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The company’s efforts to seek advance orders for its computers will set off an intense new phase with its chief rival, one determined more by how efficiently each company can produce computers than by their visions.

(A) one determined more by how efficiently each company can produce computers than by their visions

(B) which will determine more how efficiently each company can produce computers than their visions

(C) which will determine more how efficiently each company can produce computers than by its visions

(D) one that will be determined more by how efficiently each company can produce computers than its visions

(E) one determined more by how efficiently each company can produce computers as by its vision
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Re: The company’s efforts to seek advance orders for its computers will [#permalink] New post  30 May 2016, 11:28
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I don't think the GMAT would use "their" the way it is used in A, but the other answers are really egregiously bad, so as long as we know who "their" is supposed to refer to, it still looks like the best choice. If I were going to defend this answer choice, I'd say that the antecedent is there in compound form: the company and its rival. However, since "company" isn't even used in non-possessive form, I'm not too inclined to defend this answer. :) Throw it out!
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Re: The company’s efforts to seek advance orders for its computers will [#permalink] New post  11 Jun 2013, 01:06
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The company’s efforts to seek advance orders for its computers will set off an intense new phase with its chief rival, one determined more by how efficiently each company can produce computers than by their visions.

B and C use "which", but it refers to the "chef rival":
B-C) which (chief rival) will determine more
this is logically not correct

a) one determined more by how efficiently each company can produce computers than by their visions.
d) one that will be determined more by how efficiently each company can produce computers than its visions.
e) one determined more by how efficiently each company can produce computers as by its vision.

Only A mantains a proper structure, hence is correct.
"their" refers to the companies, and more than one company is discussed in the passage "their visions" is required.
If I say "its vision" than I' m talking about a singolar company and the strcuture would not be correct, for example:
"determined by (how A and B produce) and by (how only A sells)" .
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The company’s efforts to seek advance orders for its computers will set off an intense new phase with its chief rival, one determined more by how efficiently each company can produce computers than by their visions.

a) one determined more by how efficiently each company can produce computers than by their visions.
Correct
Correclty uses the idiom more by X than by Y
b) which will determine more how efficiently each company can produce computers than their visions
which modifies the touching noun, hence incorrect
c) which will determine more how efficiently each company can produce computers than by its visions
which modifies the touching noun, hence incorrect
d) one that will be determined more by how efficiently each company can produce computers than its visions.
should be than by its visions, parallelism error
e) one determined more by how efficiently each company can produce computers as by its vision.
more by X as by Y is idiomatically wrong,
it should be more by X than by Y
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Re: The company’s efforts to seek advance orders for its computers will [#permalink] New post  23 Jun 2013, 18:59
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Zarrolou, I agree that A maintains parallelism but I have a few questions. Please clarify

In A, " each" is singular. And also the sentence says the "Company's" but not "companies". So isnt the use of "thier" incorrect in A?
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Re: The company’s efforts to seek advance orders for its computers will [#permalink] New post  23 Jun 2013, 22:17
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maaadhu wrote:
Zarrolou, I agree that A maintains parallelism but I have a few questions. Please clarify

In A, " each" is singular. And also the sentence says the "Company's" but not "companies". So isnt the use of "thier" incorrect in A?


Yes, you're correct but the not underlined sentence talks about two "subjects/companies", so if we want to refer to both of them "their" is required.
The sentence talks about more than one company, so "their" is correct, even though the word "companies" does not appear in the sentence

The company’s efforts to seek advance orders for its computers will set off an intense new phase with its chief rival

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Re: The company’s efforts to seek advance orders for its computers will [#permalink] New post  24 Jun 2013, 20:59
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I see how A is correct due to parallelism, but I don't like how the first part is future tense but the second part is "determined" which is past tense. I focused on that instead of the "by" that's missing...

can someone elaborate on why that tense switch is OK?
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Re: The company’s efforts to seek advance orders for its computers will [#permalink] New post  07 Sep 2013, 03:11
Could someone explain why we have used "their" in (A). The explanations given till date are not that clear to me
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Re: The company’s efforts to seek advance orders for its computers will [#permalink] New post  07 Sep 2013, 03:57
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I am not comfortable with use of their in the choice A. That is the reason why I rejected the choice handsdown.
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Re: The company’s efforts to seek advance orders for its computers will [#permalink] New post  07 Sep 2013, 11:51
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The company’s efforts to seek advance orders for its computers will set off an intense new phase with its chief rival, one determined more by how efficiently each company can produce computers than by their visions.

Here, the first part of the sentence focuses on company's efforts even though sentence uses antecedent ITS in the sentence . But the second part of the sentence begins with "one" that refers to "efforts" put by the company. As we have more X than Y idiom in the second part, X uses by how efficiently each company. Here word "each" talks about more than one company, so to keep other part also parallel we must use "their."

Hence A

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Re: The company’s efforts to seek advance orders for its computers will [#permalink] New post  07 Sep 2013, 20:46
B, C change the meaning somehow. one determined by and which will determine convey different meanings.

Between A,D and E - A maintains the parallelism.
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Re: The company’s efforts to seek advance orders for its computers will [#permalink] New post  21 Nov 2013, 18:34
Can somebody explain what this sentence means? I have no clue what the underlined portion wants to convey.
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Can somebody explain what this sentence means? I have no clue what the underlined portion wants to convey.


Hi mohnish

This question uses structure Noun+noun modifier. ==> Noun + noun modifier can modify:
(1) Preceding noun
(2) Preceding clause
(3) Any noun in the preceding clause.

The company’s efforts to seek advance orders for its computers will set off an intense new phase with its chief rival, one determined more by how efficiently each company can produce computers than by their visions.

In the underlined portion, "a new phase" is replaced by "one". The meaning is: The company's efforts start a new phase, which is determined more by how efficiently each company can produce computers than by their visions.

The blue parts keep the two parts of the sentence parallel in meaning.

Hope it helps.
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Re: The company’s efforts to seek advance orders for its computers will [#permalink] New post  21 Nov 2013, 22:58
pqhai wrote:
mohnish104 wrote:
Can somebody explain what this sentence means? I have no clue what the underlined portion wants to convey.


Hi mohnish

This question uses structure Noun+noun modifier. ==> Noun + noun modifier can modify:
(1) Preceding noun
(2) Preceding clause
(3) Any noun in the preceding clause.

The company’s efforts to seek advance orders for its computers will set off an intense new phase with its chief rival, one determined more by how efficiently each company can produce computers than by their visions.

In the underlined portion, "a new phase" is replaced by "one". The meaning is: The company's efforts start a new phase, which is determined more by how efficiently each company can produce computers than by their visions.

The blue parts keep the two parts of the sentence parallel in meaning.

Hope it helps.



Thanks pqhai, I didn't understand this particular part "than by their visons" like how efficiently each company can produce computers than by their visions. What do/does visions mean in this context?
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Re: The company’s efforts to seek advance orders for its computers will [#permalink] New post  21 Nov 2013, 23:24
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pqhai wrote:
mohnish104 wrote:
Can somebody explain what this sentence means? I have no clue what the underlined portion wants to convey.


Hi mohnish

This question uses structure Noun+noun modifier. ==> Noun + noun modifier can modify:
(1) Preceding noun
(2) Preceding clause
(3) Any noun in the preceding clause.

The company’s efforts to seek advance orders for its computers will set off an intense new phase with its chief rival, one determined more by how efficiently each company can produce computers than by their visions.

In the underlined portion, "a new phase" is replaced by "one". The meaning is: The company's efforts start a new phase, which is determined more by how efficiently each company can produce computers than by their visions.

The blue parts keep the two parts of the sentence parallel in meaning.

Hope it helps.



Thanks pqhai, I didn't understand this particular part "than by their visons" like how efficiently each company can produce computers than by their visions. What do/does visions mean in this context?


Mohnish

"vision" is a business terminology in this sentence. "vision" means how a company decide its goals in the mid-term or long-term future to be successful. For example: The CEO's vision is to make his clothing shop become the largest fashion retail stores chain all over the world.

Back to this question: a rephrased version of this question is:
The company's efforts start a new phase, which is determined more by how efficiently each company can produce computers than by how each company decides its goals in the future.

You can understand the question like: the company should try its best NOW rather than think about goals in the FUTURE.

Hope it's clear.
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Re: The company’s efforts to seek advance orders for its computers will [#permalink] New post  22 Nov 2013, 01:24
Thanks a lot pqhai. The sentence makes much sense now. :)
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Re: The company’s efforts to seek advance orders for its computers will [#permalink] New post  11 Jan 2014, 19:12
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Hi,

I am really confused about option A.

In the MGMAT SC Book, it is clearly mentioned that when 'each' precedes a subject / compound plural subject, it always takes a singular verb.
For example -
Each of these shirts is pretty.

When it follows, it has no bearing on the verb form.
For example -
They each are great tennis players.

Could some MGMAT expert please explain how this sentence is an exception?

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Re: The company’s efforts to seek advance orders for its computers will [#permalink] New post  07 Jun 2015, 05:03
ashutoshr wrote:
Hi,

I am really confused about option A.

In the MGMAT SC Book, it is clearly mentioned that when 'each' precedes a subject / compound plural subject, it always takes a singular verb.
For example -
Each of these shirts is pretty.

When it follows, it has no bearing on the verb form.
For example -
They each are great tennis players.

Could some MGMAT expert please explain how this sentence is an exception?

Thanks!


:arrow: You are right but logically A is correct for the following reasons

>In such a situation just eliminate :!:

>look for logical and parallel comparison :idea:

(B) and (C) eliminated because they seem to be modifying “chief rival”
(D) the “by” is required to make the construction parallel and “its visions” needs to be the plural “their visions”.
(E) "More than" is correct usage
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Re: The company’s efforts to seek advance orders for its computers will [#permalink] New post  30 May 2016, 05:45
Hi chetan2u,

Can you please assist, how could A be OA. I agree that all other options are incorrect but its the first time that I come across with a question in which the antecedent of "their" is not Explicitly written.

As far as I have learned that antecedent MUST exist. I am not able to understand the usage of "their" in correct sentence.

Can you please help..Is it a GMAT level question..?


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Re: The company’s efforts to seek advance orders for its computers will [#permalink] New post  15 Sep 2016, 15:28
Isn't "their" incorrect in (A)? If (A) were without this error, it would have sounded better among the answer choices.

Could someone clarify?
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