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by maihuna » Sun Jan 04, 2009 11:49 am
By applying optimization techniques commonly used to plan operations, it is possible to determine how much effort ought to be devoted to each of a company’s products in order to meet its goals in both the short and long terms.
it is possible to determine how much effort ought to be devoted to each of a company’s products in order to meet its goals in both the short and long terms
a company’s managers can determine how much effort should be dedicated to each of the company’s products in order to meet its short and long term goals
it can be determined by company managers how much effort ought to be devoted to each of the company’s products in order to meet its goals, both short and long term
it may be possible for company managers to determine how much effort should be dedicated to each of these products in order to meet the company’s short and long term goals
managers at a company can determine how much effort ought to be dedicated to each of these products in order to meet the company’s goals in both the short and long term
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Re: rusty modifier

by piyush_nitt » Sun Jan 04, 2009 12:15 pm
maihuna wrote:By applying optimization techniques commonly used to plan operations, it is possible to determine how much effort ought to be devoted to each of a company’s products in order to meet its goals in both the short and long terms.
it is possible to determine how much effort ought to be devoted to each of a company’s products in order to meet its goals in both the short and long terms - Incorrect Modifier
a company’s managers can determine how much effort should be dedicated to each of the company’s products in order to meet its short and long term goals - Correct
it can be determined by company managers how much effort ought to be devoted to each of the company’s products in order to meet its goals, both short and long term - Incorrect Modifier
it may be possible for company managers to determine how much effort should be dedicated to each of these products in order to meet the company’s short and long term goals - Incorrect modifier
managers at a company can determine how much effort ought to be dedicated to each of these products in order to meet the company’s goals in both the short and long term

IMO B
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by maihuna » Sun Jan 04, 2009 1:24 pm
OA is B only.

But this modifer dhould have modified Manager rather than a company's manager, whats ur take on this using possessive become opaque.
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by ronniecoleman » Sun Jan 04, 2009 9:06 pm
IMO B
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by tanviet » Mon Jan 05, 2009 2:34 am
Why E is wrong
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by goelmohit2002 » Mon Jan 05, 2009 2:36 am
IMO think of this in the following way:

b) a company’s managers, can determine how much effort should be dedicated to each of the company’s products in order to meet its short and long term goals

a company’s managers, by applying optimization techniques commonly used to plan operations, can determine how much effort should be dedicated to each of the company’s products in order to meet its short and long term goals

The above looks correct. So "B" is the answer.

Rest all have modifier issue. In "d" may and possible together are redundant. Possible itself conveys "May". This may/possible is similar to one question in OG-10.
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