Sentence Correction

GMATGuruNY wrote:

lamania wrote:This question came from the new GMAT prep software.

In a state of pure commercial competition, there would be a large number of producing firms, all unfettered by governmental regulations, all seeking to meet consumer needs and wants more successfully than each other.

A)all seeking to meet consumer needs and wants more successfully than each other.
B)all seeking more successfully to meet consumer needs and wants than the others.
C)each seeking to meet consumer needs and wants more successfully than one another.
D)each seeking to meet consumer needs and wants more successfully than the others.
E)each seeking successfully to meet consumer needs and wants than another
OA: D

I can't understand why c is inaccurate. The official answer's explanation is that in C) this wording nonsensically suggests either that each firm seeks a contradictory situation in which it meets the needs and wants more successfully than do the other firms, and vice versa, or that each firm seeks to meet the needs better than the wants and to meet the wants better than the needs.
--> this explanation sounds so odd. The underlined part I agree with and it is essentially the same as option D (no?), but from "vice versa, or that..." until the end doesn't make sense to me. What's wrong with saying than one another here?

Each other and one another are reciprocal pronouns.
Their purpose is to express actions that are RECIPROCATED.
The two brothers loved each other.
Here, the first brother loves the second; the second brother loves the first.
The members of the club fought with one another.
Here, each member is fighting with every other member.

In the SC above, there is no action being reciprocated; the firms are being COMPARED.
Hence, each other (in A) and one another (in C) are not appropriate.
Eliminate A and C.

In B and E, successfully seems to be modifying seeking. The intended meaning is not that the firms are SEEKING successfully but that they are seeking TO MEET CONSUMER WANTS AND NEEDS successfully.
Eliminate B and E.

The correct answer is D.

In the OA, it is clear that EACH FIRM is being compared to THE OTHERS.

GMATGuruNY wrote:

lamania wrote:This question came from the new GMAT prep software.

In a state of pure commercial competition, there would be a large number of producing firms, all unfettered by governmental regulations, all seeking to meet consumer needs and wants more successfully than each other.

A)all seeking to meet consumer needs and wants more successfully than each other.
B)all seeking more successfully to meet consumer needs and wants than the others.
C)each seeking to meet consumer needs and wants more successfully than one another.
D)each seeking to meet consumer needs and wants more successfully than the others.
E)each seeking successfully to meet consumer needs and wants than another
OA: D

I can't understand why c is inaccurate. The official answer's explanation is that in C) this wording nonsensically suggests either that each firm seeks a contradictory situation in which it meets the needs and wants more successfully than do the other firms, and vice versa, or that each firm seeks to meet the needs better than the wants and to meet the wants better than the needs.
--> this explanation sounds so odd. The underlined part I agree with and it is essentially the same as option D (no?), but from "vice versa, or that..." until the end doesn't make sense to me. What's wrong with saying than one another here?

Each other and one another are reciprocal pronouns.
Their purpose is to express actions that are RECIPROCATED.
The two brothers loved each other.
Here, the first brother loves the second; the second brother loves the first.
The members of the club fought with one another.
Here, each member is fighting with every other member.

In the SC above, there is no action being reciprocated; the firms are being COMPARED.
Hence, each other (in A) and one another (in C) are not appropriate.
Eliminate A and C.

In B and E, successfully seems to be modifying seeking. The intended meaning is not that the firms are SEEKING successfully but that they are seeking TO MEET CONSUMER WANTS AND NEEDS successfully.
Eliminate B and E.

The correct answer is D.

In the OA, it is clear that EACH FIRM is being compared to THE OTHERS.

GMATGuruNY wrote:

lamania wrote:This question came from the new GMAT prep software.

In a state of pure commercial competition, there would be a large number of producing firms, all unfettered by governmental regulations, all seeking to meet consumer needs and wants more successfully than each other.

A)all seeking to meet consumer needs and wants more successfully than each other.
B)all seeking more successfully to meet consumer needs and wants than the others.
C)each seeking to meet consumer needs and wants more successfully than one another.
D)each seeking to meet consumer needs and wants more successfully than the others.
E)each seeking successfully to meet consumer needs and wants than another
OA: D

I can't understand why c is inaccurate. The official answer's explanation is that in C) this wording nonsensically suggests either that each firm seeks a contradictory situation in which it meets the needs and wants more successfully than do the other firms, and vice versa, or that each firm seeks to meet the needs better than the wants and to meet the wants better than the needs.
--> this explanation sounds so odd. The underlined part I agree with and it is essentially the same as option D (no?), but from "vice versa, or that..." until the end doesn't make sense to me. What's wrong with saying than one another here?

Each other and one another are reciprocal pronouns.
Their purpose is to express actions that are RECIPROCATED.
The two brothers loved each other.
Here, the first brother loves the second; the second brother loves the first.
The members of the club fought with one another.
Here, each member is fighting with every other member.

In the SC above, there is no action being reciprocated; the firms are being COMPARED.
Hence, each other (in A) and one another (in C) are not appropriate.
Eliminate A and C.

In B and E, successfully seems to be modifying seeking. The intended meaning is not that the firms are SEEKING successfully but that they are seeking TO MEET CONSUMER WANTS AND NEEDS successfully.
Eliminate B and E.

The correct answer is D.

In the OA, it is clear that EACH FIRM is being compared to THE OTHERS.

GMATGuruNY wrote:

lamania wrote:This question came from the new GMAT prep software.

In a state of pure commercial competition, there would be a large number of producing firms, all unfettered by governmental regulations, all seeking to meet consumer needs and wants more successfully than each other.

A)all seeking to meet consumer needs and wants more successfully than each other.
B)all seeking more successfully to meet consumer needs and wants than the others.
C)each seeking to meet consumer needs and wants more successfully than one another.
D)each seeking to meet consumer needs and wants more successfully than the others.
E)each seeking successfully to meet consumer needs and wants than another
OA: D

I can't understand why c is inaccurate. The official answer's explanation is that in C) this wording nonsensically suggests either that each firm seeks a contradictory situation in which it meets the needs and wants more successfully than do the other firms, and vice versa, or that each firm seeks to meet the needs better than the wants and to meet the wants better than the needs.
--> this explanation sounds so odd. The underlined part I agree with and it is essentially the same as option D (no?), but from "vice versa, or that..." until the end doesn't make sense to me. What's wrong with saying than one another here?

Each other and one another are reciprocal pronouns.
Their purpose is to express actions that are RECIPROCATED.
The two brothers loved each other.
Here, the first brother loves the second; the second brother loves the first.
The members of the club fought with one another.
Here, each member is fighting with every other member.

In the SC above, there is no action being reciprocated; the firms are being COMPARED.
Hence, each other (in A) and one another (in C) are not appropriate.
Eliminate A and C.

In B and E, successfully seems to be modifying seeking. The intended meaning is not that the firms are SEEKING successfully but that they are seeking TO MEET CONSUMER WANTS AND NEEDS successfully.
Eliminate B and E.

The correct answer is D.

In the OA, it is clear that EACH FIRM is being compared to THE OTHERS.

GMATGuruNY wrote:

lamania wrote:This question came from the new GMAT prep software.

In a state of pure commercial competition, there would be a large number of producing firms, all unfettered by governmental regulations, all seeking to meet consumer needs and wants more successfully than each other.

A)all seeking to meet consumer needs and wants more successfully than each other.
B)all seeking more successfully to meet consumer needs and wants than the others.
C)each seeking to meet consumer needs and wants more successfully than one another.
D)each seeking to meet consumer needs and wants more successfully than the others.
E)each seeking successfully to meet consumer needs and wants than another
OA: D

I can't understand why c is inaccurate. The official answer's explanation is that in C) this wording nonsensically suggests either that each firm seeks a contradictory situation in which it meets the needs and wants more successfully than do the other firms, and vice versa, or that each firm seeks to meet the needs better than the wants and to meet the wants better than the needs.
--> this explanation sounds so odd. The underlined part I agree with and it is essentially the same as option D (no?), but from "vice versa, or that..." until the end doesn't make sense to me. What's wrong with saying than one another here?

Each other and one another are reciprocal pronouns.
Their purpose is to express actions that are RECIPROCATED.
The two brothers loved each other.
Here, the first brother loves the second; the second brother loves the first.
The members of the club fought with one another.
Here, each member is fighting with every other member.

In the SC above, there is no action being reciprocated; the firms are being COMPARED.
Hence, each other (in A) and one another (in C) are not appropriate.
Eliminate A and C.

In B and E, successfully seems to be modifying seeking. The intended meaning is not that the firms are SEEKING successfully but that they are seeking TO MEET CONSUMER WANTS AND NEEDS successfully.
Eliminate B and E.

The correct answer is D.

In the OA, it is clear that EACH FIRM is being compared to THE OTHERS.

chetan86 wrote:Hi Mitch,

Could you please explain the structure of this sentence?
I am little bit confused. What is the connector between all and each?
How the phrase starting from "each" would refer to firms?

In a state of pure commercial competition, there would be a large number of producing firms, all unfettered by governmental regulations, each seeking to meet consumer needs and wants more successfully than the others.

GMATGuruNY wrote:

lamania wrote:This question came from the new software.

In a state of pure commercial competition, there would be a large number of producing firms, all unfettered by governmental regulations, all seeking to meet consumer needs wants more successfully than each other.

A)all seeking to meet consumer needs wants more successfully than each other.
B)all seeking more successfully to meet consumer needs wants than the others.
C)each seeking to meet consumer needs wants more successfully than one another.
D)each seeking to meet consumer needs wants more successfully than the others.
E)each seeking successfully to meet consumer needs wants than another
OA: D


Each other one another are reciprocal pronouns.
Their purpose is to express actions that are RECIPROCATED.
The two brothers loved each other.
Here, the first brother loves the second; the second brother loves the first.
The of the club fought with one another.
Here, each member is fighting with every other member.

In the SC above, there is no action being reciprocated; the firms are being COMPARED.
Hence, each other (in A) one another (in C) are not appropriate.
Eliminate A C.
In the OA, it is clear that EACH FIRM is being compared to THE OTHERS.

Dear Mitch
How did you reach the conclusion that each firm is being compared to others ?
I feel the intended meaning should be that each firm is seeking to satisfy consumer needs wants more successfully than each of the other firm in the market.
Won't this sentence make better sense?
Please help me out where am I thinking wrog ?
Thanks
Teja

GMATGuruNY wrote:

AnuGmat wrote:Hi Mitch,
While solving this problem i was searching for a ing form of verb to make the it parallel with seeking .

In a state of pure commercial competition, there would be a large number of producing firms, all unfettered by governmental regulations, )each seeking to meet consumer needs and wants more successfully than the others.
I could not understand the meaning of this sentence . each seeking something and wants more successfully (is this parallel ) I know official answers are right .. this is just to familiarize myself with these kind of sentences . What do the firms want more successfully ??
thanks in advance .

Thanks
anu

wants can serve as a NOUN.
John has many wants.
Conveyed meaning:
John has many DESIRES.

OA: There would be a large number of firms, each seeking to meet consumer needs and wants.

Here, needs and wants are both NOUNS.
WHAT is each firm seeking to meet?
Each firm is seeking to meet CONSUMER NEEDS.
Each firm is seeking to meet CONSUMER WANTS.

Conveyed meaning of the sentence in red:
Each firm is seeking to meet THE WANTS OF THE CONSUMER.
In other words:
Each firm is seeking to meet THE DESIRES OF THE CONSUMER.

Kaustubhk wrote:Hi Mitch,

I'm unable to understand how 'wants' is a Noun.

Can you elaborate?