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Easy but I messed up

by reply2spg » Wed Sep 22, 2010 2:36 pm
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After Exeter Recycling reported dismal earnings for the fifth straight quarter, its Chairman announced that the Board of Directors planned to fire the current executive managers, seen by many as unresponsive and incompetent, and in replacing them, choose younger and more nimble managers.

A) and in replacing them, choose younger
B) to be replacing it with younger
C) and replace it with younger
D) to replace them with younger
E) and replace them with younger

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by krazy800 » Wed Sep 22, 2010 4:27 pm
reply2spg wrote:Source - Platinum Gmat

After Exeter Recycling reported dismal earnings for the fifth straight quarter, its Chairman announced that the Board of Directors planned to fire the current executive managers, seen by many as unresponsive and incompetent, and in replacing them, choose younger and more nimble managers.

A) and in replacing them, choose younger
B) to be replacing it with younger
C) and replace it with younger
D) to replace them with younger
E) and replace them with younger

OA Later
IMO E

A - not parallel
B & C subject verb agreement (managers vs it)
Option D needs 'and'
E alone maintains parallelism and subject verb agreement
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by reply2spg » Wed Sep 22, 2010 4:48 pm
You are right. OA E
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reply2spg wrote:Source - Platinum Gmat

After Exeter Recycling reported dismal earnings for the fifth straight quarter, its Chairman announced that the Board of Directors planned to fire the current executive managers, seen by many as unresponsive and incompetent, and in replacing them, choose younger and more nimble managers.

A) and in replacing them, choose younger
B) to be replacing it with younger
C) and replace it with younger
D) to replace them with younger
E) and replace them with younger

OA Later
IMO E

A - not parallel
B & C subject verb agreement (managers vs it)
Option D needs 'and'
E alone maintains parallelism and subject verb agreement
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by pesfunk » Wed Sep 22, 2010 6:15 pm
E should be the answer

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