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Government-imposed limits on foreign direct investment [#permalink] New post   Updated on: 11 Dec 2017, 00:39
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Government-imposed limits on foreign direct investment in multi-brand retail has made difficulties for international chains such as Walmart as they are competing with unregulated local retailers such as Big Bazar

A) has made difficulties for international chains such as Walmart as they are competing with
B) has made difficulties for international chains such as Walmart competing with
C) have made difficulties for international chains as Walmart as they are competing with
D) have made it difficult for international chains such as Walmart to competing with
E) have made it difficult for international chains such as Walmart as they are competing with

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Originally posted by KungFuGmat on 10 Dec 2017, 20:46.
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Re: Government-imposed limits on foreign direct investment [#permalink] New post   01 Jun 2018, 07:41
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Is "to competing with" correct in option "D". If "Yes", could you please explain why is it correct?


It is not. It is either a rubbish question or a typo.

to competing is a 100% incorrect construction.
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Re: Government-imposed limits on foreign direct investment [#permalink] New post   11 Dec 2017, 00:57
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have made it difficult for international chains such as Walmart to competing with

Made it difficult for noun to verb

Can anyone please explain why"competing" is right?
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Re: Government-imposed limits on foreign direct investment [#permalink] New post   16 Apr 2020, 08:14
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Please explain "to competing with"
I am still confused

Hello, Trisha658. If we look at the sentence at hand, we can see why to competing with in option (D) is incorrect. First, the sentence, with (D) dropped in:

Government-imposed limits on foreign direct investment in multi-brand retail have made it difficult for international chains such as Walmart to competing with unregulated local retailers such as Big Bazar

It is little strange to see the word bazaar without the extra a, but speaking to the matter at hand, the verb should be compete instead. The shell of the sentence reveals as much:

Limits have made it difficult to compete with retailers.

Under no circumstances would competing with be used instead. I should add, however, that in a from A to B framework that used gerunds, it would be appropriate to use the questionable construct. An example:

Chris takes his triathlon training really seriously, from jumping into open water to swim with seals to competing with former Tour de France riders on mountainous climbs that would break even most seasoned cyclists.

I hope that helps. Unless this question gets a fix, just learn what you can from it and move on.

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Re: Government-imposed limits on foreign direct investment [#permalink] New post   10 Dec 2017, 22:42
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Government-imposed limits on foreign direct investment in multi-brand retail has made difficulties for international chains such as Walmart as they are competing with unregulated local retailers such as Big Bazar

A) has made difficulties for international chains such as Walmart as they are competing with
B) has made difficulties for international chains such as Walmart competing with
C) have made difficulties for international chains as Walmart as they are competing with
D) have made it difficult for international chains such as Walmart to competing with
E) have made it difficult for international chains such as Walmart as they are competing with

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Please move this topic to the Sentence Correction section.
Here, since 'limits' is plural, we need a plural verb i.e. have. Hence, A,B is out.
'As they are competing with' is long and wordy.
D is the answer.
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Re: Government-imposed limits on foreign direct investment [#permalink] New post   12 Dec 2017, 14:45
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@souvonik2k- thanks for the quick response. In the correct answer, what does "it" refer to?


Here 'it' refers to 'to competing'.
In certain cases 'it' can refer to infinitive subjects as per MGMAT guide.


Can you suggest some example where we can use 'to competing'

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Re: Government-imposed limits on foreign direct investment [#permalink] New post   31 May 2018, 06:00
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KungFuGmat wrote:
Government-imposed limits on foreign direct investment in multi-brand retail has made difficulties for international chains such as Walmart as they are competing with unregulated local retailers such as Big Bazar

A) has made difficulties for international chains such as Walmart as they are competing with
B) has made difficulties for international chains such as Walmart competing with
C) have made difficulties for international chains as Walmart as they are competing with
D) have made it difficult for international chains such as Walmart to competing with
E) have made it difficult for international chains such as Walmart as they are competing with

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Please move this topic to the Sentence Correction section.
Here, since 'limits' is plural, we need a plural verb i.e. have. Hence, A,B is out.
'As they are competing with' is long and wordy.
D is the answer.


IMO E

The problem I found with D is 'to competing with'. If it was 'to compete with' it would be correct. That's my opinion. If I'm wrong, please explain why.

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Re: Government-imposed limits on foreign direct investment [#permalink] New post   10 Dec 2017, 23:28
@souvonik2k- thanks for the quick response. In the correct answer, what does "it" refer to?
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Re: Government-imposed limits on foreign direct investment [#permalink] New post   11 Dec 2017, 02:34
KungFuGmat wrote:
@souvonik2k- thanks for the quick response. In the correct answer, what does "it" refer to?


Here 'it' refers to 'to competing'.
In certain cases 'it' can refer to infinitive subjects as per MGMAT guide.
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Re: Government-imposed limits on foreign direct investment [#permalink] New post   11 Dec 2017, 06:15
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Government-imposed limits on foreign direct investment in multi-brand retail has made difficulties for international chains such as Walmart as they are competing with unregulated local retailers such as Big Bazar


D) have made it difficult for international chains such as Walmart to competing with

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Shouldn't the sentence be - have made it difficult for international chains such as Walmart to BE competing with ?

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Re: Government-imposed limits on foreign direct investment [#permalink] New post   12 Dec 2017, 21:17
KungFuGmat wrote:
Government-imposed limits on foreign direct investment in multi-brand retail has made difficulties for international chains such as Walmart as they are competing with unregulated local retailers such as Big Bazar

A) has made difficulties for international chains such as Walmart as they are competing with
B) has made difficulties for international chains such as Walmart competing with
C) have made difficulties for international chains as Walmart as they are competing with
D) have made it difficult for international chains such as Walmart to competing with
E) have made it difficult for international chains such as Walmart as they are competing with

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Answer is E


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Re: Government-imposed limits on foreign direct investment [#permalink] New post   12 Dec 2017, 21:24
KungFuGmat wrote:
Government-imposed limits on foreign direct investment in multi-brand retail has made difficulties for international chains such as Walmart as they are competing with unregulated local retailers such as Big Bazar

A) has made difficulties for international chains such as Walmart as they are competing with
B) has made difficulties for international chains such as Walmart competing with
C) have made difficulties for international chains as Walmart as they are competing with
D) have made it difficult for international chains such as Walmart to competing with
E) have made it difficult for international chains such as Walmart as they are competing with

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Re: Government-imposed limits on foreign direct investment [#permalink] New post   14 Dec 2017, 10:19
This must be a typo, one would never say "it made it difficult to competing with".
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Re: Government-imposed limits on foreign direct investment [#permalink] New post   31 May 2018, 07:53
Is "to competing with correct". I have rejected "D" and selected E. Experts please help.
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Re: Government-imposed limits on foreign direct investment [#permalink] New post   31 May 2018, 07:55
Is "to competing with" correct in option "D". If "Yes", could you please explain why is it correct?
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Re: Government-imposed limits on foreign direct investment [#permalink] New post   16 Apr 2020, 03:58
Please explain "to competing with"
I am still confused
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Re: Government-imposed limits on foreign direct investment [#permalink] New post   16 Apr 2020, 21:22
"to competing" is not the correct phrase here..
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Re: Government-imposed limits on foreign direct investment [#permalink] New post   22 Apr 2020, 23:20
Hi,
I wanted to ask in Option D ,if "competing with " is replaced with "compete with " ,will this option be still wrong??
Actually , i am not able o understand in Option D whether Walmart is being compared or Inernational chain is compared with local retailers .
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