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A survey conducted on the marketing departments of some of Europe's top 500 companies reveals that companies with a brand-orientated approach achieved two times as much return on their equity as those that placed their focus elsewhere, with little relation to whether their marketing was creative.
A. reveals that companies with a brand-orientated approach achieved two times as much return on their equity as those that placed their focus elsewhere, with little relation to whether their marketing was creative
B. reveals that companies with a brand-orientated approach achieved twice as much return on their equity as those that placed their focus elsewhere, with little relation to whether or not their marketing was creative
C. reveals that companies with a brand-orientated approach achieved twice as much return on their equity as those that placed their focus elsewhere, with little relation to if their marketing was creative
D. revealed that companies with a brand-orientated approach achieved twice as much return on their equity, with little relation to whether their marketing was creative, as those that placed their focus elsewhere
E. revealed that companies with a brand-orientated approach achieved twice as much return on their equity as those that placed their focus elsewhere, with little relation to whether their marketing was creative or not
A. reveals that companies with a brand-orientated approach achieved two times as much return on their equity as those that placed their focus elsewhere, with little relation to whether their marketing was creative
B. reveals that companies with a brand-orientated approach achieved twice as much return on their equity as those that placed their focus elsewhere, with little relation to whether or not their marketing was creative
C. reveals that companies with a brand-orientated approach achieved twice as much return on their equity as those that placed their focus elsewhere, with little relation to if their marketing was creative
D. revealed that companies with a brand-orientated approach achieved twice as much return on their equity, with little relation to whether their marketing was creative, as those that placed their focus elsewhere
E. revealed that companies with a brand-orientated approach achieved twice as much return on their equity as those that placed their focus elsewhere, with little relation to whether their marketing was creative or not
27 Nov 2021, 08:06
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Between A and D, there is 2 notable difference:
A. reveals vs revealed
B. two times vs twice
Can someone confirm the basis of selecting between these splits?
A. reveals vs revealed
B. two times vs twice
Can someone confirm the basis of selecting between these splits?
27 Nov 2021, 08:44
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s1804singh
Hi s1804singh,
I'll be happy to respond. Since we are talking about a survey "conducted" in the past [also the past sequencing idea is reinforced by "achieved", and later, "placed" in all the options], "revealed" is the better tense to use. While it is true that the simple present can indicate general truths/facts, if such were the idea being implied here, we should have had "achieves...., places" in the non-underlined portion too.
Coming to the second issue, this one is a bit trickier, since both "two times" and "twice" pretty much mean the same thing; however, the use of "twice" in formal English, and, by extension, on GMAT questions is much more common - here is an ngram log highlighting the usage over time of the two phrases. As we can see, "twice" is used much more in official writing, with "two times" bordering on the incorrect. In almost all the official GMAT questions that I have come across testing this split, I don't recall any question where "two times" has been preferred to "twice". Also, do note that "twice" cannot be used with a comparative + than structure (as can "two times"), so if there is an "as +...as" structure, it's more likely that "twice" will be the way to go.
