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by 4meonly » Mon Dec 29, 2008 6:22 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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expenditures required of firms to survive in the electronics industry?
WTF? :shock:
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by ronniecoleman » Mon Dec 29, 2008 6:24 am
such firms tend to be very large

we require firm in the correct answer choice to make the above sentence make any sense...

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by 4meonly » Mon Dec 29, 2008 6:27 am
Agree that we need FIRMS to make SUH FIRMS logical.

But what about usung the phrase required of firms? Is it correct?

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