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OG Verbal Rev 2017: SC ( Modifier, Meaning)

by joealam1 » Sun Nov 20, 2016 12:26 am
The computer company reported strong second-quarter earnings that surpassed Wall Street's estimates and announced the first in a series of price cuts intended to increase sales further.

A. The computer company reported strong second-quarter earnings that surpassed Wall Street's estimates and announced the first in a series of price cuts intended to increase sales further.
B. The report of the computer company showed strong second-quarter earnings, surpassing Wall Street's estimates, and they announced the first in a series of price cuts that they intend to increase sales further.
C. Surpassing Wall Street's estimates, the report of the computer company showed strong second-quarter earnings, and, for the purpose of increasing sales further, they announced the first in a series of price cuts.
D. The computer company reported strong second-quarter earnings, surpassing wall street's estimates, and announcing the first in a series of price cuts for the purpose of further increasing sales.
E. The computer company, surpassing Wall Street's estimates, reported strong second-quarter earnings, while announcing that to increase sales further, there would be the first in a series of price cuts.

[spoiler]OA:A[/spoiler]
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by GMATsid2016 » Sun Nov 20, 2016 12:58 am
D. The computer company reported strong second-quarter earnings, while announcing the first in a series of price cuts for the purpose of increasing sales further that surpass Wall Street's estimates.
Hello Experts,

Can you please explain that why D is wrong?

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by joealam1 » Sun Nov 20, 2016 1:19 am
Hi Sid,

I've just edited the question, there was a typo mistake.

However, D) would still be wrong in that case because of the "While"

While indicates that the company reported the earnings while announcing the price cuts simultaneously which is a bit awkward.
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by fiza gupta » Mon Nov 21, 2016 1:10 am
D. The computer company reported strong second-quarter earnings, surpassing wall street's estimates, and announcing the first in a series of price cuts for the purpose of further increasing sales.

Surpassing is modifying company,its earnings which are surpassing not company
and announcing should be a verb and parallel to reported
the computer company reported and announced
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by crackverbal » Mon Nov 21, 2016 9:07 am
A - correct answer.
"reported" and "announced" are parallel to each other.

B - "surpassing wall street's estimates" is a comma + -ing modifier at the end of a sentence.
It modifies the subject of the preceding clause - "the report of the computer company".

"they" does not have a logical referent.
"price cuts that they(the company) intend to increase sales further" - does not make any sense.

C - modifier error. "Surpassing Wall street's estimates" should have modified "earnings".
"they" does not have a logical referent.

D - "surpassing Wall Street's estimates" modifies "the computer company". Illogical.
"and" requires parallelism. "and announcing" is not logically parallel to anything. Note that if it were parallel to "surpassing", the comma before the "and" would not be necessary.

E - "surpassing wall street's estimates" modifies "the computer company".
"announcing that ..." seems to modify "there would be the first in a series of price cuts". - Modifier error.
"announcing that ..." should apply to the "the computer company".

"...to increase sales further, there would be the first in a series of price cuts" - this seems to imply that only the first price cut would contribute to increased sales.

Usage of "while" (= at the same time as) does not make sense here. "reporting" and "announcing" did not happen at the same time.
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