Sentence Correction

Like smaller companies, the larger companies, some of them with more than $100B in revenue, continue to be impacted by advancement in technology, however their product cycles being so long that most of their products do not change from one year to another.

A. them with more than $100B in revenue, continue to be impacted by advancement in technology, however their product cycles being so long that most of their products

B. them with more than $100B in revenue, continue to be impacted by advancement in technology but their product cycles are so long that most of their products

C. them with more than $100B in revenue, continue to be impacted by advancement in technology but their product cycles are as long as most of them

D. those have more than $100B in revenue, continue to be impacted by advancement in technology and their product cycles are so long that most of their products

E. them having more than $100B in revenue, continuing to be impacted by advancement in technology but their product cycles are so long that most of their products

OA is B

Hi, here is my explanation:

A. them with more than $100B in revenue, continue to be impacted by advancement in technology, however their product cycles being so long that most of their products - 'Being' is used w/o a good reason to do so. A be-verb would suffice.

B. them with more than $100B in revenue, continue to be impacted by advancement in technology but their product cycles are so long that most of their products - Looks good.

C. them with more than $100B in revenue, continue to be impacted by advancement in technology but their product cycles are as long as most of them - Meaning is not clear. Sentence does not look complete.

D. those have more than $100B in revenue, continue to be impacted by advancement in technology and their product cycles are so long that most of their products - Them is preferred to those. 'and' makes the cause-effect relationship b/w two clauses obsolete.
E. them having more than $100B in revenue, continuing to be impacted by advancement in technology but their product cycles are so long that most of their products - 'continuing' is not a verb. So, there are only modifiers before 'but'. We need a verb -'continue'.

~Binit.
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A. them with more than $100B in revenue, continue to be impacted by advancement in technology, however their product cycles being so long that most of their products
Product cycles BEING is wrong. Product Cycles 'ARE' should be the verb.

B. them with more than $100B in revenue, continue to be impacted by advancement in technology but their product cycles are so long that most of their products
B is correct.

C. them with more than $100B in revenue, continue to be impacted by advancement in technology but their product cycles are as long as most of them
Product cycles are as long as most of the companies. Not the intended meaning.

D. those have more than $100B in revenue, continue to be impacted by advancement in technology and their product cycles are so long that most of their products
Those HAVE more than and CONTINUE. Two verbs for companies.

E. them having more than $100B in revenue, continuing to be impacted by advancement in technology but their product cycles are so long that most of their products
Continuing to be impacted is wrong.

binit wrote:Hi, here is my explanation:

A. them with more than $100B in revenue, continue to be impacted by advancement in technology, however their product cycles being so long that most of their products - 'Being' is used w/o a good reason to do so. A be-verb would suffice.

B. them with more than $100B in revenue, continue to be impacted by advancement in technology but their product cycles are so long that most of their products - Looks good.

C. them with more than $100B in revenue, continue to be impacted by advancement in technology but their product cycles are as long as most of them - Meaning is not clear. Sentence does not look complete.

D. those have more than $100B in revenue, continue to be impacted by advancement in technology and their product cycles are so long that most of their products - Them is preferred to those. 'and' makes the cause-effect relationship b/w two clauses obsolete.
E. them having more than $100B in revenue, continuing to be impacted by advancement in technology but their product cycles are so long that most of their products - 'continuing' is not a verb. So, there are only modifiers before 'but'. We need a verb -'continue'.

~Binit.
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can u explain why them is preferred to those?

Them is the objective form of THEY
Those is the plural form of THAT just like These is the plural of THIS.

Them and Those may seem similar to the 'ear' but think about them in 2 different sentences:
The larger companies continue to blah blah blah. THEY have more than $100B in revenue.
and The larger companies continue to blah blah blah. THOSE have more than $100B in revenue.
Does the second construction still sound same? I think first is much more direct.
Moreover, This/That/These/Those are demonstrative pronouns. They are normally used to point out something. Notice how they comes naturally, even in my last sentence.
Hope that helps!!!

~Binit.

B. them with more than $100B in revenue, continue to be impacted by advancement in technology , but their product cycles are so long that most of their products

plz make the question correct.