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A year advantage in a new computer product

by Mani_mba » Sat Oct 11, 2008 6:25 am
32. A year advantage in a new computer product or process being introduced can give a company a significant edge on its competitors.
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b. Introducing a new computer product or process by a year earlier
c. A year's advantage to introduce a new computer product or process
d. To introduce a new computer product or process by a year earlier
e. Being a year ahead in introducing a new computer product or process

IMO B. But OA is D. Plz explain.
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by kris610 » Sat Oct 11, 2008 6:37 am
I'm not sure..The given sentence and the options all look bad.
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by gmat009 » Sat Oct 11, 2008 7:36 am
B looks better than D.
Can someone plz. explain this OA.........
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by stop@800 » Sat Oct 11, 2008 8:09 am
C is also looking good to me.

Whats wrong with C??

Also
I think with year we use an and not a

I will finish this is an year.
I will finish this is a year.

To me first one looks better, please share your suggestions
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by vivek.kapoor83 » Sat Oct 11, 2008 8:26 am
IMO C.
Though I agree with Stop...An year is correct , not a year...

Coz if 1st alphabet of word sounds a vowel, then we put 'an'
eg... an hour ago...h is silent ..so 'an'

but all the choices here use A year..So C seems to be the best.
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by vivek.kapoor83 » Sat Oct 11, 2008 9:26 am
moreover if u read ...C...A year's advantage...can give...edge sounds appropriate.
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by mberkowitz » Sat Oct 11, 2008 2:08 pm
you are incorrect, year is not preceded by an.
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by Gmatss » Sun Oct 12, 2008 7:03 pm
year is A year not AN year.
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by Jatinder » Mon Oct 13, 2008 12:18 am
IMO D

B and E would be more sound if they immediately modify company
C looks unclear to me...and am concerned about the possesive form of year....year's advantage ? advantage is owned by the year or company ?
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OA is D

by hitmewithgmat » Tue Feb 17, 2009 8:49 pm
please explain between B and D.

please~
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Re: OA is D

by x2suresh » Tue Feb 17, 2009 9:21 pm
this question is debatable. I guess this is from SC 1000 list.

IMO, here both B and D are valid options.

We shouldn't worry too much about this question. We can move on to next question.
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BD

by hitmewithgmat » Tue Feb 17, 2009 9:27 pm
thank you. i was so worried because i couldn't get it right.

not to worries then~
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by saketk » Mon Sep 12, 2011 11:07 am
Just read this question on a different forum.

Can anyone please explain why do you think option B is wrong?
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