One study found that although government policy and the industrial sector in which a company operates can influence its productivity and financial strength, management decisions have at least as great an impact on a company's performance.
(A) management decisions have at least as great an impact
(B) decisions by management have a great impact
(C) manager decisions impact greatly
(D) decisions by a company's management impact greatly
(E) what a company's management decides has a greater impact
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ELLIPSIS is the omission of words whose presence is understood.One study found that although government policy and the industrial sector in which a company operates can influence its productivity and financial strength, management decisions have at least as great an impact on a company�s performance.
management decisions have at least as great an impact
decisions by management have a great impact
manager decisions impact greatly
decisions by a company�s management impact greatly
what a company�s management decides has a greater impact
I understand that there needs to be parallelism in nouns. But how is "atleast as great" correct comaprison?
The comparison in A employs ellipsis:
...management decisions have at least as great an impact [as government policy and the industrial sector have].
The words in brackets are omitted, but their presence is understood.
X is at least as great as Y means that X is as great as Y, if not greater than Y.
B, C, D and E do not preserve the intended comparison.
B: have a great impact does not imply a comparison.
C and D: impact greatly does not imply a comparison.
E: a greater impact means "definitely more impact".
Eliminate B, C, D and E.
The correct answer is A.
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IMO: AB166418 wrote:One study found that although government policy and the industrial sector in which a company operates can influence its productivity and financial strength, management decisions have at least as great an impact on a company's performance.
(A) management decisions have at least as great an impact - Parallel to government policy and the industrial sector
(B) decisions by management have a great impact
(C) manager decisions impact greatly
(D) decisions by a company's management impact greatly
(E) what a company's management decides has a greater impact
