Whereas lines of competition are clearly defined in the more establish

Hi GMATNinja -

In option B - Why can't the adverb one day modify the adjective competing ?

I know adverbs modify verbs BUT its also true adverbs can modify adjectives as well [For example : Highly Succesful athletes are .... Adverb Highly is modifying the adjective Succesful]

So in this case too

In option B, The adverb one day can jump over the noun (Companies) and modify the present participle adjective competing.

Thus, in option A and option B - the adverb one day is modifying a verb - (Contest in option A) and the adverb one day is modifiying an adjective - (Contesting in option B) -- what does this meaning difference imply ?

If you could perhaps explain how that changes the meaning between option A and option B - that would be great !

Hi avigutman - 2 quick questions

I eliminated B becuse of the usage of "Although"

Although X, Y == if X and Y are clauses -- they should be referring to the same entity (not the same subject necessarily)

Example
-- Although Sam is American, Sam has never lived in America (Sam is the same subject and thus the same entity)
-- Although fries of Pizza hut are bad, burgers of pizza hut are good (Referring to different items/subject but for the same entity, Pizza hut)

Wrong usage (I think ?)
-- Although fries of Pizza hut are bad, fries of KFC are good (fries maybe a common subject but the entities are different)

It doesnt make sense to see "Although" when comparing fries of pizza hut vs fries of KFC (Pizza hut and KFC are different entities)

Thus i eliminated B

Fair or lucky you think ?

Although X, Y == if X and Y are clauses -- they should be referring to the same entity (not the same subject necessarily)

Hi avigutman - isn't the usage of "THEY" wrong in option A /option B / Option C and Option D ?

"THEY" refers back the very same noun + its modifiers

In option A /B/C and D -- "They" in all these options refers BACK to the very same (Lines of competitions in the more established industries) which cannot make sense.

I can understand if this error was seen in all 5 choices rendering this error moot

BUT this error is seen in 4 choices only - Option E has the correct usage "THOSE" but option E is not the OA

How to reconcile

Confused between A & B, I selected A, as B was lacking 'more... than' structure.
But I am still confused on how A ends: companies that compete..... may be partners....
Now "may be" is a linking verb so it should be connecting parallel elements, but compete is a verb while partners noun.

Hi GMATGuruNY -

In option B - Why can't the adverb one day be considered to be modifying the present partciple competing ?

Present participles are adjectives and Adverbs CAN modify adjectives.

I know adverbs modify verbs BUT its also true adverbs can modify adjectives as well [For example : Passengers flying tommorow.... Adverb tommorow is certainly modifying the present partciple adjective Flying]

So in this case too,

In option B, The adverb one day can jump over the noun (Companies) and modify the present participle adjective competing.

Thus, in option A and option B - the adverb one day is modifying a verb - (Compete in option A) and the adverb one day is modifiying an adjective - (Competing in option B) -- what does this meaning difference imply ?

If you could perhaps explain how that changes the meaning between option A and option B - that would be great !

In option B, The adverb one day can jump over the noun (Companies) and modify the present participle adjective competing.

The statement above is incorrect.
An adverb cannot jump over a preceding noun to modify an adjective describing that noun.

I think the adverb PERHAPS has to be in front of the adjective in case an adverb has to modify an adjective but I am not sure



In (i) - i think the adverb in red is referring to the verb (drank)
but in

(ii) - the adverb in red is modifying the adjective in blue

Isn't 'they' to be used strictly to refer to people ?

Isn't 'they' to be used strictly to refer to people ?

Isn't (A) ambiguous?

"more established industries" - "more" can modify "established" or "industries"
1) more established (industries)
2) more (established) industries

Neither choice (A) nor choice (B) is ideal.

In (A), the use of the pronoun "they" to refer to "lines of competition" is somehow a little off, as, ideally, "they" would refer to a specific set of lines of competition, but, in this case, "they" refers to lines of competition in general in the Internet industry without that reference's being made clear.

An analogous sentence is, "Whereas people speak Chinese in China, in the United States they speak English." What people does "they" refer to exactly?

In (B), "they" seems to refer to "the lines of competition," but "the lines of competition" mentioned are those in the more established industries, not in the Internet industry. So, in a sense, (B) conveys that "the lines of competition ... in the industries that are more established" are in the Internet industry.

Now, regarding the fact that the comparison in (A) does not line up perfectly, in (A), the use of "whereas" rather than, for instance,"unlike," indicates that we are dealing, not with a strict comparison, but with two contrasting clauses. So, the comparison does not have to line up perfectly. The two clauses have merely to present a contrast.

The comparison in (B) does seem to line up a little better than does the comparison in (A), but probably was written to sound better than (A) in order to tempt people who don't notice the key difference between the two choices.

The key difference between the two choices and the clearest reason to select (A) over (B) is that the connection between choice (B) and the non-underlined portion of the sentence is flawed, whereas choice (A) works with the non-underlined portion of the sentence, as has been discussed in previous posts.