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OG 13 Sentence correction Q 68

by viv09 » Mon May 28, 2012 8:55 am
Hi,

Outlining his strategy for nursing the troubled conglomerate back to health, the chief executive's plans were announced on Wednesday for cutting the company's huge debt by selling nearly $12 billion in assets over the next 18 months.

a) executive's plans were announced on Wednesday for cutting the company's huge debt by selling nearly $12 billion in assets over the next 18 months.

b) executive's plans, which are to cut the company's huge debt by selling nearly $12 billion in assets over the next 18 months, were announced on Wednesday.

c) executive's plans for cutting the company's huge debt by selling nearly $12 billion in assets over the next 18 months were announced on Wednesday.

d) executive announced plans Wednesday to cut the company's huge debt by selling nearly $12 billion in assets over the next 18 months.

e) executive announced plans Wednesday that are to cut the company's huge debt by selling nearly $12 billion in assets over the next 18 months.


The OA is D

But I think there is a typo. It should be announced plans on Wednesday instead of announced plans Wednesday.

Can someone who has spotted this please confirm if this is a typo, or if it is not a type why is announced plans Wednesday correct?

Thanks!
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by lathmanu » Mon May 28, 2012 9:11 am
viv09 wrote:Hi,

But I think there is a typo. It should be announced plans on Wednesday instead of announced plans Wednesday.

Can someone who has spotted this please confirm if this is a typo, or if it is not a type why is announced plans Wednesday correct?

Thanks!
The missing "on" did not made sense to me either.

Why D is correct?
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by viv09 » Mon May 28, 2012 12:32 pm
Outlining his strategy for nursing the troubled conglomerate back to health is done by the executive. not by his plan.. and E is awkward.. hence D is correct.
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by patanjali.purpose » Mon May 28, 2012 12:48 pm
viv09 wrote:Outlining his strategy for nursing the troubled conglomerate back to health is done by the executive. not by his plan.. and E is awkward.. hence D is correct.
Hi,

I agree with you that ON is missing.

Will you be able to share official explnation to infer better. Thanks
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by viv09 » Mon May 28, 2012 1:09 pm
The official explanation for choice D is:

The opening clause properly modifies chief executive and the verb form announced makes it cleaar that the chief executive is doing the announcement.
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by jimmyjimmy » Mon May 28, 2012 5:54 pm
BUDDY u l cee such things in many sentences,,,jst ignore that word wednesday..and move on..
as we l b left only with D and E
and both sentences have wednesday which does not make proper sense (if we dont add anything)
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by GMATGuruNY » Mon May 28, 2012 6:29 pm
viv09 wrote:Hi,

Outlining his strategy for nursing the troubled conglomerate back to health, the chief executive's plans were announced on Wednesday for cutting the company's huge debt by selling nearly $12 billion in assets over the next 18 months.

a) executive's plans were announced on Wednesday for cutting the company's huge debt by selling nearly $12 billion in assets over the next 18 months.

b) executive's plans, which are to cut the company's huge debt by selling nearly $12 billion in assets over the next 18 months, were announced on Wednesday.

c) executive's plans for cutting the company's huge debt by selling nearly $12 billion in assets over the next 18 months were announced on Wednesday.

d) executive announced plans Wednesday to cut the company's huge debt by selling nearly $12 billion in assets over the next 18 months.

e) executive announced plans Wednesday that are to cut the company's huge debt by selling nearly $12 billion in assets over the next 18 months.


The OA is D

But I think there is a typo. It should be announced plans on Wednesday instead of announced plans Wednesday.

Can someone who has spotted this please confirm if this is a typo, or if it is not a type why is announced plans Wednesday correct?

Thanks!
The executive announced PLANS ON WEDNESDAY to cut the company's huge debt.
This wording implies that the PLANS are ON WEDNESDAY.

The intended meaning is that Wednesday is WHEN the executive ANNOUNCED:
The executive ANNOUNCED plans WEDNESDAY to cut the company's huge debt.

Here, Wednesday serves as an adverb similar to yesterday or today:
The executive announced plans TODAY.
The executive announced plans YESTERDAY.
The executive announced plans WEDNESDAY.
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by bubbliiiiiiii » Wed May 30, 2012 12:16 am
Hi,

I see a 3-2 split in the options. (ABC-DE)

What is wrong with the first split? I think even plans can outline a person's strategy!

Please suggest.
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by GmatKiss » Wed May 30, 2012 3:36 am
bubbliiiiiiii wrote:Hi,

I see a 3-2 split in the options. (ABC-DE)

What is wrong with the first split? I think even plans can outline a person's strategy!

Please suggest.
Outlining his strategy for nursing the troubled conglomerate back to health, the chief executive's plans were announced on Wednesday for cutting the company's huge debt by selling nearly $12 billion in assets over the next 18 months.

a) executive's plans were announced on Wednesday for cutting the company's huge debt by selling nearly $12 billion in assets over the next 18 months.

b) executive's plans, which are to cut the company's huge debt by selling nearly $12 billion in assets over the next 18 months, were announced on Wednesday.

c) executive's plans for cutting the company's huge debt by selling nearly $12 billion in assets over the next 18 months were announced on Wednesday.

d) executive announced plans Wednesday to cut the company's huge debt by selling nearly $12 billion in assets over the next 18 months.

e) executive announced plans Wednesday that are to cut the company's huge debt by selling nearly $12 billion in assets over the next 18 months.

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by bubbliiiiiiii » Wed May 30, 2012 3:52 am
Thanks GMATKiss for addressing the query.

Another query. I understand that your reasoning is since his is there in the opening modifier it needs a referent, which is executed in the second split. However, since his is a possessive pronoun, can't it refer to executive's in the first split?
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by NSNguyen » Fri Jun 01, 2012 7:37 am
we should choose the answer that the phrase before can modify. it should be active clause with N + V.
best choice is D. in E, That is redundancy. we eliminate A, B, C because passive
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by r.iyer.ashwin » Mon Aug 27, 2012 10:21 pm
I don't think there is any Typo. Yes Option 'D' Looks little awkward. Lets take this by process of Elimination:
Choice A,B and C are definitely wrong because "Excutive's plan" is not outlining the strategy. Option 'E' is wrong because "executive announced plans Wednesday that are to cut " is not a properly put.
Moreover, 'On wednesday' is wrong in this context because the executive does not plan on Wednesday, but he plans to do something on wednesday.

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by Mission2012 » Tue Aug 28, 2012 12:19 am
HI Mitch,

Isn't there a difference in the way we use Today/tomorrow/yesterday and Monday/Tuesday/ etc.

1. I came home on Wednesday
2. I cam home Wednesday
3. I came home yesterday
4. I came home on yesterday

Are 1 and 4 incorrect?
GMATGuruNY wrote:
viv09 wrote:Hi,

Outlining his strategy for nursing the troubled conglomerate back to health, the chief executive's plans were announced on Wednesday for cutting the company's huge debt by selling nearly $12 billion in assets over the next 18 months.

a) executive's plans were announced on Wednesday for cutting the company's huge debt by selling nearly $12 billion in assets over the next 18 months.

b) executive's plans, which are to cut the company's huge debt by selling nearly $12 billion in assets over the next 18 months, were announced on Wednesday.

c) executive's plans for cutting the company's huge debt by selling nearly $12 billion in assets over the next 18 months were announced on Wednesday.

d) executive announced plans Wednesday to cut the company's huge debt by selling nearly $12 billion in assets over the next 18 months.

e) executive announced plans Wednesday that are to cut the company's huge debt by selling nearly $12 billion in assets over the next 18 months.


The OA is D

But I think there is a typo. It should be announced plans on Wednesday instead of announced plans Wednesday.

Can someone who has spotted this please confirm if this is a typo, or if it is not a type why is announced plans Wednesday correct?

Thanks!
The executive announced PLANS ON WEDNESDAY to cut the company's huge debt.
This wording implies that the PLANS are ON WEDNESDAY.

The intended meaning is that Wednesday is WHEN the executive ANNOUNCED:
The executive ANNOUNCED plans WEDNESDAY to cut the company's huge debt.

Here, Wednesday serves as an adverb similar to yesterday or today:
The executive announced plans TODAY.
The executive announced plans YESTERDAY.
The executive announced plans WEDNESDAY.
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