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Contrary to financial analysts, who predicted last year that the market for home computers would dwindle, the personal computer industry continued to show strong growth in the first quarter of this year.
(A) analysts, who predicted
(B) analysts, whose predictions
(C) analysts and their predictions
(D) analysts' predicting
(E) analysts' predictions
(A) analysts, who predicted
(B) analysts, whose predictions
(C) analysts and their predictions
(D) analysts' predicting
(E) analysts' predictions
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https://www.nytimes.com/1997/04/28/business/strong-growth-in-pc-industry-reports-say.html
Despite Wall Street anxieties about the market for home computers, the personal computer industry over all continues to show strong growth, according to two reports to be issued on Monday.
Despite Wall Street anxieties about the market for home computers, the personal computer industry over all continues to show strong growth, according to two reports to be issued on Monday.
10 Sep 2021, 16:06
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hassan233
GMATNinja your approach to this question would be greatly appreciated!!
This question is all about the comparison:- In the main part of the sentence, we have, "the personal computer industry continued to show strong growth in the first quarter of this year."
- In the opening part, we need something that is contrary to that statement -- in other words, something that goes against the stated action of the personal computer industry (continuing to show growth).
- Simply put, what follows "contrary to" should be something different from what actually happened (the personal computer industry continued to show strong growth...).
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Contrary to financial analysts, who predicted last year that the market for home computers would dwindle, the personal computer industry continued to show strong growth in the first quarter of this year.
(A) analysts, who predicted
(B) analysts, whose predictions
If we ignore the noun modifiers ("who..." and "whose...") in (A) and (B), we have, "Contrary to financial analysts, the personal computer industry continued to show strong growth in the first quarter of this year."(A) analysts, who predicted
(B) analysts, whose predictions
- What is it that's different from (contrary to) what actually happened?
- In (A) and (B), it's the financial analysts themselves. But that doesn't make any sense!
- The financial analysts are just the people who made the predictions, and the people themselves are not logically comparable to what actually happened.
Now take a look at the correct choice, (E):
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(E) Contrary to financial analysts' predictions last year that the market for home computers would dwindle, the personal computer industry continued to show strong growth in the first quarter of this year.
- What is it that's different from (contrary to) what actually happened?
- Here, it's what the financial analysts PREDICTED would happen -- and that makes perfect sense! What actually happened (the PC industry continued to show strong growth) differs from what the analysts predicted would happen (the market for home computers would dwindle).
- In (E), we have two things that are logically comparable, so it makes sense to contrast those two things using the construction, "Contrary to [the predictions], [here's what actually happened]."
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(C) Contrary to financial analysts and their predictions last year that the market for home computers would dwindle, the personal computer industry continued to show strong growth in the first quarter of this year.
Choice (C) can be eliminated for the same reason as (A) and (B): "contrary to their predictions" could be okay, but, again, it doesn't make sense to compare what actually happened to the financial analysts themselves.Quote:
(D) Contrary to financial analysts' predicting last year that the market for home computers would dwindle, the personal computer industry continued to show strong growth in the first quarter of this year.
Choice (D) is a bit better than (A), (B), and (C), but the comparison is still a little off. Instead of, "Contrary to financial analysts' predictions," we have, "Contrary to financial analysts' predicting." So instead of comparing what actually happened to the predictions, (D) compares what actually happened to the act of predicting. That isn't quite right, so (E) is the best choice.
I hope that helps!
07 Apr 2020, 22:40
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ballest127
Hi Experts,
I have a question.
Why can we use "contrary to" for comparison between "analysts' predictions" and "the personal computer industry"?
I think these two are not comparable.
Please explain.
Thank you.
Hi ballest127,I have a question.
Why can we use "contrary to" for comparison between "analysts' predictions" and "the personal computer industry"?
I think these two are not comparable.
Please explain.
Thank you.
I don't think we should look at this as a comparison. Or if we do, we should read the sentence a little differently. For example:
1. Contrary to popular belief, the head of the committee is not responsible for this situation.
This is not a comparison, in the sense that contrary to is not meant to be read as unlike. That is, we cannot read (1) as:
2. Unlike popular belief, the head of the committee is not responsible for this situation.
Contrary to X is just a way of saying that whatever we're about to introduce is the opposite of what X would indicate. So (1) actually means:
3. Most people believe that the head of the committee is responsible for this situation, but he or she is not.
