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16 Sep 2014, 01:56
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The most prominent characteristic of high-performance marketing firms is that they have a tendency to have concentrated greater executives in the direction of a smaller, more careful selection of a number of important businesses than is the case with other marketing firms.
A. that they have a tendency to have concentrated greater executives in the direction of a smaller, more careful selection of a number of important businesses than is the case with
B. that they tend to concentrate more executives to a smaller, more careful selection of a number of important businesses than toward
C. that they have a tendency to concentrate more executives on a smaller, more careful selection of a number of important businesses as opposed to
D. that they tend to concentrate more executives on a smaller, more carefully selected number of important businesses than do
E. the tendency to concentrate a greater amount of executives on a careful and small selection of a number of important businesses as opposed to
A. that they have a tendency to have concentrated greater executives in the direction of a smaller, more careful selection of a number of important businesses than is the case with
B. that they tend to concentrate more executives to a smaller, more careful selection of a number of important businesses than toward
C. that they have a tendency to concentrate more executives on a smaller, more careful selection of a number of important businesses as opposed to
D. that they tend to concentrate more executives on a smaller, more carefully selected number of important businesses than do
E. the tendency to concentrate a greater amount of executives on a careful and small selection of a number of important businesses as opposed to
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The most prominent characteristic of high-performance marketing firms is that they have a tendency to have concentrated greater executives in the direction of a smaller, more careful selection of a number of important businesses than is the case with other marketing firms.
A. that they have a tendency to have concentrated greater executives in the direction of a smaller, more careful selection of a number of important businesses than is the case with
B. that they tend to concentrate more executives to a smaller, more careful selection of a number of important businesses than toward
C. that they have a tendency to concentrate more executives on a smaller, more careful selection of a number of important businesses as opposed to
D. that they tend to concentrate more executives on a smaller, more carefully selected number of important businesses than do
E. the tendency to concentrate a greater amount of executives on a careful and small selection of a number of important businesses as opposed to
The original sentence correctly compares a characteristic of high-performance marketing firms with that of other marketing firms. However, the original sentence is unnecessarily wordy in its use of “they have a tendency” as well as “in the direction of” and “is the case.” Moreover, the use of the present perfect verb construction “have concentrated” is inappropriate, since the simple present tense is sufficient to describe a regular feature of “marketing firms.”
A. This choice is incorrect as as explained above.
B. This choice is clear and concise. However, in its use of “toward other marketing firms,” this choice does not draw the correct and logical comparison between the behavior of top marketing firms and the behavior of other marketing firms. Instead, this choice illogically compares the level of resources concentrated on certain important customers and the resources directed toward other marketing firms. Finally, the construction “concentrate more resources to” is unidiomatic; the appropriate idiom is “to concentrate on.”
C. This choice incorrectly draws a comparison between the level of resources concentrated on a number of important customers and the resources directed towards other marketing firms in its use of “as opposed to other marketing firms.” The correct comparison is between the behavior of top marketing firms and that of other marketing firms.
D. CORRECT. This choice correctly draws a comparison between a characteristic of top marketing firms and that of other marketing firms, and is otherwise clear and concise.
E. This choice incorrectly draws a comparison between the level of resources directed toward a number of important customers and the resources directed toward other marketing firms in its use of “as opposed to.” The correct comparison is between top marketing firms and other marketing firms.
Answer: D
The most prominent characteristic of high-performance marketing firms is that they have a tendency to have concentrated greater executives in the direction of a smaller, more careful selection of a number of important businesses than is the case with other marketing firms.
A. that they have a tendency to have concentrated greater executives in the direction of a smaller, more careful selection of a number of important businesses than is the case with
B. that they tend to concentrate more executives to a smaller, more careful selection of a number of important businesses than toward
C. that they have a tendency to concentrate more executives on a smaller, more careful selection of a number of important businesses as opposed to
D. that they tend to concentrate more executives on a smaller, more carefully selected number of important businesses than do
E. the tendency to concentrate a greater amount of executives on a careful and small selection of a number of important businesses as opposed to
The original sentence correctly compares a characteristic of high-performance marketing firms with that of other marketing firms. However, the original sentence is unnecessarily wordy in its use of “they have a tendency” as well as “in the direction of” and “is the case.” Moreover, the use of the present perfect verb construction “have concentrated” is inappropriate, since the simple present tense is sufficient to describe a regular feature of “marketing firms.”
A. This choice is incorrect as as explained above.
B. This choice is clear and concise. However, in its use of “toward other marketing firms,” this choice does not draw the correct and logical comparison between the behavior of top marketing firms and the behavior of other marketing firms. Instead, this choice illogically compares the level of resources concentrated on certain important customers and the resources directed toward other marketing firms. Finally, the construction “concentrate more resources to” is unidiomatic; the appropriate idiom is “to concentrate on.”
C. This choice incorrectly draws a comparison between the level of resources concentrated on a number of important customers and the resources directed towards other marketing firms in its use of “as opposed to other marketing firms.” The correct comparison is between the behavior of top marketing firms and that of other marketing firms.
D. CORRECT. This choice correctly draws a comparison between a characteristic of top marketing firms and that of other marketing firms, and is otherwise clear and concise.
E. This choice incorrectly draws a comparison between the level of resources directed toward a number of important customers and the resources directed toward other marketing firms in its use of “as opposed to.” The correct comparison is between top marketing firms and other marketing firms.
Answer: D
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23 Jun 2016, 03:58
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Isn't 'most prominent characteristic' the subject? 'they' cannot refer to 'marketing firms'.
Am I wrong?
