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Analysts believe that the state-owned telephone company with huge fin [#permalink] New post   01 Jun 2021, 23:29
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Analysts believe that the state-owned telephone company, with huge financial liabilities, will manage to stay afloat in the future, and there are still those who feel that the company’s inability to generate healthy cash flows may limit its march towards any credible and quick revival.


A) and there are still those who feel that the company’s inability to generate healthy cash flows may limit its

B) though there are still those who feel that the company’s inability to generate healthy cash flows may limit its

C) but there are still those who feel that the company’s inability to generate healthy cash flows may limit their

D) despite those who feel that the company’s inability of generating healthy cash flows may limit its

E) since there are still those who feel that the company’s inability to generate healthy cash flows may limit its
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Analysts believe that the state-owned telephone company with huge fin [#permalink] New post   05 Jun 2021, 23:15
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THE PROMPT
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Analysts believe that the state-owned telephone company, with huge financial liabilities, will manage to stay afloat in the future, and there are still those who feel that the company’s inability to generate healthy cash flows may limit its march towards any credible and quick revival.

• meaning?
The sentence sets up a contrast between what analysts believe and what some others believe.
Analysts believe that the company will manage to stay afloat. Others believe that the company will fail. We need a contrast word.

• idiom
The correct idiomatic construction is inability to do something.

THE OPTIONS
Quote:
A) and there are still those who feel that the company’s inability to generate healthy cash flows may limit its

• meaning error
→ the word and does not convey contrast

ELIMINATE A

Quote:
B) though there are still those who feel that the company’s inability to generate healthy cash flows may limit its

• I do not see any errors
• meaning and contrast
→ The sentence uses though to bring out the contrast between the two groups' views.
• idiom
The use of inability to is correct.
KEEP

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C) but there are still those who feel that the company’s inability to generate healthy cash flows may limit their

• noun/pronoun error
→ The singular company requires the singular pronoun its.
ELIMINATE C

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D) despite those who feel that the company’s inability of generating healthy cash flows may limit its

• despite is a preposition and may not be followed by a full clause.
→ prepositions are followed by nouns and noun phrases, not by clauses (a clause contains a subject and a verb)
→ oddly enough, if you add "the fact that," then you can use a clause after despite as long as context allows. (Not the case here. You'd need to add "despite the fact that there are those who . . .")
Correct: Despite the fact that the campers covered the garbage cans tightly, the bears pried open the cans and had a feast.
For more on despite/in spite and despite the fact that, see this post, here.

• idiom error
→ inability of generating is unidiomatic. The correct form is inability to generate.
ELIMINATE D

Quote:
E) since there are still those who feel that the company’s inability to generate healthy cash flows may limit its

• meaning error
→ the word since does not convey contrast.
In this instance, since means because. Replace since with because.
→ Wrong: The analysts thought the company would survive [because] there are still those who feel that the company will fail. :x
Causality is not contrast.
ELIMINATE E

The correct answer is B.

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Re: Analysts believe that the state-owned telephone company with huge fin [#permalink] New post   01 Jun 2021, 23:50
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Analysts believe that the state-owned telephone company, with huge financial liabilities, will manage to stay afloat in the future, and there are still those who feel that the company’s inability to generate healthy cash flows may limit its march towards any credible and quick revival.


A) and there are still those who feel that the company’s inability to generate healthy cash flows may limit its Incorrect

and is not contain the intended meaning of sentence

B) though there are still those who feel that the company’s inability to generate healthy cash flows may limit its Correct

C) but there are still those who feel that the company’s inability to generate healthy cash flows may limit their Incorrect

the state-owned telephone company singular, so their uses wrong

D) despite those who feel that the company’s inability of generating healthy cash flows may limit its Incorrect

inability of generating should be inability to generate

E) since there are still those who feel that the company’s inability to generate healthy cash flows may limit its Incorrect

since is mismatch with the intended meaning of sentence
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Re: Analysts believe that the state-owned telephone company with huge fin [#permalink] New post   01 Jun 2021, 23:56
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My answer is (B). It took me 01:51.

I feel that "with huge financial liabilities" should better be "despite huge financial liabilities".

(A) "manage to stay afloat" and "limit its march towards any credible revival" contrast with each other. "and" is not a strong conjunction to provide the relationship.

(B) "there are still those who" is rather wordy. "some still" may be better. Bur (B) ultimately wins as we eliminate other options.

(C) Pronoun "their" does not agree with "the company".

(D) " inability of " should be " inability to“

(E) "since" cannot convey the contrast between two clauses.
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Re: Analysts believe that the state-owned telephone company with huge fin [#permalink] New post   02 Jun 2021, 01:28
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A) and there are still those who feel that the company’s inability to generate healthy cash flows may limit its
Contrast is missing -Two parts are independent sentences not capturing the intent of the passage

B) though there are still those who feel that the company’s inability to generate healthy cash flows may limit its
Correct choice

C) but there are still those who feel that the company’s inability to generate healthy cash flows may limit their
Pronoun error -Their refers to company

D) despite those who feel that the company’s inability of generating healthy cash flows may limit its
"inability of "not correct

E) since there are still those who feel that the company’s inability to generate healthy cash flows may limit its
Contrast is missing: Meaning error
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Re: Analysts believe that the state-owned telephone company with huge fin [#permalink] New post   02 Jun 2021, 02:41
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Analysts believe that the state-owned telephone company, with huge financial liabilities, will manage to stay afloat in the future, and there are still those who feel that the company’s inability to generate healthy cash flows may limit its march towards any credible and quick revival.

Error: usage of and seems a bit odd. The sentence structure requires a contrast.

A) and there are still those who feel that the company’s inability to generate healthy cash flows may limit its

B) though there are still those who feel that the company’s inability to generate healthy cash flows may limit its

C) but there are still those who feel that the company’s inability to generate healthy cash flows may limit their---> Singular pronoun needed

D) despite those who feel that the company’s inability of generating healthy cash flows may limit its---> meaning chainged

E) since there are still those who feel that the company’s inability to generate healthy cash flows may limit its----> since makes it a cause and effect but the sentence requires a contrast
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Re: Analysts believe that the state-owned telephone company with huge fin [#permalink] New post   02 Jun 2021, 03:05
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Analysts believe that the state-owned telephone company, with huge financial liabilities, will manage to stay afloat in the future, and there are still those who feel that the company’s inability to generate healthy cash flows may limit its march towards any credible and quick revival.

Meaning:
Analysts believe that the company will manage to stay afloat
Some poeple feel that the company’s inability to generate healthy cash flows may limit its (company's) march

Two beliefs are contracting each other, so we need a conjuction, which present this contrast

A and D are out --> and and since do not convey correct meaning

A) and there are still those who feel that the company’s inability to generate healthy cash flows may limit its

B) though there are still those who feel that the company’s inability to generate healthy cash flows may limit its

C) but there are still those who feel that the company’s inability to generate healthy cash flows may limit their -->their can not refer to company

D) despite those who feel that the company’s inability of generating healthy cash flows may limit its --> "inability to generate" is better than "inability of generating"

E) since there are still those who feel that the company’s inability to generate healthy cash flows may limit its
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Re: Analysts believe that the state-owned telephone company with huge fin [#permalink] New post   02 Jun 2021, 05:55
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Analysts believe that
----------the state-owned telephone company
------------------, with huge financial liabilities,
----------will manage to stay afloat in the future,
and
there are still those who feel that
----------the company’s inability to generate healthy cash flows
----------may limit its march towards any credible and quick revival.

Error Analysis:
1. Meaning: Analysts believe that ........X and others feel that...........Y - not conveying the clear meaning. Although, grammatically sentence seems fine
2. Meaning Error


A) and there are still those who feel that the company’s inability to generate healthy cash flows may limit its
- Convoluted meaning

B) though there are still those who feel that the company’s inability to generate healthy cash flows may limit its
- "Though" coordinating conjunction properly connected with the IC and conveying the clear meaning

C) but there are still those who feel that the company’s inability to generate healthy cash flows may limit their (company)
- Pronoun antecedent error

D) despite those who feel that the company’s inability of generating healthy cash flows may limit its
- "despite" is preposition - structural error
- inability to - seems to be correct idiom

E) since there are still those who feel that the company’s inability to generate healthy cash flows may limit its
- Meaning error
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Re: Analysts believe that the state-owned telephone company with huge fin [#permalink] New post   02 Jun 2021, 19:37
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Analysts believe that the state-owned telephone company, with huge financial liabilities, will manage to stay afloat in the future, and there are still those who feel that the company’s inability to generate healthy cash flows may limit its march towards any credible and quick revival.


A) and there are still those who feel that the company’s inability to generate healthy cash flows may limit its -> and is incorrect conjunction, we have a contrast in play. Incorrect.

B) though there are still those who feel that the company’s inability to generate healthy cash flows may limit its -> It is better than A. Let's keep it.

C) but there are still those who feel that the company’s inability to generate healthy cash flows may limit their -> "their" is plural and doesn't refer to "company's". Incorrect.

D) despite those who feel that the company’s inability of generating healthy cash flows may limit its -> "inability of" is incorrect.

E) since there are still those who feel that the company’s inability to generate healthy cash flows may limit its -> Since is not fit for contrast meaning. Incorrect.

So, I think B. :)
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