thelosthippie wrote:
Unlike traditional retailers that deploy one new product line per season, delivering new looks every few weeks has enabled fast fashion clothing retailers to respond to fluctuations in demand and media events and stay ahead of the competition.
B. fast fashion clothing retailers deliver new looks every few weeks, enabling them to respond to fluctuations in demand and media events, and stay
Verb -ING modifier preceded by comma - Either present additional information about the preceding clause or present the result of the preceding clause.
Here "Enabling them" correctly modifies the preceding clause. Here the Verb -ING modifier is presenting the result.
Fast Fashion Clothing deliver new looks every week and this action enabled them to respond to the fluctuating situations.
This is also correct "Respond to fluctuations in demand and media events"
Responding to [ Fluctuations in Demand and media events]
Fast fashion responded to the media. Fast fashion responded to the fluctuating demands. So respond to is common for both. Hence this is also correct.
The only problem we are having here is in the tenses.
Usage of presentence here mean - Fast Fashion retailer is going to deliver new look every few weeks forever.
While option "D" Correctly says that the event started sometime back and it continues.
Presentense - Sun Rises in the east - Fact or universal truth. Usage of presentence is correct.
Sheela studies for her exam - Here it means, whenever there is an exam for her she will study. Again this is a fact.
But here we cant say that Fast Fashion is going to deliver new look every few weeks forever.
Instead we can understand, that this event has started sometime back and it continues. Hence usage of present perfect is fine here.
If option D is not there definitely we can go for B bcos SC is all about choosing the best choice among 5 options.