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28 Nov 2018, 12:20
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When the CEO summoned a group of senior marketing managers to study competitor's practices, the managers found that the difficulties were more serious than they imagined it to be and the competitor had made huge investments in a survey to gather, integrate, and to analyze data from each store and every sales unit and had run a multitude of experiments.
A.) they imagined it to be and the competitor had made huge investments in a survey to gather, integrate, and to analyze data from each store and every sales unit
B.) they imagined and that the competitor had made huge investments in a survey to gather, integrate, and analyze data from each store and every sales unit
C.) they had imagined and the competitor made huge investments in a survey to gather, integrate, and analyze data from each store and every sales unit
D.) they imagined and that the competitor made huge investments in a survey to gather, integrate, and to analyze data from each store and every sales unit
E.) they had imagined and that the competitor had made huge investments in a survey to gather, integrate, and analyze data from each store and every sales unit
A.) they imagined it to be and the competitor had made huge investments in a survey to gather, integrate, and to analyze data from each store and every sales unit
B.) they imagined and that the competitor had made huge investments in a survey to gather, integrate, and analyze data from each store and every sales unit
C.) they had imagined and the competitor made huge investments in a survey to gather, integrate, and analyze data from each store and every sales unit
D.) they imagined and that the competitor made huge investments in a survey to gather, integrate, and to analyze data from each store and every sales unit
E.) they had imagined and that the competitor had made huge investments in a survey to gather, integrate, and analyze data from each store and every sales unit
28 Nov 2018, 19:53
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When the CEO summoned a group of senior marketing managers to study competitor's practices, the managers found that the difficulties were more serious than they imagined it to be and the competitor had made huge investments in a survey to gather, integrate, and to analyze data from each store and every sales unit and had run a multitude of experiments.
The question is alll about PARALLELISM in gather, integrate and analyze and about the tense issue on three things : The managers found; the managers imagined; and competitors had done. So, the two later activities 'the managers imagined' and 'competitors had done' have happened prior to "the managers found' and therefore, should be in past perfect tense that is the verb should contain HAD.
A.) they imagined it to be and the competitor had made huge investments in a survey to gather, integrate, and to analyze data from each store and every sales unit
Imagined requires HAD; to gather, integrate, and to analyze data NOT parallel; imagined IT to be is wrong
B.) they imagined and that the competitor had made huge investments in a survey to gather, integrate, and analyze data from each store and every sales unit
Imagined requires HAD;
C.) they had imagined and the competitor made huge investments in a survey to gather, integrate, and analyze data from each store and every sales unit
'the competitor made' requires HAD;
D.) they imagined and that the competitor made huge investments in a survey to gather, integrate, and to analyze data from each store and every sales unit
Imagined requires HAD; 'the competitor made' requires HAD; to gather, integrate, and to analyze data NOT parallel;
E.) they had imagined and that the competitor had made huge investments in a survey to gather, integrate, and analyze data from each store and every sales unit
Correct
E
The question is alll about PARALLELISM in gather, integrate and analyze and about the tense issue on three things : The managers found; the managers imagined; and competitors had done. So, the two later activities 'the managers imagined' and 'competitors had done' have happened prior to "the managers found' and therefore, should be in past perfect tense that is the verb should contain HAD.
A.) they imagined it to be and the competitor had made huge investments in a survey to gather, integrate, and to analyze data from each store and every sales unit
Imagined requires HAD; to gather, integrate, and to analyze data NOT parallel; imagined IT to be is wrong
B.) they imagined and that the competitor had made huge investments in a survey to gather, integrate, and analyze data from each store and every sales unit
Imagined requires HAD;
C.) they had imagined and the competitor made huge investments in a survey to gather, integrate, and analyze data from each store and every sales unit
'the competitor made' requires HAD;
D.) they imagined and that the competitor made huge investments in a survey to gather, integrate, and to analyze data from each store and every sales unit
Imagined requires HAD; 'the competitor made' requires HAD; to gather, integrate, and to analyze data NOT parallel;
E.) they had imagined and that the competitor had made huge investments in a survey to gather, integrate, and analyze data from each store and every sales unit
Correct
E
General Discussion
29 Nov 2018, 03:35
Kudos
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Hi
From what I know:
we use past perfect tense to show the sequence between related events.
For example:
Ram found that the dinosaurs were extinct for over a century.
IN this case Ram can only find about the extinction after it happens. Hence the usage of past perfect tense in this case would have been incorrect.
Coming to this question:
I feel the managers finding and the company making huge investments are not related events i.e their sequencing is clear even without the past perfect tense.
The managers can only find something after the company's competitors do something.
So how can Competitors made huge investments be correct.
Looking forward too a healthy discussion.
GMATNinja
VeritasKarishma
DmitryFarber
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chetan2u
egmat
From what I know:
we use past perfect tense to show the sequence between related events.
For example:
Ram found that the dinosaurs were extinct for over a century.
IN this case Ram can only find about the extinction after it happens. Hence the usage of past perfect tense in this case would have been incorrect.
Coming to this question:
I feel the managers finding and the company making huge investments are not related events i.e their sequencing is clear even without the past perfect tense.
The managers can only find something after the company's competitors do something.
So how can Competitors made huge investments be correct.
Looking forward too a healthy discussion.
GMATNinja
VeritasKarishma
DmitryFarber
daagh
chetan2u
egmat
