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by atulmangal » Sun Feb 27, 2011 11:39 pm
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 aspirant2011 » Sun Feb 27, 2011 11:48 pm
I would go with E ....................wats the OA?????????
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by atulmangal » Sun Feb 27, 2011 11:59 pm
aspirant2011 wrote:I would go with E ....................wats the OA?????????
OA is B
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by aspirant2011 » Mon Feb 28, 2011 12:42 am
we need a reference of firm in the first part of the sentence and only B and E option has the same....................in B it says required of firms which is wrong because we dont require anything from firms instead required for is the correct usage if u read the sentence carefully................
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by atulmangal » Mon Feb 28, 2011 1:01 am
aspirant2011 wrote:we need a reference of firm in the first part of the sentence and only B and E option has the same....................in B it says required of firms which is wrong because we dont require anything from firms instead required for is the correct usage if u read the sentence carefully................
M sorry, as earlier i posted the wrong ans by mistake....the correct and is OP B
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by cyrwr1 » Mon Feb 28, 2011 3:37 pm
B's the answer?
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by atulmangal » Tue Mar 01, 2011 2:16 am
OA is "B"

We need the "firms" in the first part of the sentence....only op B
fullfill this need....in OP E
firm's survival = survival NOT FIRMS....

FOR EX......JACK'S CAR = CAR NOT JACK
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by aspirant2011 » Tue Mar 01, 2011 3:40 am
I am not able to get.............is the word "firms' " wrong???????
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by atulmangal » Tue Mar 01, 2011 4:25 am
aspirant2011 wrote:I am not able to get.............is the word "firms' " wrong???????
OP E

for firms' survival...here actual noun is not firms'....the noun is survival...

just like....in JACK'S CAR....REFER TO CAR

as the last part include such firms, so "firms" should be there in the firt part....which is only
there in B not in E
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by aspirant2011 » Tue Mar 01, 2011 8:06 am
Hi Atul,

I do agree there is a difference but "Jack's" word sounds possessive and it refers to car but here the word in E is not "firm's" but "firms'", which is not possessive...............
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by atulmangal » Tue Mar 01, 2011 8:36 am
aspirant2011 wrote:Hi Atul,

I do agree there is a difference but "Jack's" word sounds possessive and it refers to car but here the word in E is note "firm's" but "firms'", which is not possessive...............
Hi, pls look at the op E, carefully.....its firms'...not the ' after firms..
its the possessive form of firms....or the possessive form of plural firms....
firm's budget------> budget of single firm
firms' budget------> budget of many firms..
but in both the cases noun is budget...modifier makes the difference only in the meaning....
not in the subject
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by aspirant2011 » Tue Mar 01, 2011 8:41 am
hi atul,

yup i got it now, thanks a lot :-)
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by cyrwr1 » Tue Mar 01, 2011 1:04 pm
explanation please. i'm lost
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by Night reader » Tue Mar 01, 2011 1:21 pm
the only likable -looking suitable answer choices here are B and E as ones introduce example illustration made with firms, further in the sentence, "such firms"
which firms? - such firms.
where can we read about firms only in B and E, otherwise "such firms" is meaningless part in this sentence
but E makes illogical precedence with "firms" --> "for firms' survival" lays ground for speaking not exactly about the firms - we can speak and bring examples about anything related to these firms and an electronics industry;
choice B makes clear precedence for the rest of the sentence.
atulmangal wrote: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 clock60 » Tue Mar 01, 2011 1:32 pm
hi guys
i wonder what is the source of the problem
i agree that the best answer is B
we need to mention firms in the first part of the sentence, and in E there is no one
such means like antecedent, and the only logical antecedent here is firms`-possessive which can`t be valid antecedent for such
but in B i see also idiom problem
MG sentence correction page 165
according to them
require of x to do y is wrong
example
she requires of her friend to do work this usage is not valid
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