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09 May 2020, 23:59
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However promptly the company responds to the recent decline in sales, they will need to reduce prices by at least 10 percent so as to remain competitive with its traditional rivals.
A) However promptly the company responds to the recent decline in sales, they will need to reduce prices by at least 10 percent so as to remain
B) However promptly the company responds to the recent decline in sales, it will need to reduce prices by at least 10 percent to remain
C) Even if the company should respond promptly to the recent decline in sales, they will need to reduce prices by a minimum 10 percent in remaining
D) Even if the company promptly responded to the recent decline of sales, it will need to reduce prices by at least 10 percent to remain
E) Regardless of if the company responds promptly to the recent decline in sales, it will need to reduce prices by at least 10 percent to remain
10 May 2020, 00:04
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OFFICIAL EXPLANATION
However promptly the company responds to the recent decline in sales, they will need to reduce prices by at least 10 percent so as to remain competitive with its traditional rivals.
A) However promptly the company responds to the recent decline in sales, they will need to reduce prices by at least 10 percent so as to remain
B) However promptly the company responds to the recent decline in sales, it will need to reduce prices by at least 10 percent to remain
C) Even if the company should respond promptly to the recent decline in sales, they will need to reduce prices by a minimum 10 percent in remaining
D) Even if the company promptly responded to the recent decline of sales, it will need to reduce prices by at least 10 percent to remain
E) Regardless of if the company responds promptly to the recent decline in sales, it will need to reduce prices by at least 10 percent to remain[/quote]
• Split #1: pronoun-antecedent agreement
A company is a collective noun and thus singular. The pronoun should be it .
Options A and C improperly use they to refer to company.
Eliminate A and C
(Also in option C: in U.S. ENglish and on the GMAT, the word should is never in the IF clause..)
• Split #2: Conditional verb tenses
In option D, will need should be would need
Clauses that begin with even if behave just as regular IF-clauses do.
When an IF clause begins with a past tense verb, the main verb (in the "then" clause) must contain a verb in the conditional tense such as would.
→ the simple past (responded) should not be paired with the future (will need)
Eliminate D
Regarding (D): This whole sentence sounds strange to me. I would say:
Even if the company were to respond promptly to the recent decline of sales, itwill would need to reduce prices by at least 10 percent to remain competitive with its traditional rivals.)
Split #3 - Idiom - there is no such things as regardless of if
Option E uses regardless of if, which is both not idiomatic and makes my ears hurt.
The correct phrase is regardless of whether.
The answer is B
-- the singular pronoun it is used to refer to the singular noun company
-- the verbs are logical. The combination of present tense and future is logical. The sentence describes what the company must do in the future.
• NOTES
Company as a collective noun?
Yes. Company = collective noun = singular
Overwhelmingly, collective nouns are singular.
But the words people and police are collective nouns and they are always plural.]
However?
In this context it means in whatever way, or no matter how—not although.
→ However it is served, I do not eat fish.
→ However he tried to explain the math problem, his students stared blankly at him.
SO AS TO?
Avoid it.
AFter having examined thousands of questions, as far as I can tell, on the GMAT, so as to has never been part of a correct answer.
-- so that or in order to are preferred
-- I wrote about so as to (as well as so that, so X as to Y, and so X that Y) in this post, here.
COMMENTS
akhilvarma8 and MBADream786 , welcome to SC Butler.
[Do you all ever wonder how I remember whether I've seen your name on SC Butler threads?
No? Okay. I was just wondering.
]
As always, I am glad to see you all.
Some explanations are good; a couple are excellent.
Nice work. Kudos to all.
Project SC Butler: Sentence Correction (SC1)
However promptly the company responds to the recent decline in sales, they will need to reduce prices by at least 10 percent so as to remain competitive with its traditional rivals.
A) However promptly the company responds to the recent decline in sales, they will need to reduce prices by at least 10 percent so as to remain
B) However promptly the company responds to the recent decline in sales, it will need to reduce prices by at least 10 percent to remain
C) Even if the company should respond promptly to the recent decline in sales, they will need to reduce prices by a minimum 10 percent in remaining
D) Even if the company promptly responded to the recent decline of sales, it will need to reduce prices by at least 10 percent to remain
E) Regardless of if the company responds promptly to the recent decline in sales, it will need to reduce prices by at least 10 percent to remain[/quote]
• Split #1: pronoun-antecedent agreement
A company is a collective noun and thus singular. The pronoun should be it .
Options A and C improperly use they to refer to company.
Eliminate A and C
(Also in option C: in U.S. ENglish and on the GMAT, the word should is never in the IF clause..)
• Split #2: Conditional verb tenses
In option D, will need should be would need
Clauses that begin with even if behave just as regular IF-clauses do.
When an IF clause begins with a past tense verb, the main verb (in the "then" clause) must contain a verb in the conditional tense such as would.
→ the simple past (responded) should not be paired with the future (will need)
Eliminate D
Regarding (D): This whole sentence sounds strange to me. I would say:
Even if the company were to respond promptly to the recent decline of sales, it
Split #3 - Idiom - there is no such things as regardless of if
Option E uses regardless of if, which is both not idiomatic and makes my ears hurt.
The correct phrase is regardless of whether.
The answer is B
-- the singular pronoun it is used to refer to the singular noun company
-- the verbs are logical. The combination of present tense and future is logical. The sentence describes what the company must do in the future.
• NOTES
Company as a collective noun?
Yes. Company = collective noun = singular
Overwhelmingly, collective nouns are singular.
But the words people and police are collective nouns and they are always plural.]
However?
In this context it means in whatever way, or no matter how—not although.
→ However it is served, I do not eat fish.
→ However he tried to explain the math problem, his students stared blankly at him.
SO AS TO?
Avoid it.
AFter having examined thousands of questions, as far as I can tell, on the GMAT, so as to has never been part of a correct answer.
-- so that or in order to are preferred
-- I wrote about so as to (as well as so that, so X as to Y, and so X that Y) in this post, here.
COMMENTS
akhilvarma8 and MBADream786 , welcome to SC Butler.
[Do you all ever wonder how I remember whether I've seen your name on SC Butler threads?
No? Okay. I was just wondering.
]As always, I am glad to see you all.
Some explanations are good; a couple are excellent.
Nice work. Kudos to all.
General Discussion
10 May 2020, 01:43
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However promptly the company responds to the recent decline in sales, they will need to reduce prices by at least 10 percent so as to remain competitive with its traditional rivals.
A) However promptly the company responds to the recent decline in sales, they will need to reduce prices by at least 10 percent so as to remain
company is singular here as can be seen from the word responds and its traditional rivals. they must refer to the company. But it must be singular. Eliminate.
B) However promptly the company responds to the recent decline in sales, it will need to reduce prices by at least 10 percent to remain
Best answer after POE
C) Even if the company should respond promptly to the recent decline in sales, they will need to reduce prices by a minimum 10 percent in remaining
They refers to company. The singular form should be used. Eliminate.
D) Even if the company promptly responded to the recent decline of sales, it will need to reduce prices by at least 10 percent to remain
Even if ( present tense ) , then ( future tense ) construction should be used. Here past tense i.e responded has been used. This is incorrect.
E) Regardless of if the company responds promptly to the recent decline in sales, it will need to reduce prices by at least 10 percent to remain
'Regardless of' is a prepositional phrase that takes a noun.
it could be regardless of the way in which the company responds or it could be regardless of the response of the company .
Regardless of 'if statement' creates a awkward statement. So eliminate.
A) However promptly the company responds to the recent decline in sales, they will need to reduce prices by at least 10 percent so as to remain
company is singular here as can be seen from the word responds and its traditional rivals. they must refer to the company. But it must be singular. Eliminate.
B) However promptly the company responds to the recent decline in sales, it will need to reduce prices by at least 10 percent to remain
Best answer after POE
C) Even if the company should respond promptly to the recent decline in sales, they will need to reduce prices by a minimum 10 percent in remaining
They refers to company. The singular form should be used. Eliminate.
D) Even if the company promptly responded to the recent decline of sales, it will need to reduce prices by at least 10 percent to remain
Even if ( present tense ) , then ( future tense ) construction should be used. Here past tense i.e responded has been used. This is incorrect.
E) Regardless of if the company responds promptly to the recent decline in sales, it will need to reduce prices by at least 10 percent to remain
'Regardless of' is a prepositional phrase that takes a noun.
it could be regardless of the way in which the company responds or it could be regardless of the response of the company .
Regardless of 'if statement' creates a awkward statement. So eliminate.
