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by ranvijay87 » Wed Nov 16, 2011 11:29 am
Because of the enormous research and development expenditures required to survive in the electronics industry,an industry marked by rapid innovation and volatile demand,such firms tend to be very large.
a.to survive
b.of firms to survive
c.for surviving
d.for survival
e.for firms' survival
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by rijul007 » Wed Nov 16, 2011 12:22 pm
IMO: A
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by ranvijay87 » Wed Nov 16, 2011 12:26 pm
i thought so too.
but the official answer is b.
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by rijul007 » Wed Nov 16, 2011 6:40 pm
My take
Because of the enormous research and development expenditures required to survive in the electronics industry
in this sentence, the use of "to survive" might mean that enormous research and development expenditures need to survive...
Because of the enormous research and development expenditures required to survive in the electronics industry,an industry marked by rapid innovation and volatile demand,such firms tend to be very large.
there is no prior mention about "such firms"...


Option B corrects these ambiguities
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by karthikgmat » Sat Nov 19, 2011 9:57 pm
Hmm quite interesting. Unless you read the entire sentence , your OA would not be correct.

After looking at entire sentence . IMO B
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