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Reviewing the fiscal year, the intricacies of product behavior within the market are analyzed by the financial management departments of large corporations to pinpoint inefficiency and suggest improvements.
A. Reviewing the fiscal year, the intricacies of product behavior within the market are analyzed by the financial management departments of large corporations to pinpoint inefficiency and suggest improvements
B. The financial management departments of large corporations analyze the intricacies of their products' behavior within the market to pinpoint inefficiency, suggest improvements and review the fiscal year
C. In review of the fiscal year, the financial management departments of large corporations analyze the intricacies of their products' behavior within the market to pinpoint inefficiency and suggest improvements
D. Reviewing the fiscal year, large corporations analyze the intricacies of their products' behavior within the market to pinpoint inefficiency and suggest improvements to the financial management departments
E. Reviewing the fiscal year, the financial management departments of large corporations analyze the intricacies of their products' behavior within the market to pinpoint inefficiency and suggest improvements
A. Reviewing the fiscal year, the intricacies of product behavior within the market are analyzed by the financial management departments of large corporations to pinpoint inefficiency and suggest improvements
B. The financial management departments of large corporations analyze the intricacies of their products' behavior within the market to pinpoint inefficiency, suggest improvements and review the fiscal year
C. In review of the fiscal year, the financial management departments of large corporations analyze the intricacies of their products' behavior within the market to pinpoint inefficiency and suggest improvements
D. Reviewing the fiscal year, large corporations analyze the intricacies of their products' behavior within the market to pinpoint inefficiency and suggest improvements to the financial management departments
E. Reviewing the fiscal year, the financial management departments of large corporations analyze the intricacies of their products' behavior within the market to pinpoint inefficiency and suggest improvements
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IMO Option E
A. Reviewing the fiscal year, the intricacies of product behavior within the market are analyzed by the financial management departments of large corporations to pinpoint inefficiency and suggest improvements
-> the opening clause is modifying "the intricacies" + passive voice
B. The financial management departments of large corporations analyze the intricacies of their products' behavior within the market to pinpoint inefficiency, suggest improvements and review the fiscal year
-> The order of the statement has changed and so has the meaning
C. In review of the fiscal year, the financial management departments of large corporations analyze the intricacies of their products' behavior within the market to pinpoint inefficiency and suggest improvements
-> Reviewing is better than In review of -- check for better answer choices
D. Reviewing the fiscal year, large corporations analyze the intricacies of their products' behavior within the market to pinpoint inefficiency and suggest improvements to the financial management departments
-> large corporations are not reviewing the fiscal year. Meaning changed
E. Reviewing the fiscal year, the financial management departments of large corporations analyze the intricacies of their products' behavior within the market to pinpoint inefficiency and suggest improvements
-> Better than C hence the answer.
A. Reviewing the fiscal year, the intricacies of product behavior within the market are analyzed by the financial management departments of large corporations to pinpoint inefficiency and suggest improvements
-> the opening clause is modifying "the intricacies" + passive voice
B. The financial management departments of large corporations analyze the intricacies of their products' behavior within the market to pinpoint inefficiency, suggest improvements and review the fiscal year
-> The order of the statement has changed and so has the meaning
C. In review of the fiscal year, the financial management departments of large corporations analyze the intricacies of their products' behavior within the market to pinpoint inefficiency and suggest improvements
-> Reviewing is better than In review of -- check for better answer choices
D. Reviewing the fiscal year, large corporations analyze the intricacies of their products' behavior within the market to pinpoint inefficiency and suggest improvements to the financial management departments
-> large corporations are not reviewing the fiscal year. Meaning changed
E. Reviewing the fiscal year, the financial management departments of large corporations analyze the intricacies of their products' behavior within the market to pinpoint inefficiency and suggest improvements
-> Better than C hence the answer.
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OFFICIAL EXPLANATION
Reviewing the fiscal year, the intricacies of product behavior within the market are analyzed by the financial management departments of large corporations to pinpoint inefficiency and suggest improvements.
A. Reviewing the fiscal year, the intricacies of product behavior within the market are analyzed by the financial management departments of large corporations to pinpoint inefficiency and suggest improvements
This sentence begins with a modifier: Reviewing the fiscal year. A modifier should be placed right next to the noun it describes. The only noun that this modifier can logically modify is financial management departments. However, this noun is quite far from the modifier that describes it.
What helps us identify this question as a Dangling or Misplaced Modifier question as well as identify the mistake is the following Stop Sign:
A modifier
- Verb+ing or V3, or non participial phrase at the beginning of the sentence, and separated by a comma). The modifier should modify the noun following the comma.
- Verb+ing or V3, or non participial phrase appearing in the middle to end of a sentence and preceded by a comma; the modifier should refer back to the nearest subject or clause or show the result of the previous clause.
- Verb+ing or V3, or non participial phrase appearing in the middle to end of a sentence and NOT preceded by a comma; the modifier should modify the preceding noun or noun phrase.
Whenever you see this Stop Sign, focus on the modifier: check whether the modifier has something to modify and, if so, that it modifies what it is supposed to.
B. The financial management departments of large corporations analyze the intricacies of their products' behavior within the market to pinpoint inefficiency, suggest improvements and review the fiscal year
Although this answer choice corrects the original Misplaced Modifier mistake and is grammatically correct, it changes the meaning of the original sentence. In the original sentence, the actions pinpoint inefficiency and suggest improvements are the components of reviewing the fiscal year whereas in this answer choice, reviewing the fiscal year is a third action.
C. In review of the fiscal year, the financial management departments of large corporations analyze the intricacies of their products' behavior within the market to pinpoint inefficiency and suggest improvements
Although this answer choice corrects the original Misplaced Modifier mistake and is grammatically correct, it is stylistically flawed. Replacing the single word Reviewing with the three-word phrase In review of creates redundancy.
D. Reviewing the fiscal year, large corporations analyze the intricacies of their products' behavior within the market to pinpoint inefficiency and suggest improvements to the financial management departments
Although this answer choice corrects the original Misplaced Modifier mistake and is grammatically correct, it changes the meaning of the original sentence. In the original sentence, the improvements are suggested by the financial management departments whereas in this answer choice they're suggested to them.
E. Reviewing the fiscal year, the financial management departments of large corporations analyze the intricacies of their products' behavior within the market to pinpoint inefficiency and suggest improvements
This sentence begins with a modifier: Reviewing the fiscal year. A modifier should be placed right next to the noun it describes. The only noun that this modifier can logically modify is financial management departments, which in this answer choice indeed immediately follows the modifier.
