The chief executive officer met with the board of directors to

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The chief executive officer met with the board of directors to consider the possibility of a hostile takeover attempt by a competitor and  how they would have to respond to deal with them .

A. how they would have to respond to deal with them
B. how to deal with them if action would become necessary
C. what action would be required for dealing with such an event
D. what action would be necessary to deal with such an event
E. the necessity of taking action in order to deal with it

ydmuley · Answer

The chief executive officer met with the board of directors to consider the possibility of a hostile takeover attempt by a competitor and  how they would have to respond to deal with them .

A. how  they  would have to respond to deal with  them 
B. how to deal with  them   if action would become necessary
C. what action would be required  for dealing  with such an event
D.  what action would be necessary to deal with such an event 
E. the  necessity of taking action  in order to deal with it

Straight D

elegantm · Answer

The chief executive officer met with the board of directors to consider the possibility of a hostile takeover attempt by a competitor and  how they would have to respond to deal with them .
A. how  they  would have to respond to deal with  them 
 Antecedent of THEY is ambiguous. Use of plural pronoun THEM for singular noun EVENT is incorrect.  
B. how to deal with  them  if action would become necessary
  Use of plural pronoun THEM for singular noun EVENT is incorrect. 
C. what action would be required  for dealing  with such an event
D. what action would be necessary to deal with such an event
 CORRECT 
E. the necessity of taking action in order to deal with it
 Changes the original intent

GMAT0010 · Answer

Hi, Why is D right and E wrong? I think E is somewhat parallel as "consider...the... and "the...." Please help Thanks

Lexcapital · Answer

IMO. The original meaning is " how to deal with the problem" but E stated: " the necessity to deal with the problem", meaning whether or not it is necessary. Thus the meaning has changed.

vipulkr · Answer

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SALAKSHYA · Answer

In the sentence
The chief executive officer met with the board of directors to consider  the possibility of a hostile takeover attempt by a competitor  and  how they would have to respond to deal with them. 
 two parts before and after "  and  " should be parallel, but on what basis can we determine in such a sentence whether they are parallel or not. 
Request GMATclubexperts to help

prateekchugh · Answer

KAPLAN OFFICIAL EXPLANATION

Step 1: Read the Original Sentence Carefully, Looking for Errors 
The sentence as written is wrong because “they” and “them” have no clear antecedent nouns. On
the GMAT, any hint of pronoun ambiguity indicates an incorrect answer choice.

Step 2: Scan and Group the Answer Choices 
Sniff out pronouns in the choices. (A) and (B) use “them,” and (E) uses “it.”

Step 3: Eliminate Choices Until Only One Remains 
Because of their ambiguous use of “them,” (A) and (B) are wrong. (C) contains the unidiomatic construction
“required for dealing,” and likewise (E) contains the unidiomatic construction “necessity
of taking.” Only (D) is idiomatically correct and avoids misused pronouns.

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