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03 Sep 2021, 05:00
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The Marketing Department has adamantly rejected all claims that it was previously aware of the errors due to which sales of the new web-based service have amounted to a mere 1.5 million dollars instead of the expected 9 million dollars.
A. due to which sales of the new web-based service have amounted to a mere
B. which consequently caused sales of the new web-based service to amount to a mere sum of
C. due to which sales of the new web-based service have consequently amounted to a mere
D. due to which sales of the new web-based service have amounted only to a mere
E. that caused sales of the new web-based service to amount only to a sum of
A. due to which sales of the new web-based service have amounted to a mere
B. which consequently caused sales of the new web-based service to amount to a mere sum of
C. due to which sales of the new web-based service have consequently amounted to a mere
D. due to which sales of the new web-based service have amounted only to a mere
E. that caused sales of the new web-based service to amount only to a sum of
05 Sep 2021, 05:00
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OFFICIAL EXPLANATION
The Marketing Department has adamantly rejected all claims that it was previously aware of the errors due to which sales of the new web-based service have amounted to a mere 1.5 million dollars instead of the expected 9 million dollars.
A. due to which sales of the new web-based service have amounted to a mere
This answer choice is grammatically correct and stylistically the best of the available options.
B. which consequently caused sales of the new web-based service to amount to a mere sum of
Not quite.
This sentence is redundant because caused and consequently play the same role in the sentence.
Plus, the addition of sum following amount to a mere makes this sentence more wordy than the original.
C. due to which sales of the new web-based service have consequently amounted to a mere
Not exactly.
As both due to and consequently describe a relationship of cause and effect, using one of them is enough to express this relation between the two parts of the sentence. Using both is redundant.
- Stop Sign: Because/Since/Due to/As later followed by so/therefore/thus/consequently
D. due to which sales of the new web-based service have amounted only to a mere
Not quite.
Only and mere both denote the insufficiency of the sales. Using both is redundant.
E. that caused sales of the new web-based service to amount only to a sum of
Not really.
Though this sentence is grammatically correct, it is not the more concise sentence available.
General Discussion
04 Sep 2021, 11:19
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IMO OA should be A.
A. due to which sales of the new web-based service have amounted to a mere..............Looks fine
B. which consequently caused sales of the new web-based service to amount to a mere sum of................Redundancy
C. due to which sales of the new web-based service have consequently amounted to a mere.............Same as B
D. due to which sales of the new web-based service have amounted only to a mere.............Redundancy
E. that caused sales of the new web-based service to amount only to a sum of.....................Looks fine but 'only to a sum of' is verbose as compared to 'mere'.
A. due to which sales of the new web-based service have amounted to a mere..............Looks fine
B. which consequently caused sales of the new web-based service to amount to a mere sum of................Redundancy
C. due to which sales of the new web-based service have consequently amounted to a mere.............Same as B
D. due to which sales of the new web-based service have amounted only to a mere.............Redundancy
E. that caused sales of the new web-based service to amount only to a sum of.....................Looks fine but 'only to a sum of' is verbose as compared to 'mere'.
