As its sales of computer products have surpassed those of measuring in

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As its sales of computer products have surpassed those of measuring instruments, the company has become increasingly willing to compete for the mass market sales they would in the past have conceded to rivals.

(A) they would in the past have conceded to rivals
(B) they would have conceded previously to their rivals
(C) that in the past would have been conceded previously to rivals
(D) it previously would have conceded to rivals in the past
(E) it would in the past have conceded to rivals

pqhai · Accepted Answer

Hi skamal7
Your question is really good!

The rule is:   
You  CAN OMIT  the relative pronouns such as that, which, who,...... if they modify an  OBJECT  of the sentence.
You  CANNOT OMIT  the relative pronouns if they modify  SUBJECT  of the sentence.

Examples:  
(1) I forgot a book  that  I borrowed at the library last week. ==> "a book" is the object of the sentence  a book  at the library last week], you can omit the relative pronoun "that 
Right: I forgot a book I borrowed at the library last week

(2) The professor  who  taught me math in high school is really smart ==> "the professor" is the  subject  of the sentence ==> you cannot omit "who"
Wrong: The professor taught me math in high school is really smart.

Hope it helps.

ChrisLele · Answer

As its sales of computer products have surpassed those of measuring instruments, the company has become increasingly willing to compete for the mass market sales they would in the past have conceded to rivals.

(A) they would in the past have conceded to rivals
(B) they would have conceded previously to their rivals
(C) that in the past would have been conceded previously to rivals
(D) it previously would have conceded to rivals in the past
(E) it would in the past have conceded to rivals

This may be a stupid question as I am asking a very basic grammar rule but I need to understand this so please help me.
Source OG 12

As its sales of computer products have surpassed those of measuring instruments, the company has become increasingly willing to compete for the mass market sales it would in the past have conceded to rivals.

I was able to choose the correct answer but I have a different question here.

Subordinate Clause: As its sales of computer products have surpassed those of measuring instruments
Main Clause: the company has become increasingly willing to compete for the mass market sales

Extra clause/Dependent: it would in the past have conceded to rivals.

My question is how the main clause and extra/dependent clause are joined without any subordinate conjunction such as that etc.

.

gamjatang · Answer

A) "they" is wrong

B) "they" is wrong

C) "in the past" and "previously" are redundant

D) "in the past" and "previously" are redundant 

E) GOOD

geometric · Answer

3/2 split right in the beginning.

- "As its" declares that the company is singular. :. Kill A & B.
- Eliminate C for redundancy with "in the past" and "previously"
- D or E?
- Eliminate D for same reason.
- E is Last Man Standing.

Answer is E.

As per your question, the beauty of the process of elimination is it doesn't matter. Every answer is wrong somehow. Furthermore, you are in fact misreading that. That part at the end isn't an independent clause so much as a modifier.

Helpful?

skamal7 · Answer

As its sales of computer products have surpassed those of measuring instruments, the company has become increasingly willing to compete for the mass market sales they would in the past have conceded to rivals.

(A) they would in the past have conceded to rivals
(B) they would have conceded previously to their rivals
(C) that in the past would have been conceded previously to rivals
(D) it previously would have conceded to rivals in the past
(E) it would in the past have conceded to rivals

This may be a stupid question as I am asking a very basic grammar rule but I need to understand this so please help me.
Source OG 12

As its sales of computer products have surpassed those of measuring instruments, the company has become increasingly willing to compete for the mass market sales they would in the past have conceded to rivals.

I was able to choose the correct answer but I have a different question here.

Subordinate Clause: As its sales of computer products have surpassed those of measuring instruments
Main Clause: the company has become increasingly willing to compete for the mass market sales

Extra clause/Dependent: it would in the past have conceded to rivals.

My question is how the main clause and extra/dependent clause are joined without any subordinate conjunction such as that etc.

skamal7 · Answer

hi PQHAI,
 I completely agree with your view point.However when a sentence has more than one subject then the sentence is called a run-on sentence.
The company has become -one subject and verb followed by it would another subject verb. So this should be a run-on sentence right..Please clarify

pqhai · Answer

Hi skamal7

The definition of run-on sentence is: A run-on is a sentence in which    two or more independent    clauses (i.e., complete sentences) are joined  without appropriate punctuation or conjunction .

This is a correct sentence: 
the company has become increasingly willing to compete for the mass market sales  it would in the past have conceded to rivals .

The second part "it would in the past have conceded to rivals" is independent sentence? The sentence has subject and main verb. However, it will make no sense unless it comes with the previous clause.

Key point is: " independent sentence ".

Hope it clarifies.

greatps24 · Answer

As its sales of computer products have surpassed those of measuring instruments, the company has become increasingly willing to compete for the mass market sales they would in the past have conceded to rivals.

(A)  they  would in the past have conceded to rivals.  Needs Singular pronoun for Company 
(B)  they  would have conceded previously to their rivals.  Needs Singular pronoun for Company 
(C) that  in the past  would have been conceded  previously  to rivals
(D) it  previously  would have conceded to rivals  in the past 
(E) it would in the past have conceded to rivals

That is why. It is always said that in SC don't find right ans but eliminate the wrong choices

HKD1710 · Answer

B  they  would have conceded previously to their rivals

C that in the past would have  been  conceded previously to rivals

D it previously would have conceded to  rivals in the past

E  it would in the past have conceded to rivals

abrakadabra21 · Answer

As its sales of computer products have surpassed those of measuring instruments, the company has become increasingly willing to compete for the mass market sales they would in the past have conceded to rivals.

B  they  would have conceded previously to their rivals

C that  in the past  would have been conceded  previously  to rivals

D it  previously  would have conceded to rivals  in the past

E it would in the past have conceded to rivals

alwaysnewbie · Answer

A)  they  would in the past have conceded to rivals
 Subject-Verb number agreement error. companies -> it 
B)  they  would have conceded previously to  their  rivals 
 Subject-Verb number agreement error. companies -> it, their -> its 
C) that  in the past  would have been conceded  previously  to rivals 
 redundancy 
D) it  previously  would have conceded to rivals  in the past  
 redundancy 
E) it would in the past have conceded to rivals
 Correct. 
Since the underlined portion is a clause, better if it is connected to the preceding clause with a proper connector such as "which". 
But the correct answer is the one that remains after eliminating answer choices that are bad in comparison.

Edit:
Related link to the same question
 https://gmatclub.com/forum/as-its-sales-of-computer-products-have-surpassed-those-of-134317.html

Thanks

RR88 · Answer

Option E

A) & B) the company . . . they : Wrong pronoun

C) market sales that. . . : Changes the intended meaning

D) it previously. . . past : No need to repeat past after mentioning previously, makes it unnecessarily wordy

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LHC8717 · Answer

Hi, I am confused about the construction of the phrase, I was looking for a that to connect the two clauses and found it only in D which is wordy.

the company has become increasingly willing to compete for the mass market sales  they would in the past have conceded

Is it not two independent clauses?

AjiteshArun · Answer

Here you're looking at a relative (dependent) clause in which the that has been "understood" away. The company has become increasingly willing to compete for the mass market sales it would in the past have conceded to rivals. is a shorter way of saying The company has become increasingly willing to compete for the mass market sales that it would in the past have conceded to rivals . Is the LHC in your name for the Large Hadron Collider by any chance?

abhishekdadarwal2009 · Answer

As its sales of computer products have surpassed those of measuring instruments, the company has become increasingly willing to compete for the mass market sales they would in the past have conceded
to rivals.
(A)  they  would in the past have conceded to rivals
(B)  they  would have conceded previously to  their  rivals 
(C) that in the past would have been conceded  previously  to rivals 
(D)  it   previously  would have conceded to rivals in the past 
(E)  it would in the past have conceded to rivals

Company is collective noun and singular.also previously and in the past means the same and redundent.

arvind910619 · Answer

Greetings everyone 
I have a question regarding option C.
If we remove previously from C would it be correct then, ignoring passive construction.
Please help.

egmat · Answer

Hello arvind910619 , I would be glad to help you with your query. :-)

Use of previously most certainly creates redundancy error in Choice C. So removing this word from Choice C will surly take care of this error. The passive construction in Choice C fails to convey that it is the company that would have conceded the mass market sales to rivals in the past. Since this information is exclusively present in the original choice, removal of this information in Choice C leads to distortion in the intended meaning. Hence, use of passive voice actually makes Choice C incorrect. Hope this helps. :-)

Thanks. Shraddha

sriramsundaram91 · Answer

just solved it in 2.5 minutes, I hate myself.

DharLog · Answer

1. The company ---> it has to be "it", not "they" ---> A, B are out.
2. "Previously" and "in the past" are redundant ---> C, D are out.

E

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