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voodoo_child: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 405; Joined: Thu Feb 10, 2011 1:44 amFollowed by: 1 member; Thanked: 3 times

by voodoo_child » Thu Apr 28, 2011 4:48 pm

35. Starting Thursday, Wal-Mart Stores is planning to offer free shipping on its Web site on almost 60,000 gift items, including many toys and electronics
A. is planning to offer free shipping on its Web site on almost 60,000 gift items, including
B. plan to offer free shipping on its Web site on almost 60,000 gift items, including
C. plans to offer free shipping on their Web site on almost 60,000 gift items, including
D. will plan to offer free shipping on its Web site on almost 60,000 gift items, including
E. is planning to offer free shipping on its Web site on almost 60,000 gift items, that include

OA [spoiler]:A [/spoiler]

Is "is planning" verb tense ok in A and E ? Can anyone please explain why..

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by pemdas » Thu Apr 28, 2011 10:03 pm

it's certainly correct to use singular form of 'to be' copulative/linking verb, as all words start with capital letters and indicate collective noun (one, single). If it were stores (Not Stores) then we would use plural "are" in A and E. In B it's plural "to be" wrong. In C it's simple present tense-wrong, the tense must be future. In D the tense is future simple-wrong, as the action of 'planning' has been defined already and the required future action is not 'to plan' BUT 'to offer'. So it's choice A.

voodoo_child wrote:35. Starting Thursday, Wal-Mart Stores is planning to offer free shipping on its Web site on almost 60,000 gift items, including many toys and electronics
A. is planning to offer free shipping on its Web site on almost 60,000 gift items, including
B. plan to offer free shipping on its Web site on almost 60,000 gift items, including
C. plans to offer free shipping on their Web site on almost 60,000 gift items, including
D. will plan to offer free shipping on its Web site on almost 60,000 gift items, including
E. is planning to offer free shipping on its Web site on almost 60,000 gift items, that include

OA [spoiler]:A [/spoiler]

Is "is planning" verb tense ok in A and E ? Can anyone please explain why..

Thanks
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champmag: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 234; Joined: Tue Feb 22, 2011 5:02 amFollowed by: 3 members; Thanked: 5 times

by champmag » Thu Apr 28, 2011 10:21 pm

To choose between option A and E:

Comma+that is almost always wrong in Gmat. This eliminates E.

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