New product development rules in Kimono dictate the marketing departme

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New product development rules in Kimono dictate  the marketing department to gather a prioritized set of customer needs through 'voice of customer', allowing them to  create a product that is easy to sell.

A) The marketing department to gather a prioritized set of customer needs through 'voice of customer', allowing them to

B) That the marketing department gather a prioritized set of customer needs through 'voice of customer', and allow it to

C) The marketing department gather a prioritized set of customer needs through 'voice of customer', allowing it to

D) That the marketing department gathers a prioritized set of customer needs through 'voice of customer', and

E) That the marketing department gather a prioritized set of customer needs through 'voice of customer', allowing it to

shameekv1989 · Answer

Shouldn't there be "that" in option E? 
"New rules dictate the marketing department gather"
vs
"New rules dictate that the marketing department gather"

We can not have a clause without a "that" in my opinion.

KingAdam44 · Answer

Yes! My bad, I was typing a bit too quickly ☺️ I have just corrected answer choice E

Laksh47 · Answer

Is "Department" Plural or Singular collective noun?

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AjiteshArun · Answer

Hi  Laksh47 ,

Department  is singular, but after  dictate that , we would like to use the plain (infinitive) form of the verb.

Laksh47 · Answer

Please verify if the given OA is correct

AndrewN · Answer

Hello,  Laksh47 . I would agree with (E), and only (E), in the revised set of answers. The rules dictate  that  something, and, as  AjiteshArun  explained above, the infinitive form of  gather  should follow, regardless of a singular or plural subject within the clause. Consider both cases:

a) The rules dictate that people gather whatever they can find.

b) The rules dictate that a person gather whatever he or she can find.

If you did not make it this far, I could see going for (D) possibly, but then there is a problem with the comma + conjunction  and . That combination should be used to separate independent clauses (or more than two items in a list), but neither (B) nor (D) presents a second independent clause in  allow it to create a product...  or  create a product... . Where is the subject of the second clause in either case? Thus, there should be no comma preceding  and , and we are left with (E).

I hope that helps. If you have further questions, feel free to ask.

- Andrew

aniket2045 · Answer

VeritasKarishma ...

Can you please tell me what is the difference between answer choice B & E. Isn't parallelism necessary in this question?.

KarishmaB · Answer

No, 'gather' and 'allow' will not be parallel. New rules dictate that the M dept gather customer needs ... and allow it to ... When can they be parallel? The rules can dictate the dept to gather something and can dictate the dept to allow something to someone else. Who is 'it' in option (B)? Presumably the M dept. Then it doesn't make sense. The rules dictate that the M dept gather ... and the rules dictate that the M dept allow it to ... - incorrect So option (B) is not correct. "allowing it to ..." is the effect of gathering customer needs. So we use is at the end of the clause with a comma and present participle. It modifies the entire preceding clause. New rules dictate that the M dept gather customer needs ..., allowing it to ... The gathering of customer needs allows the M dept to create a product that is easy to sell. Read about present participles here: https://www.gmatclub.com/forum/veritas-prep-resource-links-no-longer-available-399979.html#/2014/1 ... -the-gmat/

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