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by Black Knight » Wed Mar 16, 2011 11:03 pm
Reactivating deals that were put on hold may be unwise in some industries where
fundamental changes during the crisis have weakened the competitive position of
deal targets or hurt the structural attractiveness of their markets.

A. where fundamental changes during the crisis have weakened the competitive
position of deal targets or

B. in which fundamental changes during the crisis has weakened the competitive
position of deal targets and

C. where fundamental changes during the crisis have weakened the competitive
position of deal targets or

D. in which fundamental changes during the crisis have weakened the
competitive position of deal targets or

E. where fundamental changes during the time of the crisis have weakened the
competitive position of targets of the deal and
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by Geva@EconomistGMAT » Thu Mar 17, 2011 1:57 am
Black Knight wrote:Reactivating deals that were put on hold may be unwise in some industries where
fundamental changes during the crisis have weakened the competitive position of
deal targets or hurt the structural attractiveness of their markets.

A. where fundamental changes during the crisis have weakened the competitive
position of deal targets or

B. in which fundamental changes during the crisis has weakened the competitive
position of deal targets and

C. where fundamental changes during the crisis have weakened the competitive
position of deal targets or

D. in which fundamental changes during the crisis have weakened the
competitive position of deal targets or

E. where fundamental changes during the time of the crisis have weakened the
competitive position of targets of the deal and
I believe the answer is D.

'Where' can only start a relative clause in cases of actual geographical location: Japan, where numerous earthquake have taken their toll across the years,....". Where there are no actual locations, the correct relative pronoun is "in which" - a fact that immediately eliminates A, C and E.

Between B and D, B has a subject verb agreement problem with "fundamental changes (plural)..has weakened (singular)".
D remains the only correct answer.
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by AIM GMAT » Thu Mar 17, 2011 3:16 am
IMO D .


A. where fundamental changes during the crisis have weakened the competitive
position of deal targets or

B. in which fundamental changes during the crisis has weakened the competitive
position of deal targets and

C. where fundamental changes during the crisis have weakened the competitive
position of deal targets or

D. in which fundamental changes during the crisis have weakened the
competitive position of deal targets or

E. where fundamental changes during the time of the crisis have weakened the
competitive position of targets of the deal and
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by cvsmech » Sun Sep 04, 2011 7:44 am
1) Pronoun error it should be in which instead of where.
2) S-V error.

Answer D

I picked D as well but my question is how do you know which one of the and/or is the right connector for this question?

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by mundasingh123 » Sun Sep 04, 2011 8:35 am
Geva@MasterGMAT wrote:
Black Knight wrote:Reactivating deals that were put on hold may be unwise in some industries where
fundamental changes during the crisis have weakened the competitive position of
deal targets or hurt the structural attractiveness of their markets.

A. where fundamental changes during the crisis have weakened the competitive
position of deal targets or

B. in which fundamental changes during the crisis has weakened the competitive
position of deal targets and

C. where fundamental changes during the crisis have weakened the competitive
position of deal targets or

D. in which fundamental changes during the crisis have weakened the
competitive position of deal targets or

E. where fundamental changes during the time of the crisis have weakened the
competitive position of targets of the deal and
I believe the answer is D.

'Where' can only start a relative clause in cases of actual geographical location: Japan, where numerous earthquake have taken their toll across the years,....". Where there are no actual locations, the correct relative pronoun is "in which" - a fact that immediately eliminates A, C and E.

Between B and D, B has a subject verb agreement problem with "fundamental changes (plural)..has weakened (singular)".
D remains the only correct answer.
Hi geva Could us please tell us when is the change from prepositional phrases to noun adjectives warranted .
For example in the sc above , the prepositional phrase has been changed to deal targets.
one of the answer choices in Another SC ,which i came across , changed threat to health to Health threat
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by Geva@EconomistGMAT » Sun Sep 04, 2011 8:54 pm
mundasingh123 wrote:
Geva@MasterGMAT wrote:
Black Knight wrote:Reactivating deals that were put on hold may be unwise in some industries where
fundamental changes during the crisis have weakened the competitive position of
deal targets or hurt the structural attractiveness of their markets.

A. where fundamental changes during the crisis have weakened the competitive
position of deal targets or

B. in which fundamental changes during the crisis has weakened the competitive
position of deal targets and

C. where fundamental changes during the crisis have weakened the competitive
position of deal targets or

D. in which fundamental changes during the crisis have weakened the
competitive position of deal targets or

E. where fundamental changes during the time of the crisis have weakened the
competitive position of targets of the deal and
I believe the answer is D.

'Where' can only start a relative clause in cases of actual geographical location: Japan, where numerous earthquake have taken their toll across the years,....". Where there are no actual locations, the correct relative pronoun is "in which" - a fact that immediately eliminates A, C and E.

Between B and D, B has a subject verb agreement problem with "fundamental changes (plural)..has weakened (singular)".
D remains the only correct answer.
Hi geva Could us please tell us when is the change from prepositional phrases to noun adjectives warranted .
For example in the sc above , the prepositional phrase has been changed to deal targets.
one of the answer choices in Another SC ,which i came across , changed threat to health to Health threat
When two consecutive nouns are in place, the first one acts as an adjective describing the second one. The description is usually one of "type" - the first noun will tell you what type of noun the second one is: School teacher (as opposed to other kinds of teachers), sports jacket (as opposed to other kinds of jackets), etc.

Off the top of my head, I can't think of an example where the move from prepositional phrase to such a "double noun" is NOT warranted - the two forms are fairly equivalent, and the noun phrase may actually be a more concise, stylistically superior form. Unless the change somehow creates an illogical phrase, I would characterize this as a non-issue, and hesitate to eliminate an answer choice based only on its use of this form or the other - look for "harder" proof.
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by mundasingh123 » Sun Sep 04, 2011 9:20 pm
Geva,

is it acceptable to use the dog's size in place of the size of dog .
I have read that generally of X can be written as X's but we cant apply this rule to time periods , quantities and measurements .
Would like to have your opinion
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by Geva@EconomistGMAT » Sun Sep 04, 2011 10:10 pm
mundasingh123 wrote:Geva,

is it acceptable to use the dog's size in place of the size of dog .
I have read that generally of X can be written as X's but we cant apply this rule to time periods , quantities and measurements .
Would like to have your opinion
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ok. This is a minor issue, but the 's is a form of possessive. It is sometimes incorrectly used if the posessing noun (i.e. the X) is an abstract thing that cannot really "possess". For example, "love's power" is a perfectly useful, though slightly Shakespearean expression, but in the GMAT it might be replaced with "the power of love". This seems to be more of a GMAT rule of thumb than a "real life" issue, and even on the GMAT I rarely find myself using it to eliminate answers, except under the cover of "awkward phrasing".

"The dog's size" is ok, since the dog is a concrete noun that can possess (although size, as an attribute can be possessed in that way).
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by sachindia » Fri Feb 08, 2013 9:08 pm
Geva@MasterGMAT wrote:
Black Knight wrote:Reactivating deals that were put on hold may be unwise in some industries where
fundamental changes during the crisis have weakened the competitive position of
deal targets or hurt the structural attractiveness of their markets.

A. where fundamental changes during the crisis have weakened the competitive
position of deal targets or

B. in which fundamental changes during the crisis has weakened the competitive
position of deal targets and

C. where fundamental changes during the crisis have weakened the competitive
position of deal targets or

D. in which fundamental changes during the crisis have weakened the
competitive position of deal targets or

E. where fundamental changes during the time of the crisis have weakened the
competitive position of targets of the deal and
I believe the answer is D.

'Where' can only start a relative clause in cases of actual geographical location: Japan, where numerous earthquake have taken their toll across the years,....". Where there are no actual locations, the correct relative pronoun is "in which" - a fact that immediately eliminates A, C and E.

Between B and D, B has a subject verb agreement problem with "fundamental changes (plural)..has weakened (singular)".
D remains the only correct answer.
Hi Geva,
The Official answer explanation also states that the correct connector is 'or' and not 'and'.
Could you please throw some light as to why 'or' is correct?
Regards,
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by sana.noor » Sat Feb 09, 2013 12:23 am
Where is use for places while here where is used for industries and that is wrong. It should be "in which" so cross a,c and e. B has a subject-verb agreement issue, fundamental changes require the use of HAVE. So D wins.
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by sana.noor » Sat Feb 09, 2013 1:05 am
fundamental changes can hurt in either way 1) it can weakened the competitive position OR 2) it can hurt the structural attractiveness. In either way it hurt the companies but two together cannot exist at a time. It is only the meaning of sentence that can help you to use OR or AND wisely.
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