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Can someone please help me with the following question?
It is well known in the supermarket industry that how items are placed on shelves and the frequency of
inventory turnovers can be crucial to profits.
(A) the frequency of inventory turnovers can be
(B) the frequency of inventory turnovers is often
(C) the frequency with which the inventory turns over is often
(D) how frequently is the inventory turned over are often
(E) how frequently the inventory turns over can be
I could narrow down my options to D and E but could not decide on which one and for what reason..... |
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| Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 7:40 pm Post subject: Re: OG 10 - Q 93 |
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| Poornima wrote: | Can someone please help me with the following question?
It is well known in the supermarket industry that how items are placed on shelves and the frequency of
inventory turnovers can be crucial to profits.
(A) the frequency of inventory turnovers can be
(B) the frequency of inventory turnovers is often
(C) the frequency with which the inventory turns over is often
(D) how frequently is the inventory turned over are often
(E) how frequently the inventory turns over can be
I could narrow down my options to D and E but could not decide on which one and for what reason..... |
OA is E. D swaps subject verb order. i.e. is the inventory instead of the inventory in E. |
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| Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 11:51 pm Post subject: |
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Also in option D, frequently and often have same meaning.
IMO E
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| Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 5:19 am Post subject: |
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I feel answer should be either (A) or (B).
Can anybody write why these are wrong.
What is OA?
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| Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 11:37 am Post subject: |
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| 'Turns over' or 'turned over' is correct .A & B use 'turnovers'. |
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Maintaining parallelism, "How" does not fit into the options A,B,C.
Option "D" seems to be asking a question to main subject of sentence "supermarket industry". Better option seems to E. |
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| Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 11:08 am Post subject: Re: OG 10 - Q 93 |
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| Poornima wrote: | Can someone please help me with the following question?
It is well known in the supermarket industry that how items are placed on shelves and the frequency of
inventory turnovers can be crucial to profits.
(A) the frequency of inventory turnovers can be
(B) the frequency of inventory turnovers is often
(C) the frequency with which the inventory turns over is often
(D) how frequently is the inventory turned over are often
(E) how frequently the inventory turns over can be
I could narrow down my options to D and E but could not decide on which one and for what reason..... |
D option has a couple of issues:
The 'how frequently" clause is started by how, a relative pronoun, so the sequence is: subject + (auxiliary) + verb . If it is a independent question, started by a interrogative pronoun, the sequence is how + auxiliary + subject + verb.
Often is not redundant with "frequently", because they are referring to different things. But "often" really changed the meaning of original sentence. |
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| Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 11:29 am Post subject: |
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I am confused whether we shud go for turnover / turns over ...
Turnover - an act or result of turning over; upset
If turnover is the right then it shud be option A.
moreover abt parallelism
It is well known in the supermarket industry that how items are placed on shelves and the frequency of
inventory turnovers can be crucial to profits.
that how is nt it parallel to both the sentences before and after 'AND' , so why do we shud repeat how again after 'AND'
Please let me know if I am wrong
what is OA? |
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