Sentence Correction

Heavy commitment by an executive to a course of
action, especially if it has worked well in the past,
makes it likely to miss signs of incipient trouble or
misinterpret them when they do appear.
(A) Heavy commitment by an executive to a course
of action, especially if it has worked well in the
past, makes it likely to miss signs of incipient
trouble or misinterpret them when they do
appear.
(B) An executive who is heavily committed to a
course of action, especially one that worked well
in the past, makes missing signs of incipient
trouble or misinterpreting ones likely when they
do appear.
(C) An executive who is heavily committed to a
course of action is likely to miss or misinterpret
signs of incipient trouble when they do appear,
especially if it has worked well in the past.
(D) Executives' being heavily committed to a course
of action, especially if it has worked well in the
past, makes them likely to miss signs of incipient
trouble or misinterpreting them when they do
appear.
(E) Being heavily committed to a course of action,
especially one that has worked well in the past,
is likely to make an executive miss signs of
incipient trouble or misinterpret them when they
do appear.


whts wrong with b......bt the correct ans is e......explanation needed

An executive who is heavily committed to a
course of action, especially one that worked well
in the past, makes missing signs of incipient
trouble or misinterpreting ones likely when they
do appear.

3 problems.

1) An executive .. makes missing signs. Sounds awkward. misses signs would fit here.
2) Also, the parallel structure is not all that great: "makes missing signs ... or misinterpreting ones likely when they do appear"
3) THe ending is also awkward: An executive .... makes misinterpreting ones likely when they
do appear. "An executive is likely to misinterpret signs when they appear." is short and correct.


Even with the use of being, E has no grammatical errors.

Sounds awkward doesnt seem to be a good strategy for eliminating answer choices during the test,

B)
missing signs of incipient
trouble or misinterpreting is a gerund ( Verbs as Noun ) and "they" must refer to signs which is inside the gerund

B changes the meaning if u read the sentence carefully ................

@Everyone else , Why E ? Why Not C

what is wrong with C?

blaster wrote:what is wrong with C?

is "it" referring to trouble ?
Why is A wrong ? Is it because we do not know who is missing ?
in A , "Can them in the parallel clause refer to signs in the parallel clause before and "

in C "it" is refering to "incipient trouble"...............

thnks now it is clear

Not Clear, what exactly is wrong with A

(A) Heavy commitment by an executive to a course
of action, especially if it has worked well in the
past, makes it likely to miss signs of incipient
trouble or misinterpret them when they do
appear.

In A "makes it likely" is wrong. It is meaning as if "course of action is missing signs" though correct is that "executive misses the signs"..................i hope u got it now

aspirant2011 wrote:(A) Heavy commitment by an executive to a course
of action, especially if it has worked well in the
past, makes it likely to miss signs of incipient
trouble or misinterpret them when they do
appear.

In A "makes it likely" is wrong. It is meaning as if "course of action is missing signs" though correct is that "executive misses the signs"..................i hope u got it now

Thanks for pitching in though its very clear that it is acting as an expletive / placeholder that ron talks about on another thread or am i wrong ? it looks like an expletive to me