varotkorn wrote:
Dear
VeritasPrepBrian AnthonyRitz IanStewart GMATGuruNY,
Why is choice B. wrong?
Quote:
But look at the logic of choice B: by putting modifier ”enabling...” after the first verb, it creates the sentence "Retailers deliver new looks and stay ahead...”. This isn’t the logical meaning — it treats those two as separate-but—equal events, when in actuality the delivering is what allows them to stay ahead.
I don't see the problem described in the solution above. I think "respond" and "stay" - both of which are within V-ing modifier - are completely parallel here.
Please see the breakdown of the structure according to choice B. below:
fast fashion clothing retailers deliver new looks every few weeks, enabling them to
respond to fluctuations in demand and media events,
and
stayOkay. But if they're both in the participle modifier, then why is there a comma between the two elements "respond" and "stay"? (Answer: Because the comma concludes the participle phrase, and "stay" is not a part of it and therefore cannot parallel "respond.")
Also, the "them" in B isn't the world's greatest pronoun, right? Couldn't it refer to either the "fast fashion clothing retailers" or the more-proximate "looks"? I might not kill it for this alone, but it's not ideal.
Also also, are the media events fluctuating? Because "fluctuations in demand and media events" is pretty ambiguous in that regard -- putting the prepositional phrase in the first half of the compound can sometimes be bad form in this regard. Note how D fixes it just by switching it: "media events and fluctuations in demand" is crystal clear.
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