By integrating its two pharmaceuticals divisions, the firm

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By integrating its two pharmaceuticals divisions, the firm will increase  their share of the nation’s $135 billion healthcare market from 5 percent to 9 percent, a market ranging  from over-the-counter drugs to hi-tech medical equipment.

A) their share of the nation’s $135 billion health care market from 5 percent to 9 percent , a market ranging
B) from 5 percent to 9 percent its share of $135 billion health care market in the nation , which ranges
C) to 9 percent from 5 percent in their share of the $135 billion health care market in the nation, a market ranging
D) in its share , from 5 percent to 9 percent, of the $135 billion health care market in the nation , which ranges
E) to 9 percent from 5 percent its share of the nation’s $135 billion health care market, which ranges

fameatop · Answer

By integrating its two pharmaceuticals divisions, the firm will increase  their share of the nation’s $135 billion healthcare market from 5 percent to 9 percent, a market ranging  from over-the-counter drugs to hi-tech medical equipment.
A)  Their  share of the nation’s $135 billion health care market from 5 percent to 9 percent , a market ranging 
 - Firm is Singular so use of THEIR is incorrect. ITS should be used. INCORRECT

B) from 5 percent to 9 percent its share of $135 billion health care market in the nation , which ranges 
 - This option uses a inverted sentence structure i.e. "the firm will increase from 5 percent to 9 percent its share" . This can be rewritten as "the firm will increase its share from 5 percent to 9 percent". Note- WHICH is correctly used & clearly refers to the MARKET. CORRECT

C) to 9 percent from 5 percent in  their  share of the $135 billion health care market in the nation, a market ranging 
 - Firm is Singular so use of THEIR is incorrect. ITS should be used. INCORRECT

D) in its share , from 5 percent to 9 percent, of the $135 billion health care market in the nation , which ranges  - Fragment. INCORRECT

E)  to 9 percent  from 5 percent its share of the nation’s $135 billion health care market, which ranges
   - How can a firm increase to a Percent "the firm will increase to 9 percent" INCORRECT.

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petrifiedbutstanding · Answer

B) from 5 percent to 9 percent its share of $135 billion health care market in the nation , which ranges 
 - This option uses a inverted sentence structure i.e. "the firm will increase from 5 percent to 9 percent its share" . This can be rewritten as "the firm will increase its share from 5 percent to 9 percent". Note- WHICH is correctly used & clearly refers to the MARKET. CORRECT

Good explanation. "Which" can modify either the noun the immediately precedes the comma or the prepositional phrase that precedes the comma depending on the context. Option E would have been ideal if it hadn't been for the erroneous beginning "to 9 percent from 5 percent".

kschow · Answer

can anyone tell me more convincingly why 'D' is not correct

petrifiedbutstanding · Answer

Here is the sentence combined with Option D:

By integrating its two pharmaceuticals divisions,  in its share, from 5 percent to 9 percent, of the $135 billion health care market in the nation, which ranges   from over-the-counter drugs to hi-tech medical equipment.

The  blue  portion indicates the non-underlined section. The  green  portion indicates option D.

Notice that the first comma in the sentence signals the beginning of the modifier  in its share . So if you ignored that modifier the sentence would become  By integrating its two pharmaceuticals divisions from 5 percent to 9 percent . This does not make sense. Also, what does "its" refer to? The original sentence at least talks about a "firm". So that's also a pronoun error in D.

Secondly, the entire former part of the sentence is very awkwardly phrased. The author is trying to say that after integrating the 2 separate phama divisions, the company will increase its share of the $135B market from 5% to 9%. This is not coming out clearly in D. Remember, the commas play a big role in differentiating each of the modifiers. You cannot ignore them and think the sentence is accurate.

ankurgupta03 · Answer

My two cents

By integrating its two pharmaceuticals divisions, the firm will increase their share of the nation’s $135 billion healthcare market from 5 percent to 9 percent, a market ranging from over-the-counter drugs to hi-tech medical equipment.

A) their share of the nation’s $135 billion health care market from 5 percent to 9 percent , a market ranging
 Their usage is wrong 
B) from 5 percent to 9 percent its share of $135 billion health care market in the nation , which ranges
 which modifies the noun touching it, hence incorrect 
C) to 9 percent from 5 percent in their share of the $135 billion health care market in the nation, a market ranging
 their usage is wrong 
D) in its share , from 5 percent to 9 percent, of the $135 billion health care market in the nation , which ranges
 which modifies the noun touching it, hence incorrect 
E) to 9 percent from 5 percent its share of the nation’s $135 billion health care market, which ranges
 Did not even checked the statement as this was the only one left,hence had to be correct

Can some one please point out mistakes in my method as to where am i going wrong ...

Zarrolou · Answer

There is none, only the construct " to ... from " is a bit awkward. This sentence is similar to an official question by-merging-its-two-publishing-divisions-the-company-will-45785.html?fl=similar It has the same structure an B is wrong because "which" refers to the nation. B) from 5 percent to 9 percent its share of $135 billion health care market in the nation , which (the nation) ranges I just wanna point out that your method ankurgupta03 is not 100% correct. "Which" can also modify noun that are not right next to it. Example: ... the car of the year, which has a top speed of 300km/h. Here which modifes car Generally when you see: noun + modifer, which | in this kind of structure which refers to the noun. If you look here for more about this topic noun-modifiers-can-modify-slightly-far-away-noun-135868.html

ankurgupta03 · Answer

Thanks a ton for the article, will give it a read. Can you modify the OA of the question, it might mislead some people

pqhai · Answer

Even over-headed by other explanations above, I still trust my gut and got the question right. ooh hoo............

A) their share of the nation’s $135 billion health care market from 5 percent to 9 percent , a market ranging Wrong. the firm is singular. B) from 5 percent to 9 percent its share of $135 billion health care market in the nation , which ranges Wrong. which refers to nation. C) to 9 percent from 5 percent in their share of the $135 billion health care market in the nation, a market ranging Wrong. the firm is singular D) in its share , from 5 percent to 9 percent, of the $135 billion health care market in the nation , which ranges Wrong. which refers to nation E) to 9 percent from 5 percent its share of the nation’s $135 billion health care market, which ranges Correct. which refers to health care market.

pqhai · Answer

Hi fametop.

I'm not 100% positive, but I just want to elaborate your idea. According to MGMAT, there are few exceptions to the Touch Rule. One of these is the   OF-phrase  .

For example: 
The touch screen OF THE NEW IPHONE that was presented last month is very sensitive.
that refers to the touch screen, not the new iphone.

But   IN-phrase   like the one in this question does not follow the exception rules, hence B is wrong.

Please correct if I'm wrong.

LIBERTYRodP · Answer

PRONOUNS, MODIFIERS

A) their share of the nation’s $135 billion health care market from 5 percent to 9 percent , a market ranging   ------ wrong pronoun "their". "the company" is a singular.

B) from 5 percent to 9 percent its share of $135 billion health care market in the nation , which ranges   -------- Wrong placement of modifier "which ranges...". Since it is next to "nation", it gets confusing as to what it is trying to modify.

C) to 9 percent from 5 percent in their share of the $135 billion health care market in the nation, a market ranging   -------- wrong pronoun "their". "the company" is a singular.

D) in its share , from 5 percent to 9 percent, of the $135 billion health care market in the nation , which ranges  ----- 1. wrong placement of modifier "which ranges...". Since it is next to "nation", it gets confusing as to what it is trying to modify. 2. "in its share" is also wrong. We need "increase their share"

E) to 9 percent from 5 percent its share of the nation’s $135 billion health care market, which ranges    -------- RIGHT.

WatermelonSugar · Answer

IMO both B and E are correct.

Which correctly Modifies Market in Option B

The weird Construction in Option E does not changes the meaning.

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