Sentence Correction

Trans World Entertainment Corporation, which owns
the Record Town and Saturday Matinee retail chains,
announced that since sales of up to one-fourth of its
stores are poor, they will be closed.

A. that since sales of up to one-fourth of its stores
are poor, they will be closed.

B. it is closing up to one-fourth of its stores, which accounted for its poor sales

C. it was closing up to one fourth of its stores because of poor sales.

D. to be closing, on account of poor sales, up to one-fourth of its stores.

E. having poor sales, such that up to one-fourth of its stores will be closed.

only A makes sense to me.


Thanks!

Can announced be used without 'that' ?

dont think so

I believe announced can be used without that. Even i was debating on this with myself untill i googled on announce.

Read this https://www.thefreedictionary.com/announce:
EX: snowdrops announced the arrival of spring

@anju, u r correct in saying that announced need not followed by "that".

but the point here is, we normally say:
1)Ravi Shastri announced the name of the player, who was the man of the match, in the presentation.
or
2)The teacher announced the results of Class X students.

i.e., the announcements (the name of the player/the results) normally follows the word announced.

in the above examples, B,C,D n E sound very awkward to me.

Thanks!

Answer is A

What is wrong in B ?

Announced has to be followed by that except when announced is followed by a noun

Guys why is C incorrect ...

As per what I understand

a. they is not correct does it refer to stores or it refers to Trans world

b. its is ambiguous ...it is closing 1/4 of stores ..which accounted for its (companys poor sales or stores poor sales)

c. it = company was closing its stores coz of poor sales.

They refers to stores here
"Announced that" is a correct IDIOm

sulabh wrote:Trans World Entertainment Corporation, which owns
the Record Town and Saturday Matinee retail chains,
announced that since sales of up to one-fourth of its
stores are poor, they will be closed.

A. that since sales of up to one-fourth of its stores
are poor, they will be closed.

B. it is closing up to one-fourth of its stores, which accounted for its poor sales

C. it was closing up to one fourth of its stores because of poor sales.

D. to be closing, on account of poor sales, up to one-fourth of its stores.

E. having poor sales, such that up to one-fourth of its stores will be closed.

By the way
the sentence is here check it out...
https://www.nytimes.com/1996/02/08/busin ... 29980.html

also, I seriously doubt the correctness.
Here's the reason,

ANNOUNCED it was
ANNOUNCED it would " is better... as we are saying something about future in past

mmslf75 wrote:

sulabh wrote:Trans World Entertainment Corporation, which owns
the Record Town and Saturday Matinee retail chains,
announced that since sales of up to one-fourth of its
stores are poor, they will be closed.

A. that since sales of up to one-fourth of its stores
are poor, they will be closed.

B. it is closing up to one-fourth of its stores, which accounted for its poor sales

C. it was closing up to one fourth of its stores because of poor sales.

D. to be closing, on account of poor sales, up to one-fourth of its stores.

E. having poor sales, such that up to one-fourth of its stores will be closed.

By the way
the sentence is here check it out...
https://www.nytimes.com/1996/02/08/busin ... 29980.html

also, I seriously doubt the correctness.
Here's the reason,

ANNOUNCED it was
ANNOUNCED it would " is better... as we are saying something about future in past

There is a typo here...option C is wrongly framed i guess..it has to be C....A is all crap

ssgmatter wrote:

mmslf75 wrote:

sulabh wrote:Trans World Entertainment Corporation, which owns
the Record Town and Saturday Matinee retail chains,
announced that since sales of up to one-fourth of its
stores are poor, they will be closed.

A. that since sales of up to one-fourth of its stores
are poor, they will be closed.

B. it is closing up to one-fourth of its stores, which accounted for its poor sales

C. it was closing up to one fourth of its stores because of poor sales.

D. to be closing, on account of poor sales, up to one-fourth of its stores.

E. having poor sales, such that up to one-fourth of its stores will be closed.

By the way
the sentence is here check it out...
https://www.nytimes.com/1996/02/08/busin ... 29980.html

also, I seriously doubt the correctness.
Here's the reason,

ANNOUNCED it was
ANNOUNCED it would " is better... as we are saying something about future in past

There is a typo here...option C is wrongly framed i guess..it has to be C....A is all crap

I agree, the answer is C

mmslf75 wrote:

sulabh wrote:Trans World Entertainment Corporation, which owns
the Record Town and Saturday Matinee retail chains,
announced that since sales of up to one-fourth of its
stores are poor, they will be closed.

A. that since sales of up to one-fourth of its stores
are poor, they will be closed.

B. it is closing up to one-fourth of its stores, which accounted for its poor sales

C. it was closing up to one fourth of its stores because of poor sales.

D. to be closing, on account of poor sales, up to one-fourth of its stores.

E. having poor sales, such that up to one-fourth of its stores will be closed.

By the way
the sentence is here check it out...
https://www.nytimes.com/1996/02/08/busin ... 29980.html

also, I seriously doubt the correctness.
Here's the reason,

ANNOUNCED it was
ANNOUNCED it would " is better... as we are saying something about future in past

I marked C when I did this question. I eliminated A coz it used past tense (announced), present tense (are poor) and future tense (will be closed)...Moreover, they seems ambiguous here...