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by xcusemeplz2009 » Sat Aug 22, 2009 10:33 am
The owners of a fast growing tech start-up in Newport Beach organized the firm as a Limited Liability Company (LLC). The owners receive considerable personal liability protection from potential lawsuits, and they also avoid some egregious double-taxation that would occur if the company was set up as a C-corporation.
A) protection from potential lawsuits, and they also avoid some egregious double-taxation that would occur if the company was set up as a C-corporation
B) protection from potential lawsuits and avoid some egregious double-taxation that would occur if the company was set up as a C-corporation
C) protection from potential lawsuits, avoiding some egregious double-taxation that would occur if the company was set up as a C-corporation
D) protection from potential lawsuits, and avoid some egregious double-taxation that would occur if the company were set up as a C-corporation
E) protection from potential lawsuits and avoid some egregious double-taxation that would occur if the company were set up as a C-corporation

is it true that and after is always wrong, if not then what is the issue with D
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by riteshbindal » Sat Aug 22, 2009 11:58 am
I brought it down to D and E and finally chose D. Seems like this is wrong. :(
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by TheMatrix85 » Sat Aug 22, 2009 12:18 pm
IMO (E)..
There is an unwanted comma in D.
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by xcusemeplz2009 » Sun Aug 23, 2009 12:34 am
yes indeed the OA is E, even i chose E . My reason for rejecting D was usage of comma but the OE tells there is parallelism issue with D , which i am still unable to figure out . can any one throw some light
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by arorag » Sun Aug 23, 2009 7:41 am
Lets understand use of comma...
it will publish X works and it will sell them
OR
it will publish X works, and it will sell them


The owners receive protection and ovoid
OR

The owners receive protection, and ovoid


What is correct use of comma/And
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by capnx » Sun Aug 23, 2009 9:23 am
when two coordinate clauses are joined by and, comma is not needed (unless there're other modifying clauses inserted between the two coordinate clauses)

if three or more coordinate clauses are used, "and" comes before the last coordinate clauses and should be preceded by a comma (like in the case of listing items)

Bob cooked dinner and Sally set up the table. (no comma in between)

Bob cooked dinner, Sally set up the table, and I put on some music. (and before the last clause)
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by ranell » Sun Aug 23, 2009 12:15 pm
Eliminate A and C.
Eliminate D because of incorrectly used comma.
Eliminate b because you need to have were instead of was in unreal condition sentence.
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by lunarpower » Tue Aug 25, 2009 3:11 am
wow. this is probably the most un-gmat-like question i have ever seen.
whatever source you got this from, put it down, back away slowly, and then, when you're at a safe distance, run for your life.

among the most obviously un-gmat-like features of this problem:

* there are two sentences.
gmat sentence correction problems are ALWAYS one sentence. you will never find a period in the middle of a problem.

* the words at the beginning and end of the answer choices are the same, pointlessly lengthening the answer choices.
on real gmat problems, the answer choices ALWAYS start at the first DIFFERENCE, and ALWAYS end at the last DIFFERENCE.
if this problem were official, the first 3 words (everything before "lawsuits") and the last 5 words (everything after "was/were") would not be underlined.

* there are answer choices that differ only in punctuation.
this NEVER happens on the gmat.
some gmat problems involve punctuation, but the gmat doesn't ever test punctuation (or its absence) directly.

ugh.

in any case, yes, (e) is the best of what's here, for the reasons already explained by the posters above.

what is the source of this awful thing?
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