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The company announced that its gross margin improved in the second quarter largely due to contracts it renegotiated with several of their suppliers and if other vendors would agree to renegotiate the trend would continue.

(A) their suppliers and if other vendors would agree to renegotiate the trend would continue

(B) their suppliers and that other vendors need to agree to renegotiate for the trend to continue

(C) its suppliers and if other vendors would agree to renegotiate the trend would continue

(D) its suppliers and that other vendors need to agree to renegotiate for the trend to continue

(E) the company's suppliers and if other vendors would agree to renegotiate the trend would continue


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D IMO

The company announced that X .... due to contracts it renegotiated with ITS suppliers (eliminates A,B) and that Y (other vendors need to agree to renegotiate for the trend to continue).

D fixes the parallelism and singular/plural error.
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Company is singular eliminate A and B
C - and if other vendors would agree to renegotiate the trend would continue use of conditional
D - correct parallel structure that… and … that
E - incorrect construction, not parallel, unnecessary conditional

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can you provide the explanation as why D is the correct choice and not C ?
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can you provide the explanation as why D is the correct choice and not C ?
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The company announced 1) that its gross margin improved in the second quarter largely due to contracts it renegotiated with several of its suppliers and 2)
and that other vendors need to agree to renegotiate for the trend to continue

This sentence maintains correct parallel structure that.. and that.. use of if brings a condition which is not the intended meaning of the sentence .

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The company announced that its gross margin improved in the second quarter largely due to contracts it renegotiated with several of their suppliers and if other vendors would agree to renegotiate the trend would continue.

(A) their suppliers and if other vendors would agree to renegotiate the trend would continue

(B) their suppliers and that other vendors need to agree to renegotiate for the trend to continue

(C) its suppliers and if other vendors would agree to renegotiate the trend would continue

(D) its suppliers and that other vendors need to agree to renegotiate for the trend to continue

(E) the company's suppliers and if other vendors would agree to renegotiate the trend would continue


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Official Explanation :

The original sentence contains a list: the company announced that...and if, which is not parallel, so eliminate choice (A), and also choice (C) and (E), which repeat the error of if.

Choice (B) is parallel, but contains the pronoun their, which does not agree with the noun company, so eliminate this answer.

Choice (D) uses the parallel construction and that, and has the correct pronoun its, so this answer choice is correct.
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