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by champmag » Mon May 23, 2011 2:40 am
Companies, investors, and governments must relearn the guiding principles of value
creation if they are to defend against future economic crises.

A. Companies, investors, and governments must relearn the guiding principles
of value creation if they are to defend against future economic crises.
B. Companies, investors, along with governments must relearn the guiding
principles of value creation if it is to defend against future economic crises.
C. Companies, as well as investors and governments, must relearn the guiding
principles of value creation if they are to defend from future economic crises.
D. Companies, investors, and governments must relearn the guiding principles of
value creation if these are to defend from future economic crises.
E. Companies, investors, and governments must relearn the guiding principles of
value creation if future economic crises are to be defended.
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by bubbliiiiiiii » Mon May 23, 2011 3:48 am
IMO E.

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OA Please.
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by Trtorch » Mon May 23, 2011 4:56 am
is it A?
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by Frankenstein » Mon May 23, 2011 6:28 am
Hi,

IMO, A

B- Ambiguous pronoun reference 'it'
C,D - correct idiom is 'defend against'. 'defend from' is incorrect
E - Passive voice
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by polter » Mon May 23, 2011 6:50 am
IMO.

A - they - ambiguous
B - it - incorrect pronoun
C - they - ambiguous
D - defend from - incorrect idiom
E - Correct
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by sourabh33 » Mon May 23, 2011 9:43 am
+1 for A
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by sameerballani » Mon May 23, 2011 5:10 pm
champmag wrote:Companies, investors, and governments must relearn the guiding principles of value creation if they are to defend against future economic crises.

A. Companies, investors, and governments must relearn the guiding principles
of value creation if they are to defend against future economic crises.
B. Companies, investors, along with governments must relearn the guiding
principles of value creation if it is to defend against future economic crises.
C. Companies, as well as investors and governments, must relearn the guiding
principles of value creation if they are to defend from future economic crises.
D. Companies, investors, and governments must relearn the guiding principles of
value creation if these(these isn't appropriate, Use They) are to defend from future economic crises.
E. Companies, investors, and governments must relearn the guiding principles of
value creation if future economic crises are to be defended.(use of passive voice-AVOID)
IMO A
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by Cheers123 » Tue May 24, 2011 8:18 am
IMO A
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by wayofjungle » Wed May 25, 2011 3:06 pm
I think the correct answer is E. The error in the sentence that must be corrected is the ambiguous use of the pronoun 'they'. As it stands now they may refer to "guiding principles", "companies", "investors", "governments", or "Companies, investors, and governments"
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by champmag » Thu May 26, 2011 2:03 am
Guys,

OA is A.
The correct Idiom is defend against.
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