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by bubbliiiiiiii » Fri May 11, 2012 2:51 am
A: pronoun reference error.
B: tense error
C: same as A
D: It refers to crime and distorts the meaning of sentence.
E: Correct.
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by krishna239455 » Fri May 11, 2012 8:36 am
Dear Bill
It seems that you don't reply to the questions with attachment.
Is it so?
I seek your reply on few sentence correction questions posted by me.
All of those are from GMAT Prep Test.

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by GMATGuruNY » Fri May 11, 2012 9:00 am
In many nations, criminal law does not apply to corporations, but in the United Stated today, a corporation commits a crime whenever one of its employees commits a crime, if the employee acted within the scope of his or her authority and if the corporation benefited as a result.

A. a corporation commits a crime whenever one of its employees commits a crime, if the employee acted
B. a corporation is committing a crime whenever one of its employees committed a crime, if those employees were acting
C. corporations commit a crime whenever one of its employees does, on the condition that the employee acts
D. corporations commit crimes whenever an employee of those corporations commit a crime, if it was while acting
E. the corporation whose employees commit a crime, commits a crime, whenever the employee acted
In B, those employees does not agree with ONE of its employees. Eliminate B.

In C, its (singular) does not agree with corporations (plural). Eliminate C.

In D, commit (plural) does not agree with an employee (singular). Eliminate D.

In E, the employee does not agree with whose employees. Also, whenever the employee acted changes the intended meaning. The intended meaning of the original sentence is that a corporation commits a crime IF two conditions are met: IF the employee acted within the scope of his or her authority and IF the corporation benefited as a result. Eliminate E.

The correct answer is A.
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by agarwalva » Fri May 11, 2012 9:32 am
Hi Mitch
In E, whenever the employee acted changes the intended meaning. The intended meaning of the original sentence is that a corporation commits a crime IF two conditions are met: IF the employee acted within the scope of his or her authority and IF the corporation benefited as a result. Eliminate E
does the option E means..
the corporation is commits a crime .. everytime one of its employee acted withing the scope of his or her authority ..

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by krishna239455 » Fri May 11, 2012 11:00 pm
Hi Mitch

Thanks for the explaination. It is very clear.

Looking at the logics that you applied I wonder how can I miss this after knowing all these logics.

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by ihatemaths » Fri May 11, 2012 11:12 pm
A has parallelism . if the employee acted is parallel to if the corporation benefited

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