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In their latest press release, the company's new management stated a plan for expansion of its operations into the global software market via a series of acquisitions in Asia and Latin America.
A) the company's new management stated a plan for expansion of its operations
B) the new company's management stated that they planned on expanding its operations
C) the company's new managers stated their plan to expand its operations
D) the new company managers stated their plan for its operations, expanding
E) the company's new management stated that they planned to expand its operations

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can somebody explain why it is ok that the pronoun "its" in "its operation" does not seem to have an antecedent?

Because of "their" ==> we should use "managers", not "management"
Down to C, D
C is correct. idiom "plan to do"

pqhai What about "its" in C. How can we refer back to possessive noun with a pronoun. Just becoz of this error, I Moved on to next option.

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Both the sentences are not correct.

Sentence 1 is INCORRECT. The pronoun IT cannot refer to "Human Body's" (possessive noun).

Sentence 2 is CORRECT. The pronoun IT refers to "Human Body".

Referring back to original question in the thread...
What about "its" in C. How can we refer back to possessive noun with a pronoun. Just becoz of this error, I Moved on to next option.

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As far as I know, the consideration here is the words 'the company's' and 'its' and not 'the company' and 'its'. we can match a possessive noun with another possessive pronoun as you find in this case. Hence, C is good enough. D changes the entire meaning of the original text by stating that there is a 'new company'.

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In their latest press release, the company's new management stated a plan for expansion of its operations into the global software market via a series of acquisitions in Asia and Latin America.

A. the company's new management stated a plan for expansion of its operations

B. the new company's management stated that they planned on expanding its operations

C. the company's new managers stated their plan to expand its operations

D. the new company managers stated their plan for its operations, expanding

E. the company's new management stated that they planned to expand its operations

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IMO C is the correct for the following reasons ...

Beginning of the sentence is with the dangling modifier ..so comma must be followed by the subject ..As per the meaning ..subject must be plural ...hence managers ..logically okay per the sentence ..Pronoun their also agreeing with the antecedent ..also, Its being a possessive pronoun ...is correctly referring to possessive for of noun i.e company's...

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In their latest press release, the company's new management stated a plan for expansion of its operations into the global software market via a series of acquisitions in Asia and Latin America.

A. the company's new management stated a plan for expansion of its operations

B. the new company's management stated that they planned on expanding its operations

C. the company's new managers stated their plan to expand its operations

D. the new company managers stated their plan for its operations, expanding

E. the company's new management stated that they planned to expand its operations

A, B and E: In their latest press release, the company's new management
Here, their lacks a plural referent.
Eliminate A, B and E.

D: the new company managers
Here, it is unclear whether new serves to modify company (conveying that THE COMPANY is new) or managers (conveying that the MANAGERS are new).
Since the intended referent for new is unclear, eliminate D.

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Generally, a COMMA + VERBing modifier must express an action that happens at the SAME TIME as or as a DIRECT RESULT of the preceding action.
D: the new company managers stated their plan for its operations, expanding into the global software market
Here, the usage of COMMA + expanding implies that the managers were EXPANDING at the same time as they STATED or as a direct result of this action.
Neither meaning is logical.
Eliminate D.

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In their latest press release, the company's new management stated a plan for expansion of its operations into the global software market via a series of acquisitions in Asia and Latin America.

A. the company's new management stated a plan for expansion of its operations

B. the new company's management stated that they planned on expanding its operations

C. the company's new managers stated their plan to expand its operations

D. the new company managers stated their plan for its operations, expanding

E. the company's new management stated that they planned to expand its operations

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the company's new managers(Subject 1) stated their(Subject2) plan to expand its operations

Isnt this sentence wrong with 2 subjects ?

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PraktanP Two things about possessives and pronouns:

1) The rule you're thinking of--"possessive poison"--states that a non-possessive pronoun can't refer back to a possessive noun, so if we followed that rule, we couldn't say "Sandeep's wife loves him," because technically there's no antecedent for "him," even though the intended meaning is obvious! However, this doesn't stop the possessive "its" from referring back to the possessive "company's." In other words, that rule doesn't apply to this problem.

2) The GMAT has actually abandoned this rule, so feel free to say "Sandeep's wife loves him" to your heart's content.

Hi

Can you please elaborate the first point in a more comprehensive way? I don't understand why this possessive pronoun rule doesn't hold in this question from Manhattan prep.
Could you please explain me exactly which rule has GMAT abandoned?
I'll really appreciate it.

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In their latest press release, the company's new management stated a plan for expansion of its operations into the global software market via a series of acquisitions in Asia and Latin America.

(A) the company's new management stated a plan for expansion of its operations

(B) the new company's management stated that they planned on expanding its operations

(C) the company's new managers stated their plan to expand its operations(Correct)

(D) the new company managers stated their plan for its operations, expanding

(E) the company's new management stated that they planned to expand its operations

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In their latest press release, the company's new management stated a plan for expansion of its operations into the global software market via a series of acquisitions in Asia and Latin America.
A) the company's new management stated a plan for expansion of its operations
B) the new company's management stated that they planned on expanding its operations - Modifier Error - Placement of New
C) the company's new managers stated their plan to expand its operations
D) the new company managers stated their plan for its operations, expanding -Modifier Error - Placement of New
E) the company's new management stated that they planned to expand its operations - Pronoun Error - they refers to management which should be singular

Between A & C narrowed down on C because of :-
1. For expansion vs to expand
2. a plan vs their plan

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In their latest press release, the company's new management stated a plan for expansion of its operations into the global software market via a series of acquisitions in Asia and Latin America.
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"Their latest press release" indicates that the following subject should be in plural form. Basing on this info, we eliminate A, B, & E.

D is incorrect due to lacking of possessive noun "the new company managers"

(A) the company's new management stated a plan for expansion of its operations

(B) the new company's management stated that they planned on expanding its operations

(C) the company's new managers stated their plan to expand its operations.---->Correct

(D) the new company managers stated their plan for its operations, expanding

(E) the company's new management stated that they planned to expand its operations

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It doesnt have any noun to refer to in any options except for d as company's is a possessive noun. I read in manhattan sc that pronouns can't refer to possessive nouns please clarify

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The word "management" is a collective noun that can be considered singular or plural depending on the non-underlined part of the sentence. This explanation is provided in the Manhattan SC guide as well. The non-underlined part clearly emphasizes a plural "their" and thus "the management" can be considered plural too. Won't this make option E correct as well?

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The management is a similar unit. None can refer management as plural. Management is a unit even if it consist of 1 person or 100s.

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the company's new managers stated their plan to expand its operations

"Its" is referring to "the company". And yes it is allowed to refer back possessive with a pronoun.

Exactly. Then Why answer choice A is wrong or C is a better choice?

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This sentence begins with “In their latest press release…”, so the next clause must contain a plural noun to serve as a proper referent for the pronoun their. Company(‘s) and management are singular nouns, so the plural noun managers must be used instead. In addition, the sentence must properly express the idea that the managers planned to expand the operations of the company.

(A) Company(‘s) and management are singular nouns, so the plural pronoun their has no referent. Additionally, “a plan for expansion of its operations” is unnecessarily wordy and awkward compared to the phrasing of the correct answer.

(B) Company(‘s) and management are singular nouns, so the plural pronouns their and they have no referent.

(C) CORRECT: The two instances of their properly refer to managers; the managers' intention is expressed correctly and concisely.

(D) The modifier expanding…, set off by a comma, mistakenly suggests that the managers themselves expanded into the global software market.

(E) Company(‘s) and management are singular nouns, so the plural pronouns their and they have no referent.

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