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by Java_85 » Sun Nov 17, 2013 5:29 pm
Although the restaurant company has recently added many new restaurants across the country and its sales have increased dramatically, its sales at restaurants open for more than a year have declined.

A.the restaurant company has recently added many new restaurants across the country and its sales have increased dramatically, its
B.the restaurant company has recently added many new restaurants across the country and its sales increased dramatically, its
C.many new restaurants have recently been opened across the country and its sales increased dramatically, the restaurant company's
D.having recently added many new restaurants across the country and with its sales increasing dramatically, the restaurant company's
E.recently adding many new restaurants across the country and having its sales increase dramatically, the restaurant company's
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by theCodeToGMAT » Sun Nov 17, 2013 8:59 pm
Is it [spoiler]{A}[/spoiler]?
{A} - CORRECT
{B} - INCORRECT; parallelism issue -- we need verb with "its sales"
{C} - INCORRECT; "its" singular doesn't go with plural "many new restaurants"
{D} - INCORRECT; "having .." is referring "the restaurant company's sales"
{E} - INCORRECT; "having" gives a false meaning...
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by pareekbharat86 » Sun Nov 17, 2013 9:24 pm
theCodeToGMAT wrote:Is it [spoiler]{A}[/spoiler]?
{A} - CORRECT
{B} - INCORRECT; parallelism issue -- we need verb with "its sales"
{C} - INCORRECT; "its" singular doesn't go with plural "many new restaurants"
{D} - INCORRECT; "having .." is referring "the restaurant company's sales"
{E} - INCORRECT; "having" gives a false meaning...
I agree with your take on the incorrect options, but doesn't the 'its' in 'its sales have...' bring about some ambiguity with respect to its usage for the restaurant company or the many new restaurants?
Thanks,
Bharat.
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by theCodeToGMAT » Sun Nov 17, 2013 9:27 pm
pareekbharat86 wrote:
theCodeToGMAT wrote:Is it [spoiler]{A}[/spoiler]?
{A} - CORRECT
{B} - INCORRECT; parallelism issue -- we need verb with "its sales"
{C} - INCORRECT; "its" singular doesn't go with plural "many new restaurants"
{D} - INCORRECT; "having .." is referring "the restaurant company's sales"
{E} - INCORRECT; "having" gives a false meaning...
I agree with your take on the incorrect options, but doesn't the 'its' in 'its sales have...' bring about some ambiguity with respect to its usage for the restaurant company or the many new restaurants?
Hello Bharat,
No, there is no ambiguity since "many new restaurants" is plural & "restaurant company" is singular.. and the sentence uses possessive "its" that is used to refer to singular subject.
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by guptas » Wed Nov 20, 2013 12:39 am
Answer: A
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by sahilchaudhary » Wed Nov 20, 2013 9:34 am
A is the correct answer, although I marked C while doing this question in GMAT Prep.
Now, the solution is clear.
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