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16 Sep 2014, 02:27
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During the tenure of Steve Jobs, which was known for his dictatorial management style and for his innovative ventures, the growth of Apple Inc. exceeded any other large technology company in the world.
A. which was known for his dictatorial management style and for his innovative ventures, the growth of Apple Inc. exceeded any
B. known for his dictatorial management style and his innovative ventures, the growth of Apple Inc. was exceeded by no
C. known for his dictatorial management style and for his innovative ventures, Apple Inc. grew exceedingly than any
D. known for his dictatorial management style and his innovative ventures, Apple Inc. exceeded any
E. known for his dictatorial management style and innovative ventures, the growth of Apple Inc. exceeded that of any
A. which was known for his dictatorial management style and for his innovative ventures, the growth of Apple Inc. exceeded any
B. known for his dictatorial management style and his innovative ventures, the growth of Apple Inc. was exceeded by no
C. known for his dictatorial management style and for his innovative ventures, Apple Inc. grew exceedingly than any
D. known for his dictatorial management style and his innovative ventures, Apple Inc. exceeded any
E. known for his dictatorial management style and innovative ventures, the growth of Apple Inc. exceeded that of any
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Official Solution:
During the tenure of Steve Jobs, which was known for his dictatorial management style and for his innovative ventures, the growth of Apple Inc. exceeded any other large technology company in the world.
A. which was known for his dictatorial management style and for his innovative ventures, the growth of Apple Inc. exceeded any
B. known for his dictatorial management style and his innovative ventures, the growth of Apple Inc. was exceeded by no
C. known for his dictatorial management style and for his innovative ventures, Apple Inc. grew exceedingly than any
D. known for his dictatorial management style and his innovative ventures, Apple Inc. exceeded any
E. known for his dictatorial management style and innovative ventures, the growth of Apple Inc. exceeded that of any
A. The sentence wrongly compares “the growth (of Apple Inc.)” with “other technology company” - the comparison should be with “the growth of other technology company”.
Please note that the modifier “which ……” correctly modifies “the tenure of Steve Jobs”.
B. The sentence wrongly compares “the growth (of Apple Inc.)” with “other technology company” - the comparison should be with “the growth of other technology company”.
Please note that the modifier “known …….” correctly modifies “Steve Jobs”.
C. “Than” requires a comparative adjective, which is missing in the construction.
D. Although the comparison is drawn correctly between “Apple Inc.” and “any other large technology company”, the meaning is distorted. It is not clear from this construction, in what way Apple Inc. exceeded the other technology companies - in the original sentence growth of Apple Inc. is intended to be compared with that of other technology companies, whereas “growth” is missing altogether in this construction, distorting the meaning.
E. CORRECT. “Growth of Apple Inc.” is correctly compared with “that (the growth) of other large technology company”.
Please also note that all the three constructions below maintain parallelism:
2. for (his dictatorial management style) and (his innovative ventures).
3. (for his dictatorial management style) and (for his innovative ventures).
Answer: E
During the tenure of Steve Jobs, which was known for his dictatorial management style and for his innovative ventures, the growth of Apple Inc. exceeded any other large technology company in the world.
A. which was known for his dictatorial management style and for his innovative ventures, the growth of Apple Inc. exceeded any
B. known for his dictatorial management style and his innovative ventures, the growth of Apple Inc. was exceeded by no
C. known for his dictatorial management style and for his innovative ventures, Apple Inc. grew exceedingly than any
D. known for his dictatorial management style and his innovative ventures, Apple Inc. exceeded any
E. known for his dictatorial management style and innovative ventures, the growth of Apple Inc. exceeded that of any
A. The sentence wrongly compares “the growth (of Apple Inc.)” with “other technology company” - the comparison should be with “the growth of other technology company”.
Please note that the modifier “which ……” correctly modifies “the tenure of Steve Jobs”.
B. The sentence wrongly compares “the growth (of Apple Inc.)” with “other technology company” - the comparison should be with “the growth of other technology company”.
Please note that the modifier “known …….” correctly modifies “Steve Jobs”.
C. “Than” requires a comparative adjective, which is missing in the construction.
D. Although the comparison is drawn correctly between “Apple Inc.” and “any other large technology company”, the meaning is distorted. It is not clear from this construction, in what way Apple Inc. exceeded the other technology companies - in the original sentence growth of Apple Inc. is intended to be compared with that of other technology companies, whereas “growth” is missing altogether in this construction, distorting the meaning.
E. CORRECT. “Growth of Apple Inc.” is correctly compared with “that (the growth) of other large technology company”.
Please also note that all the three constructions below maintain parallelism:
1. for his (dictatorial management style) and (innovative venture).
2. for (his dictatorial management style) and (his innovative ventures).
3. (for his dictatorial management style) and (for his innovative ventures).
Answer: E
10 Apr 2022, 03:38
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The question or/and solution has been revised and edited. Thank you sayantanc2k !!!
