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by GmatKiss » Wed Apr 18, 2012 11:59 am
A year advantage in a new computer product or process being introduced can give a company a significant edge on its competitors.

(A) A year advantage in a new computer product or process being introduced
(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
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by killer1387 » Wed Apr 18, 2012 5:02 pm
GmatKiss wrote:A year advantage in a new computer product or process being introduced can give a company a significant edge on its competitors.

(A) A year advantage in a new computer product or process being introduced
(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 D
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by outreach » Wed Apr 18, 2012 8:32 pm
ruled out A and E because of 'being'.
C - i felt is not constructed properly

stuck between B and D. both seem correct
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by sam2304 » Wed Apr 18, 2012 9:00 pm
IMO D.

B - The 'by' seems unnecessary

introducing X a year earlier can be advantageous
Introducing X by a year earlier can be advantageous
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by patanjali.purpose » Wed Apr 18, 2012 11:07 pm
GmatKiss wrote:A year advantage in a new computer product or process being introduced can give a company a significant edge on its competitors.

(A) A year advantage in a new computer product or process being introduced
(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
We need a subject to "can give...".
C - subject is "advantage...can give..." - wrong;
B -"advantage...can give..." - drop

D - TO INTRODUCE ...can give (we need parallel element such as TO INTRODUCE....to give...)

EARLIER than what - we need a comparison indicator EARLIER THAN... (drop B/D)

IMO E
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by penguinfoot » Thu Apr 19, 2012 6:24 am
The meaning of the sentence tells us that : The advantage (Modified by 'year') can give a company something

It is similar to the phrasing Ravi can give Rahul the book - X can give Y Z
(My ear tells me it is not the best construction, but since the non-modifiable component of the question sticks to this construction - so do we)

Now in place of X, we need a subject - going by the meaning, it is 'Advantage'. I was confused for a second that the introduction in itself is a subject. But that does not make sense.

(A) Subject is Advantage -> Keep it
(B) Introducing is the subject (Gerund form) -> Reject
(C) Subject is Advantage -> Keep it
(D) Prepositional Phrase -> Reject
(E) Modifier phrase -> Nonsensical meaning -> Reject

I fell that (C) edges over (A) for 2 reasons:
Advantage in (A) is modified by year which is not required, whereas Advantage in (C) is possessed by Year - this makes sense.

IMO : (C)
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by jordan23 » Thu Apr 19, 2012 7:08 am
I am confused between B and D.
Introducing or To introduce? whats the difference and how to choose between a gerund and an infinitive? Any ideas?
GmatKiss wrote:A year advantage in a new computer product or process being introduced can give a company a significant edge on its competitors.

(A) A year advantage in a new computer product or process being introduced
(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
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by vikram4689 » Sat Apr 21, 2012 11:27 am
Gerunds and Infinitives convey different meaning:
Gerunds are often used when actions are real, concrete or complete e.g. I stopped smoking - i was actually smoking and then, because of some reason, i stopped it
Infinitives are often used when actions are unreal, abstract, or future e.g. I stopped to smoke - i stopped to smoke, which i was thinking to do in future. The intention is that i gave up the thought - this one is a bit hard to comprehend, just remember infinitives are related to future/unreal/abstract action

Two links to understand better
https://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/ ... gerinf.htm
https://eolf.univ-fcomte.fr/uploads/ress ... ngvsto.htm

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