This is the question:

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 i 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.


The correct answer is E. By force of habit, I tend to cross out answers that use "being" because Princeton Review taught me that those answers are typically wrong. I'd like to show the creator's of that study guide this official guide question...lol. I guess the key lesson here is that "being" is "typically" wrong.

Anyway, I would appreciate someone walking me through why this answer "E" is correct.

Thanks