Last visit was: 19 Nov 2025, 12:06 It is currently 19 Nov 2025, 12:06
Home
GMAT
Messages
Tests
Schools
Events
Rewards
Chat
My Profile
Close
GMAT Club Daily Prep
Thank you for using the timer - this advanced tool can estimate your performance and suggest more practice questions. We have subscribed you to Daily Prep Questions via email.

Customized
for You

we will pick new questions that match your level based on your Timer History

Track
Your Progress

every week, we’ll send you an estimated GMAT score based on your performance

Practice
Pays

we will pick new questions that match your level based on your Timer History
Not interested in getting valuable practice questions and articles delivered to your email? No problem, unsubscribe here.
Go to My Error Log Learn more
Close
Request Expert Reply
Confirm Cancel
Back to Forum
Create Topic
User avatar
voodoochild
User avatar
Joined: 16 Feb 2011
Last visit: 14 May 2023
Posts: 145
Own Kudos:
1,123
 [24]
Given Kudos: 78
Schools:ABCD
Posts: 145
Kudos: 1,123
 [24]
Starting Thursday, Wal-Mart Stores is planning to offer free shipping 28 Apr 2011, 17:41
2
Kudos
Add Kudos
21
Bookmarks
Bookmark this Post
00:00
Start Timer
Pause Timer
Resume Timer
Show Answer
Hide
Show
History
A
Be sure to select an answer first to save it in the Error Log before revealing the correct answer (OA)!

Difficulty:

75% (hard)

Question Stats:

42% (01:19) correct 58% (01:09) wrong based on 711 sessions

History

Date
Time
Result
Not Attempted Yet
Starting Thursday, Wal-Mart Stores is planning to offer free shipping on its Web site on almost 60,000 gift items, including many toys and electronics


A. is planning to offer free shipping on its Web site on almost 60,000 gift items, including

B. plan to offer free shipping on its Web site on almost 60,000 gift items, including

C. plans to offer free shipping on their Web site on almost 60,000 gift items, including

D. will plan to offer free shipping on its Web site on almost 60,000 gift items, including

E. is planning to offer free shipping on its Web site on almost 60,000 gift items, that include


Show Spoiler
Is "is planning" verb tense ok in A and E ? Can anyone please explain why..

Thanks
Voodoo
ShowHide Answer
Official Answer
A
User avatar
thangvietname
User avatar
Joined: 09 Jun 2010
Last visit: 28 Jun 2017
Posts: 522
Own Kudos:
561
Given Kudos: 916
Posts: 522
Kudos: 561
Starting Thursday, Wal-Mart Stores is planning to offer free shipping 28 Apr 2011, 21:45
Kudos
Add Kudos
Bookmarks
Bookmark this Post
I do not like this question. D is not wrong but because A is not wrong and the original choice, I choose A and live.
that include in E is wrong. including is a preposition already in this case.
User avatar
contacttoakhil
User avatar
Joined: 17 Mar 2010
Last visit: 28 Feb 2012
Posts: 35
Own Kudos:
46
 [2]
Given Kudos: 2
Location: Hyderabad, India
WE 1: Deloitte 3 yrs
WE 2: Prok going on
Posts: 35
Kudos: 46
 [2]
Starting Thursday, Wal-Mart Stores is planning to offer free shipping 29 Apr 2011, 03:46
1
Kudos
Add Kudos
1
Bookmarks
Bookmark this Post
Starting Thursday, Wal-Mart Stores is planning to offer free shipping on its Web site on almost 60,000 gift items, including many toys and electronics
A. is planning to offer free shipping on its Web site on almost 60,000 gift items, including
B. plan to offer free shipping on its Web site on almost 60,000 gift items, including
C. plans to offer free shipping on their Web site on almost 60,000 gift items, including
D. will plan to offer free shipping on its Web site on almost 60,000 gift items, including
E. is planning to offer free shipping on its Web site on almost 60,000 gift items, that include

If you ask me the usage is planning is incorrect, but if they are considering The Walmart Stores as a single entity then may be we can give it a thought. Anyways:
A. is planning to offer free shipping on its Web site on almost 60,000 gift items, including (Keep on hold)
B. plan to offer free shipping on its Web site on almost 60,000 gift items, including (Wrong..i hope you know why)
C. plans to offer free shipping on their Web site on almost 60,000 gift items, including (Wrong)
D. will plan to offer free shipping on its Web site on almost 60,000 gift items, including
(plan is done for future..but planning in future sounds awkward to me)
E. is planning to offer free shipping on its Web site on almost 60,000 gift items, that include (keep on hold)

Now between A and E, Store is offering free shipping on 60000 gift items and those items include toys and electronics. here the usage of word that after items is not correct....either it should have been

items which include

or

item that includes

So I will go with A :)
User avatar
daagh
User avatar
Major Poster
Joined: 19 Feb 2007
Last visit: 16 Oct 2020
Posts: 5,264
Own Kudos:
42,419
 [4]
Given Kudos: 422
Status: enjoying
Location: India
WE:Education (Education)
Expert
Expert reply
Posts: 5,264
Kudos: 42,419
 [4]
Starting Thursday, Wal-Mart Stores is planning to offer free shipping 29 Apr 2011, 08:48
4
Kudos
Add Kudos
Bookmarks
Bookmark this Post
1. Wall Mart Stores is a name and a proper noun and hence singular.
2. Any event that is planned in the near future is better represented by a present tense rather than a future tense. Since it is Thursday around, present tense is good.
C, using the simple present, is ruled out because of the pronoun mismatch. Between A and E, E faults on punctuating with a comma before the restrictive pronoun ‘that’.
A is the choice
User avatar
amit2k9
User avatar
Joined: 08 May 2009
Last visit: 18 Jun 2017
Posts: 535
Own Kudos:
636
Given Kudos: 10
Status:There is always something new !!
Affiliations: PMI,QAI Global,eXampleCG
Posts: 535
Kudos: 636
Starting Thursday, Wal-Mart Stores is planning to offer free shipping 02 May 2011, 02:59
Kudos
Add Kudos
Bookmarks
Bookmark this Post
Crap I missed the comma part before the restrictive clause that.
Went for E instead. Meaning wise A can mean both - either gifts or free shipping on website include toys and electronics.Ambiguous.
avatar
vishalrastogi
avatar
Joined: 07 Mar 2013
Last visit: 13 Apr 2015
Posts: 22
Own Kudos:
35
Given Kudos: 80
Posts: 22
Kudos: 35
Starting Thursday, Wal-Mart Stores is planning to offer free shipping 25 Mar 2014, 23:47
Kudos
Add Kudos
Bookmarks
Bookmark this Post
daagh
1. Wall Mart Stores is a name and a proper noun and hence singular.
2. Any event that is planned in the near future is better represented by a present tense rather than a future tense. Since it is Thursday around, present tense is good.
C, using the simple present, is ruled out because of the pronoun mismatch. Between A and E, E faults on punctuating with a comma before the restrictive pronoun ‘that’.
A is the choice
Show more
Hey Daagh,

Is this question correct ? The name of the store chain is Wal-Mart only, adding "stores" makes it plural. Can you clarify this please ?

Thanks.
User avatar
Saabs
User avatar
Joined: 13 May 2013
Last visit: 09 Mar 2015
Posts: 22
Own Kudos:
70
 [1]
Given Kudos: 28
Concentration: International Business
Posts: 22
Kudos: 70
 [1]
Starting Thursday, Wal-Mart Stores is planning to offer free shipping 25 Mar 2014, 23:56
1
Kudos
Add Kudos
Bookmarks
Bookmark this Post
I do agree that it is very confusing, and as a non-US citizen I also made the mistake of only seeing "Wal-Mart" or "Walmart" as a brand name, but as it seems, the official trademark/copyright is "© 2012 Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. All Rights Reserved." My source is the 'Terms of Use' page on Walmart's corporate website.
User avatar
idontknowwhy94
User avatar
Joined: 03 Oct 2016
Last visit: 15 Mar 2017
Posts: 61
Own Kudos:
302
Given Kudos: 6
Concentration: Technology, General Management
WE:Information Technology (Computer Software)
Products:
My Reviews
Posts: 61
Kudos: 302
Starting Thursday, Wal-Mart Stores is planning to offer free shipping 05 Oct 2016, 08:39
Kudos
Add Kudos
Bookmarks
Bookmark this Post
Nice question -

A. is planning to offer free shipping on its Web site on almost 60,000 gift items, including
B. plan to offer free shipping on its Web site on almost 60,000 gift items, including
C. plans to offer free shipping on their Web site on almost 60,000 gift items, including
D. will plan to offer free shipping on its Web site on almost 60,000 gift items, including
E. is planning to offer free shipping on its Web site on almost 60,000 gift items, that include

BW A and D ; A sounds better

cant think and understand the reason very well here
User avatar
haardiksharma
User avatar
Joined: 17 May 2017
Last visit: 23 Jun 2025
Posts: 105
Own Kudos:
810
Given Kudos: 246
GPA: 3
Products:
My Reviews
Posts: 105
Kudos: 810
Starting Thursday, Wal-Mart Stores is planning to offer free shipping 24 Jul 2017, 07:11
Kudos
Add Kudos
Bookmarks
Bookmark this Post
It's a poor quality question
non-native wont be able to have knowlege whether it is walmart or Walmart Stores
avatar
AlexGmat2017
avatar
Joined: 13 Jan 2017
Last visit: 20 Apr 2021
Posts: 31
Own Kudos:
5
Given Kudos: 92
Posts: 31
Kudos: 5
Starting Thursday, Wal-Mart Stores is planning to offer free shipping 19 Sep 2019, 11:58
Kudos
Add Kudos
Bookmarks
Bookmark this Post
Why do we need a comma before "including many toys and electronics" in (A) ?
What kind of function does this phrase perform in the sentence?
User avatar
ayushgmatclub1
User avatar
Joined: 11 Jan 2018
Last visit: 08 May 2022
Posts: 57
Own Kudos:
18
Given Kudos: 337
Posts: 57
Kudos: 18
Starting Thursday, Wal-Mart Stores is planning to offer free shipping 11 Jan 2021, 11:54
Kudos
Add Kudos
Bookmarks
Bookmark this Post
I think the main reason why Walmart Stores is considered singular is "S", rather than "s".
So whenever we have "S" in a noun, it is considered a part of the name. Had it been "stores", we could consider it plural.

Please correct if my reasoning is wrong.
User avatar
VerbalBot
User avatar
Non-Human User
Joined: 01 Oct 2013
Last visit: 04 Jan 2021
Posts: 18,829
Own Kudos:
986
Posts: 18,829
Kudos: 986
Starting Thursday, Wal-Mart Stores is planning to offer free shipping 14 Dec 2023, 21:15
Kudos
Add Kudos
Bookmarks
Bookmark this Post
Hello from the GMAT Club VerbalBot!

Thanks to another GMAT Club member, I have just discovered this valuable topic, yet it had no discussion for over a year. I am now bumping it up - doing my job. I think you may find it valuable (esp those replies with Kudos).

Want to see all other topics I dig out? Follow me (click follow button on profile). You will receive a summary of all topics I bump in your profile area as well as via email.
Moderators:
GMATNinja
GMAT Club Verbal Expert
7443 posts
GMATNinjaTwo
GMAT Club Verbal Expert
231 posts
miag
189 posts