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A 10% inflation, hiking wages 8%, and higher competition is a challeng [#permalink] New post   13 Aug 2017, 03:39
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A 10% inflation, hiking wages 8%, and higher competition is a challenge that the management faces in the new financial year.

A. A 10% inflation, hiking wages 8%, and higher competition is a challenge
B. A 10% inflation, 8% wage-hike, and higher competition is a challenge
C. A 10% inflation, 8% wage-hike, and higher competition are challenges
D. A 10% inflation, hiking wages 8%, and higher competition are challenges
E. A 10% inflation, 8% wage-hike, and heightening competition are challenges

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A 10% inflation, hiking wages 8%, and higher competition is a challeng [#permalink] New post   22 Aug 2017, 06:58
Mahmud6 wrote:
A 10% inflation, hiking wages 8%, and higher competition is a challenge that the management faces in the new financial year.

A. A 10% inflation, hiking wages 8%, and higher competition is a challenge
B. A 10% inflation, 8% wage-hike, and higher competition is a challenge
C. A 10% inflation, 8% wage-hike, and higher competition are challenges
D. A 10% inflation, hiking wages 8%, and higher competition are challenges
E. A 10% inflation, 8% wage-hike, and heightening competition are challenges

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The items of the parallel list X,Y, and Z must be parallel.
Because there are 3 items, they must be followed by a plural verb.
Here
X - A 10% inflation
Y - 8% wage hike
Z - higher competition

Only Option C corrects these errors and is our correct answer!
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Re: A 10% inflation, hiking wages 8%, and higher competition is a challeng [#permalink] New post   01 Oct 2019, 23:17
Can someone tell me, why Option E is wrong?

In this parallelism, "Heightening competition" is similar to "increasing competition", which is a proper Object.

"Heightening" acts as an adjective and i think there is no error with this usage.
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Re: A 10% inflation, hiking wages 8%, and higher competition is a challeng [#permalink] New post   20 Oct 2019, 17:01
Guru3794 wrote:
"Heightening" acts as an adjective and i think there is no error with this usage.

I am unsure between C and E too.
Perhaps heightening is a gerund and use of an adjective is better.
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Re: A 10% inflation, hiking wages 8%, and higher competition is a challeng [#permalink] New post   20 Oct 2019, 21:55
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Guru3794 wrote:
Can someone tell me, why Option E is wrong?

In this parallelism, "Heightening competition" is similar to "increasing competition", which is a proper Object.

"Heightening" acts as an adjective and i think there is no error with this usage.
philipssonicare wrote:
I am unsure between C and E too.
Perhaps heightening is a gerund and use of an adjective is better.
This is not a particularly good question. The question that this question is based on is (slightly) better.
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Re: A 10% inflation, hiking wages 8%, and higher competition is a challeng [#permalink] New post   20 Oct 2019, 22:04
Mahmud6 wrote:
A 10% inflation, hiking wages 8%, and higher competition is a challenge that the management faces in the new financial year.

A. A 10% inflation, hiking wages 8%, and higher competition is a challenge
B. A 10% inflation, 8% wage-hike, and higher competition is a challenge
C. A 10% inflation, 8% wage-hike, and higher competition are challenges
D. A 10% inflation, hiking wages 8%, and higher competition are challenges
E. A 10% inflation, 8% wage-hike, and heightening competition are challenges

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X, Y & Z are challenges
X- A 10% inflation
Y- 8% wage hike
Z - higher competition

Are correctly parallel

IMO C
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