Unlike most other mergers in the utility industry, which have been driven by the need to save money and extend companies' service areas, the merger of the nation's leading gas and electric company is intended to create a huge marketing network for the utilities in question with states opening their utility markets to competition.
A. and electric company is intended to create a huge marketing network for the utilities in question with states opening
B. and electric companies are intended to create a huge network for marketing the utilities in question as states open
C. and electric companies are intended to create a huge network that will be marketing the utilities in question, with states opening
D. company and electric company are intending to create a huge marketing network for the utilities in question, with states opening
E. company and leading electric company is intended to create a huge network for marketing the utilities in question as states open
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A merger occurs when TWO companies combine to form a single new company.Unlike most other mergers in the utility industry, which have been driven by the need to save money and extend companies' service areas, the merger of the nation's leading gas and electric company is intended to create a huge marketing network for the utilities in question with states opening their utility markets to competition.
(A) and electric company is intended to create a huge marketing network for the utilities in question with states opening
(B) and electric companies are intended to create a huge network for marketing the utilities in question as states open
(C) and electric companies are intended to create a huge network that will be marketing the utilities in question, with states opening
(D) company and electric company are intending to create a huge marketing network for the utilities in question, with states opening
(E) company and leading electric company is intended to create a huge network for marketing the utilities in question as states open
A: the merger of the nation's leading gas and electric company
Here, what OTHER company is merging with the nation's leading gas and electric company?
Eliminate A.
B and C: the merger...are intended
Here, are intended (plural) does not agree with the merger (singular).
Eliminate B and C.
D: the merger...are intending
Here, are intending (plural) does not agree with the merger (singular).
Eliminate D.
The correct answer is E.
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Hi abhasjha,
This SC comes down to 2 common common GMAT grammar rules:
1) Subject-verb agreement: You'll notice in the answers that we have a choice between "is" and "are"; since we're dealing with "the merger...." we need to verb "is." Eliminate B, C and D.
2) Parallelism: The sentence talks about the merger of 2 companies, so we need a clear (and parallel) reference to each - "leading gas company" and "leading electric company." Eliminate A.
Final Answer: E
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This SC comes down to 2 common common GMAT grammar rules:
1) Subject-verb agreement: You'll notice in the answers that we have a choice between "is" and "are"; since we're dealing with "the merger...." we need to verb "is." Eliminate B, C and D.
2) Parallelism: The sentence talks about the merger of 2 companies, so we need a clear (and parallel) reference to each - "leading gas company" and "leading electric company." Eliminate A.
Final Answer: E
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
