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Hey Bunuel. I have attached the screenshot for your reference. It was from PE-6. hloonker
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Two flawed rough-draft versions of a section of a contract:

Version 1: The writer shall complete the work no later than 16 July 2017 and, provided that the company deems it acceptable, shall pay the writer $275 as full compensation for the work.

Version 2: The writer shall complete the work no later than 16 July 2017, and the company, if deemed acceptable by the company, shall pay the writer $275 as full compensation for the work.

Select for Problem with Version 1 the statement that most accurately describes a flaw in Version 1, and select for Problem with Version 2 the statement that most
accurately describes a flaw in Version 2. Make only two selections, one in each column.

Could you please provide a screenshot of the question to verify it's from official mocks? That would help. Thank you!

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Hey Bunuel. I have attached the screenshot for your reference. It was from PE-6. hloonker
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Two flawed rough-draft versions of a section of a contract:

Version 1: The writer shall complete the work no later than 16 July 2017 and, provided that the company deems it acceptable, shall pay the writer $275 as full compensation for the work.

Version 2: The writer shall complete the work no later than 16 July 2017, and the company, if deemed acceptable by the company, shall pay the writer $275 as full compensation for the work.

Select for Problem with Version 1 the statement that most accurately describes a flaw in Version 1, and select for Problem with Version 2 the statement that most
accurately describes a flaw in Version 2. Make only two selections, one in each column.

Could you please provide a screenshot of the question to verify it's from official mocks? That would help. Thank you!

Thank you very much!

Here is a similar question also from GMAT Prep: https://gmatclub.com/forum/two-flawed-r ... 39082.html
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Two flawed rough-draft versions of a section of a contract:

Version 1: The writer shall complete the work no later than 16 July 2017 and, provided that the company deems it acceptable, shall pay the writer $275 as full compensation for the work.

Version 2: The writer shall complete the work no later than 16 July 2017, and the company, if deemed acceptable by the company, shall pay the writer $275 as full compensation for the work.

Select for Problem with Version 1 the statement that most accurately describes a flaw in Version 1, and select for Problem with Version 2 the statement that most accurately describes a flaw in Version 2. Make only two selections, one in each column.

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The question tests our understanding of the structure of the sentence. Language comprehension skills are obviously still a part of GMAT Focus though this reminds me somewhat of Sentence Correction questions of old.

Sentence 1. The writer shall complete the work ... and, provided that the company deems it acceptable, shall pay the writer ...

Between the commas, we have a modifier which we can remove to get:
The writer shall complete the work ... and shall pay the writer ...
So it seems that as per the contract, the write shall pay the writer.

Hence select Option 1 for Version 1.

Sentence 2. The writer shall complete the work ... and the company, if deemed acceptable by the company, shall pay the writer ...
Here the sentence is implying that if the company is deemed acceptable by the company then it shall pay the writer. Instead it should be something like this:

The writer shall complete the work ... and if the work is deemed acceptable by the company, the company shall pay the writer ...

Select Option 4 for Version 2.
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