Eight years after they were saved from bankruptcy by a

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Eight years after they were saved from bankruptcy by a sudden turn around, the Senay corporation is  again encountering sluggish sales, mounting competition, and deep losses.
A. Eight years after they were saved from bankruptcy by a sudden turn around, the Senay corporation is
B. Eight years before the Senay corporation was saved from bankruptcy by a sudden turnaround, now they are
C. After a sudden turn around had saved them from bankruptcy eight years before, the Senay corporation is
D. Eight years after a sudden turnaround saved it from bankruptcy, the Senay corporation is
E. After the Senay Corporation had been saved from bankruptcy eight years before by a sudden turnaround, it is

BN1989 · Answer

I don't really see why A would be wrong, but the GMAT seems to have a tendency to prefer the active voice.

BDSunDevil · Answer

A. Eight years after they were saved from bankruptcy by a sudden turn around, the Senay corporation is: They cannot refer singular Senay Corporation. So A is wrong.

Sarang · Answer

Question on subject verb agreement. IMO answer :- D.

The other option can be easily discarded on POE basis.

crick20002002 · Answer

Straight D.

A classic S-V agreement problem.

Crick

aim730 · Answer

S/V and also Modifier After 
IMO D answer

onedayill · Answer

Can some one explain why C is incorrect ?

Thanks

ENAFEX · Answer

Two reasons why I would eliminate C are 
1.
".... had saved  them from bankruptcy  eight years before "
Usage past perfect tense is wrong. Simple past will do.

2. Plural Pronoun them is wrong. Should be singular 'it' that refers to the corporation.

gladiator999 · Answer

Eliminate
A) They cannot refers to Senay as it is singular.

B) Senay is again taken as plural .

C) Saved them - It should be Saved it

D) Correct usage of pronoun by using it for Senay.

E) incorrect tense usage

jitbec · Answer

Plural ca n not refer to Senoy
hence D

Harsht7 · Answer

I chose E over D because D says -
D. Eight years after a sudden turnaround saved it from bankruptcy, the Senay corporation is
My thoughts - here, before the Subject [Senay Corporation], is introduced a pronoun [IT] is mentioned which we don't prefer generally as a hanging pronoun
then why didn't we eliminate D, can someone please explain is my understanding incorrect

?

Debayandc · Answer

Can anyone explain why E is not correct? Thanks !!

CrackverbalGMAT · Answer

Eight years after they were saved from bankruptcy by a sudden turn around, the Senay corporation is  again encountering sluggish sales, mounting competition, and deep losses.

A. Eight years after they were saved from bankruptcy by a sudden turn around, the Senay corporation is  Subject verb agreement issue. Senay corporation is singular, whereas " they were  saved" is plural. Eliminate.

B. Eight years before the Senay corporation was saved from bankruptcy by a sudden turnaround, now they are  Pronoun issue. Senay corporation is singular, whereas "saved  them " is plural. Also, "Eight years  before ..." implies that the "sluggish sales" etc. are being encountered eight years  before  the "saved", which is illogical. Eliminate.

C. After a sudden turn around had saved them from bankruptcy eight years before, the Senay corporation is  Pronoun issue. Senay corporation is singular, whereas "saved  them " is plural.

D. Eight years after a sudden turnaround saved it from bankruptcy, the Senay corporation is  Correct answer. The "it" could be problematic, but an ambiguous antecedent is not always a clear-cut reason to eliminate an answer option on the GMAT, especially if no other issues are to be found. We can hold on to this to see if (E) has no issues, else this is the best option.

E. After the Senay Corporation had been saved from bankruptcy eight years before by a sudden turnaround, it is  Incorrect usage of past perfect form "had been saved". There is no second event in the past which is occurring after the "saved" which needs to be placed in order. Also, the correct usage would be "eight years  ago " and not "eight years  before " when talking about a point in time in the past. Eliminate.

Hope this helps.

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