30
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As the information technology field matures, programmers specializing in particular niches like those of web design and application development have been becoming increasingly marketable to firms that currently outsource projects to boutique contractors.

Whole sentence needs to be in simple present tense. No other tenses are preferred.

(A) specializing in particular niches like those of web design and application development have been becoming increasingly-Incorrect for having used present perfect tense

(B) who specialize in such particular niches as web design and application development are becoming more and more

(C) who specialized in particular niches such as those of web design and application development are being increasingly-Incorrect for having used past tense and improper usage of being and increasingly

(D) who specialize in particular niches like those ofweb design and application development have been becoming more and more-Incorrect for having used present perfect tense and like for indicating examples instead of such as

(E) having specialized in such particular niches as web design and application development are being increasingly-Incorrect for having used present perfect tense and being error as in C.
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Re: As the information technology field matures, programmers specializing [#permalink] New post   22 Jul 2016, 02:11
Can anyone please explain this question @e-gmat?
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Re: As the information technology field matures, programmers specializing [#permalink] New post   23 Jul 2016, 05:45
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jjindal wrote:
Can anyone please explain this question @e-gmat?


A, C, D: The pronoun "those" does not have an antecedent: "web design" and "application development" ARE the niches -hence it is not clear what "those refers to.

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The usage "having specialized" is awkward: Within the present participle modifier "having specialized", the use of present perfect (having) is unnecessary.
The usage "are being" is awkward: For a change in state "becoming" is better than " being".

Option B eliminates the above errors and hence is the best answer.
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Re: As the information technology field matures, programmers specializing [#permalink] New post   26 Mar 2021, 04:03
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As the information technology field matures, programmers specializing in particular niches like those of web design and application development have been becoming increasingly marketable to firms that currently outsource projects to boutique contractors.


(A) specializing in particular niches like those of web design and application development have been becoming increasingly – wrong use of ‘like’ to describe and compare nouns

(B) who specialize in such particular niches as web design and application development are becoming more and more – correct use of ‘as’ to compare nouns

(C) who specialized in particular niches such as those of web design and application development are being increasingly – ‘being’ is always wrong on GMAT

(D) who specialize in particular niches like those of web design and application development have been becoming more and more – same as A

(E) having specialized in such particular niches as web design and application development are being increasingly – same as C
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