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Self-publishing, the publication of media, typically a book, by its author without the involvement of a publisher, is probably a good idea for upcoming authors as it avoids the hassles of getting a reputed publisher on board and the advantages of higher royalty rates and a faster time to market.
A) board and the advantages of higher royalty rates and a faster time to market.
B) board, the advantage of higher royalty rates, and a faster time to market.
C) board and provides the advantages of higher royalty rates and a faster time to market.
D) board along with the advantages of higher royalty rates and a faster time to market.
E) board, and providing the advantages of higher royalty rates and a faster time to market.
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OFFICIAL EXPLANATION
THE PROMPT
The sentence indicates that self publishing is a good idea because it avoids certain hassles and provides certain advantages.
Be careful. The underlined portion is actually a benefit and not a hassle, so whatever is in the underlined portion does not have to be avoided.
• Strip the sentence
I strip the sentence by removing almost all prepositional phrases and distracting noun descriptions. Sometimes I rename specifics "ABC" and "XYZ."*
Self-publishing, the publication of media, typically a book, by its author without the involvement of a publisher, is probably a good idea for upcoming authors as it avoids the hassles of XYZ getting a reputed publisher on board and the advantages of PQR higher royalty rates and a faster time to market.
The sentence, stripped: Self-publishing is probably a good idea [because] it avoids the hassles of XYZ and the advantages of PQR.
In truth, I did not strip the sentence.
The prompt and option A confused me.
I did not re-read option A in hopes that I might get clarity.
I read option B. No help. I read option C. Whether or not that choice was correct, it provided me with insight into the meaning problem I could not fully articulate while working quickly.
The point of this little story is that I kept moving and used however many answer choices it took for me to figure out the meaning as quickly as possible.
[u]THE OPTIONS inserted into a shortened sentence
→ The use of and suggests nonsensically that the advantages of higher royalty rate and faster time to market should also be avoided.
That is, self-publishing, which is a "good idea," avoids the advantages? Um, no.
→ It is not a "good idea" to avoid the advantages of higher royalty rates and a faster time to market.
ELIMINATE A
Avoiding an advantage is not a good idea.
• Do not be seduced by parallelism
→ the hassles, the advantage, and a faster time are parallel.
By making the three items in the list parallel, this sentence both suggests nonsensically that the advantages of self-publishing should be avoided and tempts your eye to tell your brain that all is well because the three items are parallel.
ELIMINATE B
→ In this version, a second verb enters. Self-publishing is a good idea because it
(1) avoids the hassles of getting a publisher on board, and
(2) provides the advantages of higher royalty rates and a faster time to market
→ The use of provides indicates that the benefits should be provided and not avoided.
• I do not see any errors.
KEEP
→ The use of along with suggests that the advantages of higher royalty rates and a faster time to market should also be avoided.
Nonsense.
ELIMINATE D
→ Provides is parallel to avoids.
• providing is not a working verb, but it needs to be one: provides should be the second verb in the compound predicate.
→ Option C, which is the only option to make sense so far, contains something called a "compound predicate."
A compound predicate exists when one subject (it = self-publishing) does two things (avoids hassles and provides advantages).
One subject is connected to two verbs—two full, working verbs, that is.
• Incidentally, almost without exception, a comma should not separate the two verbs in a compound predicate.
The theory is that we want to keep the subject and its verb(s) connected.
We do not insert a comma between a subject and a single verb. (Wrong: Dannielle, teaches music theory.)
In a similar fashion, we do not insert a comma between a subject and its second verb.
→ Correct: Dannielle plays the cello and teaches music theory.
• Incoherent
→ and providing the advantages . . . creates an incoherent sentence.
A native speaker who read this sentence might even have a difficult time sorting out the fact that "and providing" should be "and provides."
ELIMINATE E
The correct answer is C.
COMMENTS
Thanks for being patient, everyone, as I catch up.
Although a few answers could do with a little more explanation, most of these posts are very good.
I like the stylistic differences among you; such differences make it more likely that an aspirant will find a mental "match" in the thread: that is, someone whose words strike home.
Nicely done!
*During the test, write down the problematic words, and "diagram" those few words vertically.
Here is an example in which this prompt has been slashed, burned, and "diagrammed" vertically:
SP
- is good b/c
---it
-----avoids
------------ hassles
-------------and
-------------advantages (?????)
Project SC Butler: Sentence Correction (SC1)
THE PROMPT
Quote:
• Meaning?
The sentence indicates that self publishing is a good idea because it avoids certain hassles and provides certain advantages.
Be careful. The underlined portion is actually a benefit and not a hassle, so whatever is in the underlined portion does not have to be avoided.
• Strip the sentence
I strip the sentence by removing almost all prepositional phrases and distracting noun descriptions. Sometimes I rename specifics "ABC" and "XYZ."*
Self-publishing
The sentence, stripped: Self-publishing is probably a good idea [because] it avoids the hassles of XYZ and the advantages of PQR.
In truth, I did not strip the sentence.
The prompt and option A confused me.
I did not re-read option A in hopes that I might get clarity.
I read option B. No help. I read option C. Whether or not that choice was correct, it provided me with insight into the meaning problem I could not fully articulate while working quickly.
The point of this little story is that I kept moving and used however many answer choices it took for me to figure out the meaning as quickly as possible.
[u]THE OPTIONS inserted into a shortened sentence
Quote:
• Illogical
→ The use of and suggests nonsensically that the advantages of higher royalty rate and faster time to market should also be avoided.
That is, self-publishing, which is a "good idea," avoids the advantages? Um, no.
→ It is not a "good idea" to avoid the advantages of higher royalty rates and a faster time to market.
ELIMINATE A
Quote:
• Same logical problem as that in option A
Avoiding an advantage is not a good idea.
• Do not be seduced by parallelism
→ the hassles, the advantage, and a faster time are parallel.
By making the three items in the list parallel, this sentence both suggests nonsensically that the advantages of self-publishing should be avoided and tempts your eye to tell your brain that all is well because the three items are parallel.
ELIMINATE B
Quote:
• The logic is clean.
→ In this version, a second verb enters. Self-publishing is a good idea because it
(1) avoids the hassles of getting a publisher on board, and
(2) provides the advantages of higher royalty rates and a faster time to market
→ The use of provides indicates that the benefits should be provided and not avoided.
• I do not see any errors.
KEEP
Quote:
• Yet again, illogical; two advantages should not be avoided.
→ The use of along with suggests that the advantages of higher royalty rates and a faster time to market should also be avoided.
Nonsense.
ELIMINATE D
Quote:
• avoids and providing are not parallel
→ Provides is parallel to avoids.
• providing is not a working verb, but it needs to be one: provides should be the second verb in the compound predicate.
→ Option C, which is the only option to make sense so far, contains something called a "compound predicate."
A compound predicate exists when one subject (it = self-publishing) does two things (avoids hassles and provides advantages).
One subject is connected to two verbs—two full, working verbs, that is.
• Incidentally, almost without exception, a comma should not separate the two verbs in a compound predicate.
The theory is that we want to keep the subject and its verb(s) connected.
We do not insert a comma between a subject and a single verb. (Wrong: Dannielle, teaches music theory.)
In a similar fashion, we do not insert a comma between a subject and its second verb.
→ Correct: Dannielle plays the cello and teaches music theory.
• Incoherent
→ and providing the advantages . . . creates an incoherent sentence.
A native speaker who read this sentence might even have a difficult time sorting out the fact that "and providing" should be "and provides."
ELIMINATE E
The correct answer is C.
COMMENTS
Thanks for being patient, everyone, as I catch up.
Although a few answers could do with a little more explanation, most of these posts are very good.
I like the stylistic differences among you; such differences make it more likely that an aspirant will find a mental "match" in the thread: that is, someone whose words strike home.
Nicely done!
*During the test, write down the problematic words, and "diagram" those few words vertically.
Here is an example in which this prompt has been slashed, burned, and "diagrammed" vertically:
SP
- is good b/c
---it
-----avoids
------------ hassles
-------------and
-------------advantages (?????)
General Discussion
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GMAT 2: 720 Q49 V40
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A) board and the advantages of higher royalty rates and a faster time to market. -- 'as it avoids the hassles of getting a publisher on board and the advantages of higher royalty rates". Avoiding the advantage of higher royalty rates? Completely illogical. Eliminate.
B) board, the advantage of higher royalty rates, and a faster time to market. -- Same as A. Even worse. Eliminate.
C) board and provides the advantages of higher royalty rates and a faster time to market. -- Correct choice since we have two parallel verbs now "avoids" and "provides" which provide info on their respective actions.
D) board along with the advantages of higher royalty rates and a faster time to market. -- Same as A. Eliminate.
E) board, and providing the advantages of higher royalty rates and a faster time to market. -- , and starts an independent clause but this IC has no verb. Fragment. Also illogical to start an IC since we are talking of two actions or characteristics of self publishing. Eliminate.
B) board, the advantage of higher royalty rates, and a faster time to market. -- Same as A. Even worse. Eliminate.
C) board and provides the advantages of higher royalty rates and a faster time to market. -- Correct choice since we have two parallel verbs now "avoids" and "provides" which provide info on their respective actions.
D) board along with the advantages of higher royalty rates and a faster time to market. -- Same as A. Eliminate.
E) board, and providing the advantages of higher royalty rates and a faster time to market. -- , and starts an independent clause but this IC has no verb. Fragment. Also illogical to start an IC since we are talking of two actions or characteristics of self publishing. Eliminate.
