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The organic food industry has organized a successful grassroots campaign—using Web sites, public meetings, and also mass mailings—that have convinced the Department of Agriculture to change the proposed federal regulations for organically grown food.
(A) using Web sites, public meetings, and also mass mailings—that have convinced
(B) using Web sites, public meetings, and mass mailings—that has convinced
(C) by using Web sites, public meetings, and mass mailings—in convincing
(D) by the use of Web sites, public meetings, as well as mass mailings—that convinced
(E) which used Web sites, public meetings, and mass mailings—in convincing
(A) using Web sites, public meetings, and also mass mailings—that have convinced
(B) using Web sites, public meetings, and mass mailings—that has convinced
(C) by using Web sites, public meetings, and mass mailings—in convincing
(D) by the use of Web sites, public meetings, as well as mass mailings—that convinced
(E) which used Web sites, public meetings, and mass mailings—in convincing
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The organic food industry has organized a successful grassroots campaign—using Web sites, public meetings, and also mass mailings—that have convinced the Department of Agriculture to change the proposed federal regulations for organically grown food.
A. using Web sites, public meetings, and also mass mailings—that have convinced -- subject-verb agreement -- campaign have
B. using Web sites, public meetings, and mass mailings—that has convinced - Correct
C. by using Web sites, public meetings, and mass mailings—in convincing
D. by the use of Web sites, public meetings, as well as mass mailings—that convinced -- the construction "X, Y, as well as Z" simply doesn't exist.
another way to figure out that this is wrong is to realize that "as well as ..." is a MODIFIER, and thus can be stricken from the sentence without affecting the surrounding grammar.
that's problematic: if you strike "as well as mass mailings" from (d), you get remaining words that clearly don't work.
E. which used Web sites, public meetings, and mass mailings—in convincing -- incorrect verb tense. "which used" (simple past tense) shouldn't be in a tense occurring prior to "has organized" (present perfect). this construction mistakenly suggests that the campaign "used X, Y, and Z" before it was even organized in the first place.
the problem with (c) is NOT grammatical; the grammar of (c) is just fine.
the problem with (c) is that it uses two different transitions incorrectly.
* if you say "subject + clause + BY VERBing", then "by VERBing" must explain HOW the main clause occurred.
e.g.
i prepared for the test by reviewing takeaways on the MGMAT forums.
note that the boldface clause describes HOW i prepared for the test.
choice (c) means that using websites, etc. was how the industry organized the campaign -- in other words, they used the websites and public meetings to organize the campaign in the first place. that's an incorrect meaning.
(the campaign ITSELF used these things; the correct modifier in (a) and (b) shows that relationship.)
* if you say "subject + clause + IN VERBing", then subject + clause must be an ACTUAL PART of the action of VERBing.
e.g.
i solved all the problems in OG12 in preparing for the GMAT.
--> notice that solving the problems IS ACTUALLY PART OF preparing for the test.
choice (c) fails here, too, since organizing the campaign (the main clause) is not ACTUALLY PART OF convincing the government.
Answer B
A. using Web sites, public meetings, and also mass mailings—that have convinced -- subject-verb agreement -- campaign have
B. using Web sites, public meetings, and mass mailings—that has convinced - Correct
C. by using Web sites, public meetings, and mass mailings—in convincing
D. by the use of Web sites, public meetings, as well as mass mailings—that convinced -- the construction "X, Y, as well as Z" simply doesn't exist.
another way to figure out that this is wrong is to realize that "as well as ..." is a MODIFIER, and thus can be stricken from the sentence without affecting the surrounding grammar.
that's problematic: if you strike "as well as mass mailings" from (d), you get remaining words that clearly don't work.
E. which used Web sites, public meetings, and mass mailings—in convincing -- incorrect verb tense. "which used" (simple past tense) shouldn't be in a tense occurring prior to "has organized" (present perfect). this construction mistakenly suggests that the campaign "used X, Y, and Z" before it was even organized in the first place.
the problem with (c) is NOT grammatical; the grammar of (c) is just fine.
the problem with (c) is that it uses two different transitions incorrectly.
* if you say "subject + clause + BY VERBing", then "by VERBing" must explain HOW the main clause occurred.
e.g.
i prepared for the test by reviewing takeaways on the MGMAT forums.
note that the boldface clause describes HOW i prepared for the test.
choice (c) means that using websites, etc. was how the industry organized the campaign -- in other words, they used the websites and public meetings to organize the campaign in the first place. that's an incorrect meaning.
(the campaign ITSELF used these things; the correct modifier in (a) and (b) shows that relationship.)
* if you say "subject + clause + IN VERBing", then subject + clause must be an ACTUAL PART of the action of VERBing.
e.g.
i solved all the problems in OG12 in preparing for the GMAT.
--> notice that solving the problems IS ACTUALLY PART OF preparing for the test.
choice (c) fails here, too, since organizing the campaign (the main clause) is not ACTUALLY PART OF convincing the government.
Answer B
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There are a few things that don’t quite work with this option.
Notice that we have two modifying clauses here, both of which consist of a preposition + gerund ("by using..." and "in convincing"). While having these two modifying clauses is not technically wrong, this structure makes it hard to tell who/what is doing the convincing here. Is it the campaign? The organic food industry (or the action of the organic food industry)? One or all of the items in the "by using" list?
In contrast, the “that has convinced” in (B) can ONLY modify the singular noun “campaign” because "that" is a noun modifier and "has convinced" is a singular verb. I wouldn't argue that (C) is WRONG because of this issue, but it definitely gives us a vote for (B) over (C).
We also don’t need to use both the preposition “by” and the dash -- we could just have “The industry has organized a successful campaign by using X, Y, and Z…” In (B) we still need the dashes because we don’t have the preposition, so that works just fine.
In fact, using both the preposition and the dash causes the reader to expect an entirely new clause (something like this: "The industry has organized a successful campaign -- by using clever marketing, stores have convinced people that everything on the shelves is healthy."). At first glance, it seems like "by using..." will modify something that FOLLOWS it, not the preceding clause, as intended. (B) avoids that source of confusion, so that's another vote against (C).
I hope that helps!
