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02 Oct 2022, 00:56
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This is a common error that GMAC employs in many problems. The best way to describe the issue is to say that the construction in (A) is less direct than that used in answer (D).
If we were to move around the structures in the versions to focus on the specific phrase, we would essentially have:
(A) The declining sales for the company’s microprocessor chip was one of the many challenges facing the company.
(D) The decline in sales of the company’s microprocessor chip was one of the many challenges facing the company.
Immediately, you can notice the Preposition usage: when talking about a product’s revenues, the Idiom is “sales OF the microprocessor chip.”
Aside from the Idiomatic issue, version A presents a statement that could be seen as a bit illogical.
Sales (sales that are described as “declining”) is one of the challenges facing the company.
“Sales”, whether “declining sales” or “poor sales”, doesn’t seem to be the company’s actual challenge.
More to the point and stated in a direct manner, it is the DECLINE (Noun) in these sales that is the challenge facing the company. This is the construction that answer D employs.
Very subtle issue.
For another question testing this issue, see “A study of food resources in the North Pacific between 1989 and 1996 revealed…”
Look to “dwindling food supplies” vs the construction used in the OA (B) “because food supplies were dwindling”
And
“Resulting from increasing sea surface temperatures” vs “as a result of an INCREASE in sea surface temperatures”
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If we were to move around the structures in the versions to focus on the specific phrase, we would essentially have:
(A) The declining sales for the company’s microprocessor chip was one of the many challenges facing the company.
(D) The decline in sales of the company’s microprocessor chip was one of the many challenges facing the company.
Immediately, you can notice the Preposition usage: when talking about a product’s revenues, the Idiom is “sales OF the microprocessor chip.”
Aside from the Idiomatic issue, version A presents a statement that could be seen as a bit illogical.
Sales (sales that are described as “declining”) is one of the challenges facing the company.
“Sales”, whether “declining sales” or “poor sales”, doesn’t seem to be the company’s actual challenge.
More to the point and stated in a direct manner, it is the DECLINE (Noun) in these sales that is the challenge facing the company. This is the construction that answer D employs.
Very subtle issue.
For another question testing this issue, see “A study of food resources in the North Pacific between 1989 and 1996 revealed…”
Look to “dwindling food supplies” vs the construction used in the OA (B) “because food supplies were dwindling”
And
“Resulting from increasing sea surface temperatures” vs “as a result of an INCREASE in sea surface temperatures”
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06 Oct 2022, 07:40
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please review my understanding below:
(C) included among these the threat from a rival???s multibillion-dollar patent-infringement suit as well as a decline in sales for
is there a strict rule that 'these' should be followed by a noun?
is the usage of 'as well as' correct here. what is the underline difference b/w 'as well as' and 'AND'
(C) included among these the threat from a rival???s multibillion-dollar patent-infringement suit as well as a decline in sales for
is there a strict rule that 'these' should be followed by a noun?
is the usage of 'as well as' correct here. what is the underline difference b/w 'as well as' and 'AND'
07 Oct 2022, 05:54
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Anshul1223333
Hello Anshul1223333,
We hope this finds you well.
To answer your queries, no; "these" could also be followed by the verb "were", and yes; the use of "as well as" is acceptable in this context.
We hope this helps.
All the best!
Experts' Global Team
