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by agarwalva » Sat Apr 07, 2012 8:55 am
The combination of technical expertise,commercial enterprise and that the governmentbacks them judiciously should ensure Italianfirms continuingto innovate and gaincompetitively in world markets.(A)that the government backs them judiciously should ensure Italian firms continuing
(B)the government backing them judiciously should ensure Italian firms of being about to continue
(C)judicious government backing should ensure that Italian firms will continue
(D)the government's judicious backing should ensure Italian firms that they will continue(E)the government to back them judiciouslyshould ensure Italian firms of continuing

OA is c
but i am confused with judicious government backing.. is the government judicious or backing judicious
hence i picked d
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by Bill@VeritasPrep » Sat Apr 07, 2012 9:06 am
In this case, "judicious" and "government" are both modifying "backing." Government is an example of a noun adjunct (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noun_adjunct), which is a noun used to modify another noun.
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by GmatKiss » Sat Apr 07, 2012 11:48 am
Please spend some time before posting a question and do review your question after posting.
IMO: The post must be readable as below!

The combination of technical expertise,commercial enterprise and that the government backs them judiciously should ensure Italian firms continuing to innovate and gain competitively in world markets.

(A)that the government backs them judiciously should ensure Italian firms continuing
(B)the government backing them judiciously should ensure Italian firms of being about to continue
(C)judicious government backing should ensure that Italian firms will continue
(D)the government's judicious backing should ensure Italian firms that they will continue
(E)the government to back them judiciously should ensure Italian firms of continuing
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by GmatKiss » Sat Apr 07, 2012 12:01 pm
GmatKiss wrote:Please spend some time before posting a question and do review your question after posting.
IMO: The post must be readable as below!

The combination of technical expertise,commercial enterprise and that the government backs them judiciously should ensure Italian firms continuing to innovate and gain competitively in world markets.

(A)that the government backs them judiciously should ensure Italian firms continuing
(B)the government backing them judiciously should ensure Italian firms of being about to continue
(C)judicious government backing should ensure that Italian firms will continue - Parallel
(D)the government's judicious backing should ensure Italian firms that they will continue
(E)the government to back them judiciously should ensure Italian firms of continuing
IMO: C
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