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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
OA A
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| Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 9:41 am Post subject: Re: One study found that although government policy |
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| simplyjat 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
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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Parallelism, parallelism, paralellism!
"...although government policy.. can influence..., management decisions have at least as great an impact...".
"Management decisions" is parallel to "government policy": choose (a).
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I understood the parallelism here, but was confused with the usage of "as great an impact". As per my knowledge the correct idiom is "as ... as" and the first option omits the second as...
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| simplyjat wrote: | | I understood the parallelism here, but was confused with the usage of "as great an impact". As per my knowledge the correct idiom is "as ... as" and the first option omits the second as... |
for the same reason, I avoided A and choose B |
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