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mundasingh123 wrote:Though the term "graphic design" may suggest laying out corporate brochures and annual reports, they
have come to signify widely ranging work, from package designs and company logotypes to signs, book
jackets, computer graphics, and film titles.
(A) suggest laying out corporate brochures and annual reports, they have come to signify widely ranging
(B) suggest laying out corporate brochures and annual reports, it has come to signify a wide range of
(C) suggest corporate brochure and annual report layout, it has signified widely ranging
(D) have suggested corporate brochure and annual report layout, it has signified a wide range of
(E) have suggested laying out corporate brochures and annual reports, they have come to signify widely
ranging

have done ... has done
does... has done
does... have done
:roll:

GmatKiss wrote:

mundasingh123 wrote:Though the term "graphic design" may suggest laying out corporate brochures and annual reports, they
have come to signify widely ranging work, from package designs and company logotypes to signs, book
jackets, computer graphics, and film titles.
(A) suggest laying out corporate brochures and annual reports, they have come to signify widely ranging
(B) suggest laying out corporate brochures and annual reports, it has come to signify a wide range of
(C) suggest corporate brochure and annual report layout, it has signified widely ranging
(D) have suggested corporate brochure and annual report layout, it has signified a wide range of
(E) have suggested laying out corporate brochures and annual reports, they have come to signify widely
ranging

have done ... has done
does... has done
does... have done
:roll:

IMO:B

mundasingh123 wrote:

GmatKiss wrote:

mundasingh123 wrote:Though the term "graphic design" may suggest laying out corporate brochures and annual reports, they
have come to signify widely ranging work, from package designs and company logotypes to signs, book
jackets, computer graphics, and film titles.
(A) suggest laying out corporate brochures and annual reports, they have come to signify widely ranging
(B) suggest laying out corporate brochures and annual reports, it has come to signify a wide range of(C) suggest corporate brochure and annual report layout, it has signified widely ranging
(D) have suggested corporate brochure and annual report layout, it has signified a wide range of
(E) have suggested laying out corporate brochures and annual reports, they have come to signify widely
ranging

have done ... has done
does... has done
does... have done
:roll:

IMO:B

Why B

GmatKiss wrote:

mundasingh123 wrote:

GmatKiss wrote:

mundasingh123 wrote:Though the term "graphic design" may suggest laying out corporate brochures and annual reports, they
have come to signify widely ranging work, from package designs and company logotypes to signs, book
jackets, computer graphics, and film titles.
(A) suggest laying out corporate brochures and annual reports, they have come to signify widely ranging
(B) suggest laying out corporate brochures and annual reports, it has come to signify a wide range of(C) suggest corporate brochure and annual report layout, it has signified widely ranging
(D) have suggested corporate brochure and annual report layout, it has signified a wide range of
(E) have suggested laying out corporate brochures and annual reports, they have come to signify widely
ranging

have done ... has done
does... has done
does... have done
:roll:

IMO:B

Why B

The company should be refered with it, not "they" - A and E out
c. suggest corporate brochure and annual report layout - ambiguous
d. have suggested corporate brochure and annual report layout - ambiguous

B stands out!!

GmatKiss wrote:

mundasingh123 wrote:

GmatKiss wrote:

mundasingh123 wrote:Though the term "graphic design" may suggest laying out corporate brochures and annual reports, they
have come to signify widely ranging work, from package designs and company logotypes to signs, book
jackets, computer graphics, and film titles.
(A) suggest laying out corporate brochures and annual reports, they have come to signify widely ranging
(B) suggest laying out corporate brochures and annual reports, it has come to signify a wide range of(C) suggest corporate brochure and annual report layout, it has signified widely ranging
(D) have suggested corporate brochure and annual report layout, it has signified a wide range of
(E) have suggested laying out corporate brochures and annual reports, they have come to signify widely
ranging

have done ... has done
does... has done
does... have done
:roll:

IMO:B

Why B

The company should be refered with it, not "they" - A and E out
c. suggest corporate brochure and annual report layout - ambiguous
d. have suggested corporate brochure and annual report layout - ambiguous

B stands out!!

gmatblood wrote:

GmatKiss wrote:

mundasingh123 wrote:

GmatKiss wrote:

mundasingh123 wrote:Though the term "graphic design" may suggest laying out corporate brochures and annual reports, they
have come to signify widely ranging work, from package designs and company logotypes to signs, book
jackets, computer graphics, and film titles.
(A) suggest laying out corporate brochures and annual reports, they have come to signify widely ranging
(B) suggest laying out corporate brochures and annual reports, it has come to signify a wide range of(C) suggest corporate brochure and annual report layout, it has signified widely ranging
(D) have suggested corporate brochure and annual report layout, it has signified a wide range of
(E) have suggested laying out corporate brochures and annual reports, they have come to signify widely
ranging

have done ... has done
does... has done
does... have done
:roll:

IMO:B

Why B

The company should be refered with it, not "they" - A and E out
c. suggest corporate brochure and annual report layout - ambiguous
d. have suggested corporate brochure and annual report layout - ambiguous

B stands out!!

Thanks a lot Gmatkiss

mundasingh123 wrote:Though the term "graphic design" may suggest laying out corporate brochures and annual reports, they
have come to signify widely ranging work, from package designs and company logotypes to signs, book
jackets, computer graphics, and film titles.
(A) suggest laying out corporate brochures and annual reports, they have come to signify widely ranging

'they' is used to signify 'the term "graphic design" ' - pronoun agreement problem

(B) suggest laying out corporate brochures and annual reports, it has come to signify a wide range of

'it has' is correctly used to relate 'the term "graphic design" ' , no problem in first clause - correct answer.

(C) suggest corporate brochure and annual report layout, it has signified widely ranging

'suggest corporate brochure and annual report' is ambiguous (is it suggesting corporate brochure?) - there is no need to move the words 'laying out' at start of the underlined portion.
Also, 'has signified' changes the tense of the second clause. - incorrect.

(D) have suggested corporate brochure and annual report layout, it has signified a wide range of

there is no need to use present perfect tense(have suggested). 'has signified' is incorrectly used to create a change in tense.
overall the sentence becomes wordy - incorrect.

(E) have suggested laying out corporate brochures and annual reports, they have come to signify widely
ranging

there is no need to use present perfect tense(have suggested). 'they' cannot be used to indicate 'the term "graphic design" ' - incorrect