In 1988, the Council on Economic Priorities began publishing

Question

In 1988, the Council on Economic Priorities began publishing Shopping for a Better World,  with the simple thesis of consumers having  the power to change companies by the simple expedient of refusing to buy.

(A) with the simple thesis of consumers having
(B) which had the simple thesis of consumers having
(C) where the thesis was simple: consumers having
(D) with a thesis that is a simple one: consumers have
(E) whose thesis was simple: consumers have

chill · Answer

IMO E
Whose correctly refers to council

aknine · Answer

'E' for me too.

E)... whose  thesis was simple: consumers  have ...

sudeep · Answer

E because

after ':' it gives the thesis definition correctly using the "consumers have" (which is required in here).

Jozu · Answer

OA is E.

I had read somewhere that the noun preceding words like "which" needs to be correctly modified. In this case, since the book (or did I make a mistake here?) precedes "whose", why isn't it incorrectly modified?

age · Answer

IMO E....
whose can be used as possesive form of which or who...here it is used as posessive form of which....
here whose is referring to book name "Shopping for a better world"
book has thesis and not council....HTH...

WhyabloodyMBA · Answer

why isnt B d ans.?? wats wrong wid dat...

aknine · Answer

In 1988, the Council on Economic Priorities began publishing Shopping for a Better World,______the power to change companies by the simple expedient of refusing to buy.

(B) which had the simple thesis of consumers having

(E) whose thesis was simple: consumers have

'Whose' is more idiomatic and shows possession. The publishing 'Shopping for a better world" is a possession of the council and it is their thesis. So that is why 'whose' is better than 'which'. 
Secondly, 'having' is incorrect, it is '...the consumers have the power to buy...'. 
And thirdly, the colon gives a further indication that what follows is an elaboration of the sentence.

This makes E better than B.

Natia · Answer

OMG what a shame! :oops:

I forgot that "whose" can be used as a possesive form both for people and things

and was sure that "E" was wrong :-D

WhyabloodyMBA · Answer

Yo yo yo...gotcha dude..!! thnx

boeinz · Answer

Why not 'D'? the usage of 'with' here...

GMAT888 · Answer

IMO E. Whose correctly connects both parts of the sentence without creating mistakes.

chandru42 · Answer

yeah its E which and with cant be used

In 1988, the Council on Economic Priorities began publishing

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