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by beat_gmat_09 » Fri Feb 26, 2010 10:08 am

To be a leading producer in the computer industry, a company must be international, achieve a turnover that makes efficient largescale production possible, and secure information about technical advances.

A) and secure information about technical advances
B) and securing information about technical advances
C) while secure information about technical advances
D) and secure information of how to technically advance
E) and secure information in regards to technical advances

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by komal » Fri Feb 26, 2010 10:42 am

A) and secure information about technical advances - Correct - Clear, concise and correct parallel structure.
B) and securing information about technical advances - Parallelism Error - It should be 'secure'
C) while secure information about technical advances - Awkward
D) and secure information of how to technically advance - Incorrect - It should be 'advances'
E) and secure information in regards to technical advances - Awkward

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by gmat_perfect » Fri Feb 26, 2010 10:51 am

To be a leading producer in the computer industry, a company must be international, achieve a turnover that makes efficient largescale production possible, and secure information about technical advances.

A) and secure information about technical advances
B) and securing information about technical advances
C) while secure information about technical advances
D) and secure information of how to technically advance
E) and secure information in regards to technical advances

Grammar:

To be a leading producer, a company X, Y, and Z.

The last part is the series of actions that must be completed by an "and".

Only option A does this correctly.

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by beat_gmat_09 » Fri Feb 26, 2010 10:53 am

komal wrote:A) and secure information about technical advances - Correct - Clear, concise and correct parallel structure.
B) and securing information about technical advances - Parallelism Error - It should be 'secure'
C) while secure information about technical advances - Awkward
D) and secure information of how to technically advance - Incorrect - It should be 'advances'
E) and secure information in regards to technical advances - Awkward

For D, Should it really be advances ?
How is D different than A, for me both mean the same.
A speaks of a company securing information of advancing technically
D too means the same thing.

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by gmat_perfect » Fri Feb 26, 2010 11:15 am

beat_gmat_09 wrote:
komal wrote:A) and secure information about technical advances - Correct - Clear, concise and correct parallel structure.
B) and securing information about technical advances - Parallelism Error - It should be 'secure'
C) while secure information about technical advances - Awkward
D) and secure information of how to technically advance - Incorrect - It should be 'advances'
E) and secure information in regards to technical advances - Awkward
For D, Should it really be advances ?
How is D different than A, for me both mean the same.
A speaks of a company securing information of advancing technically
D too means the same thing.

=> "how to technically advance" is correct since "to + base form of verb"

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by komal » Fri Feb 26, 2010 11:25 am

gmat_perfect wrote:
beat_gmat_09 wrote:
komal wrote:A) and secure information about technical advances - Correct - Clear, concise and correct parallel structure.
B) and securing information about technical advances - Parallelism Error - It should be 'secure'
C) while secure information about technical advances - Awkward
D) and secure information of how to technically advance - Incorrect - It should be 'advances'
E) and secure information in regards to technical advances - Awkward
For D, Should it really be advances ?
How is D different than A, for me both mean the same.
A speaks of a company securing information of advancing technically
D too means the same thing.
=> "how to technically advance" is correct since "to + base form of verb"

SORRY - I read 'TECHNICAL' instead of 'TECHNICALLY' ....

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by harshavardhanc » Fri Feb 26, 2010 11:29 am

beat_gmat_09 wrote:
komal wrote:A) and secure information about technical advances - Correct - Clear, concise and correct parallel structure.
B) and securing information about technical advances - Parallelism Error - It should be 'secure'
C) while secure information about technical advances - Awkward
D) and secure information of how to technically advance - Incorrect - It should be 'advances'
E) and secure information in regards to technical advances - Awkward
For D, Should it really be advances ?
How is D different than A, for me both mean the same.
A speaks of a company securing information of advancing technically
D too means the same thing.

D is incorrect because of multiple reasons.

1) a noun should follow information of
2) split infinitive : to technically advance is wrong . it should be to advance technically. you should not separate to from the verb
3) technical advances in the original sentence mean developments in general. D changes the meaning by talking about ways to advance technically.

Regards,
Harsha

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by beat_gmat_09 » Fri Feb 26, 2010 11:34 am

gmat_perfect wrote:
beat_gmat_09 wrote:
komal wrote:A) and secure information about technical advances - Correct - Clear, concise and correct parallel structure.
B) and securing information about technical advances - Parallelism Error - It should be 'secure'
C) while secure information about technical advances - Awkward
D) and secure information of how to technically advance - Incorrect - It should be 'advances'
E) and secure information in regards to technical advances - Awkward
For D, Should it really be advances ?
How is D different than A, for me both mean the same.
A speaks of a company securing information of advancing technically
D too means the same thing.
=> "how to technically advance" is correct since "to + base form of verb"

to technically -> infinitive (adverbial qualifier)

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by harshavardhanc » Fri Feb 26, 2010 11:45 am

beat_gmat_09 wrote:
gmat_perfect wrote:
beat_gmat_09 wrote:
komal wrote:A) and secure information about technical advances - Correct - Clear, concise and correct parallel structure.
B) and securing information about technical advances - Parallelism Error - It should be 'secure'
C) while secure information about technical advances - Awkward
D) and secure information of how to technically advance - Incorrect - It should be 'advances'
E) and secure information in regards to technical advances - Awkward
For D, Should it really be advances ?
How is D different than A, for me both mean the same.
A speaks of a company securing information of advancing technically
D too means the same thing.
=> "how to technically advance" is correct since "to + base form of verb"
to technically -> infinitive (adverbial qualifier)

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Regards,
Harsha

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by beat_gmat_09 » Fri Feb 26, 2010 11:46 am

harshavardhanc wrote:
beat_gmat_09 wrote:
komal wrote:A) and secure information about technical advances - Correct - Clear, concise and correct parallel structure.
B) and securing information about technical advances - Parallelism Error - It should be 'secure'
C) while secure information about technical advances - Awkward
D) and secure information of how to technically advance - Incorrect - It should be 'advances'
E) and secure information in regards to technical advances - Awkward
For D, Should it really be advances ?
How is D different than A, for me both mean the same.
A speaks of a company securing information of advancing technically
D too means the same thing.
D is incorrect because of multiple reasons.

1) a noun should follow information of
2) split infinitive : to technically advance is wrong . it should be to advance technically. you should not separate to from the verb
3) technical advances in the original sentence mean developments in general. D changes the meaning by talking about ways to advance technically.

Thanks harshavardhanc
I think 1st point is of priority to choose the OA
For 2nd to technically (infinitive, adverbial qualifier) should be correct, D is to be ruled out because of point 1.
For 3rd point I think changing the meaning should impact on the sentence as a whole;not for different options. Its the correct OA which will decide what the sentence wants to convey, in atleast this case.

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by harshavardhanc » Sat Feb 27, 2010 10:36 am

beat_gmat_09 wrote: Its the correct OA which will decide what the sentence wants to convey, in atleast this case.

it's the other way round. the original/question sentence's meaning determines what the OA should convey. Sometimes it's an easier way to eliminate some of the choices, rather then finding out a grammatical flaw in them.

Regards,
Harsha

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by Rajat Khandelwal » Sat Feb 27, 2010 10:47 am

option A....Parallel structure....information is the object of the verb, secure ...as international and turnover are the objects of the verb, be and achieve respectively..

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