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by JS_2 » Sun Sep 11, 2011 11:27 pm
Its Surely D.

The part of the sentence after the semicolon is complete in meaning and in the second part "it" correctly refers to the competitor.
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by olegpoi » Mon Sep 12, 2011 11:47 pm
IMO C
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by gunjan1208 » Wed Sep 14, 2011 4:25 am
real tricky. I got D but took 98 seconds and could get it only through POE+Perfect Tense


Great Question!
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by prashant misra » Thu Sep 15, 2011 7:07 am
at first i was confused between D and E.but i chose the right answer option D.
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by GmatKiss » Thu Sep 15, 2011 9:07 am
Its a tough one!

How is C eliminated?
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by parul9 » Fri Oct 07, 2011 11:54 pm
D.
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by 1947 » Sat Oct 08, 2011 1:30 am
komal wrote:After the company recalled one of its best-selling products, it would be forced to accept a one billion dollar loss, an expense that would have forced its main competitor to declare bankruptcy if it had suffered such a loss.

(A) After the company recalled one of its best-selling products, it would be forced to accept a one billion dollar loss, an expense that would have forced its main competitor to declare bankruptcy if it had suffered such a loss. After the company recalled means it already recalled....so usage of would is wrong

(B) As the company recalled one of its best-selling products, it accepted a one billion dollar loss; forcing its main competitor to declare bankruptcy if it had suffered such a loss.

(C) After the company recalled one of its best-selling products, its one billion dollar loss would have to be accepted; such a loss would have forced its main competitor to declare bankruptcy.

(D) After the company recalled one of its best-selling products, it was forced to accept a one billion dollar loss; its main competitor would have been forced to declare bankruptcy if it had suffered such a loss.

(E) When the company recalled one of its best-selling products, a one billion dollar loss it was forced to accept, an expense that would have forced its main competitor into bankruptcy.
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OA D
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by asgupta2k » Sun Oct 09, 2011 6:54 am
(D) will be my answer as it correct the usage of "would".
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by Deependra1 » Wed Nov 02, 2011 7:42 am
Answer: D?
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by rajeevrks27 » Mon Dec 19, 2011 4:53 pm
in D, the final IT( bankruptcy if it had suffered such a) makes the sentence wrong because "IT" should refer to the same antecedent and nnot that "IT" can refer to one antecedent initially and subsequently another antecedent....
so a pronoun error....
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by Sharma_Gaurav » Mon Jan 02, 2012 5:22 am
answer D

i fully agree to the explanation given by 800 score post
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by happymanocha » Fri Jan 27, 2012 6:41 am
D

A - Usage of would is wrong. Recalled was in past tense so the loss should be because it is in an immediate result.
B - Semicolon is one of the reason. Usage of As seem to be correct. Can someone confirm?
C - Wrong tense again. Semicolon seems to be correct here because 2nd clause can stand on its own. Can someone please confirm?
D - Correct.
E - Usage of when seems to be incorrect. One billion dollar loss modifying the products.
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by Sharma_Gaurav » Sat Jan 28, 2012 10:51 am
D is the winner
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by Gaurav 2013-fall » Sun Feb 26, 2012 6:04 am
D certainly , took me 45 second approx. to decide.
This was easy since none of the choices made sense except D.
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by thulsy » Wed Apr 25, 2012 2:38 am
I think this question is simply an imitation of OG12 #112:

As a baby emerges from the darkness of the womb with a rudimentary sense of vision, it would be rated about 20/500, or legally blind if it were an adult with such vision.

(A) As a baby emerges from the darkness of the womb with a rudimentary sense of vision, it would be rated about 20/500, or legally blind if it were an adult with such vision.
(B) A baby emerges from the darkness of the womb with a rudimentary sense of vision that would be rated about 20/500, or legally blind as an adult.
(C) As a baby emerges from the darkness of the womb, its rudimentary sense of vision would be rated about 20/500; qualifying it to be legally blind if an adult.
(D) A baby emerges from the darkness of the womb with a rudimentary sense of vision that would be rated about 20/500; an adult with such vision would be deemed legally blind.
(E) As a baby emerges from the darkness of the womb, its rudimentary sense of vision, which would be deemed legally blind for an adult, would be rated about 20/500.


Same deal here.

Choice A does not make sense: it says that an expense (which is appositive, meaning that the fore-mentioned expense) would have forced its competitor to go bankruptcy.
Analogy: a baby's bad vision would make an adult blind.
Same problem is present in C and E.
B is a sentence fragment.
Only D left. "if it (the competitor) had suffered such a loss" is clear.


komal wrote:After the company recalled one of its best-selling products, it would be forced to accept a one billion dollar loss, an expense that would have forced its main competitor to declare bankruptcy if it had suffered such a loss.

(A) After the company recalled one of its best-selling products, it would be forced to accept a one billion dollar loss, an expense that would have forced its main competitor to declare bankruptcy if it had suffered such a loss.

(B) As the company recalled one of its best-selling products, it accepted a one billion dollar loss; forcing its main competitor to declare bankruptcy if it had suffered such a loss.

(C) After the company recalled one of its best-selling products, its one billion dollar loss would have to be accepted; such a loss would have forced its main competitor to declare bankruptcy.

(D) After the company recalled one of its best-selling products, it was forced to accept a one billion dollar loss; its main competitor would have been forced to declare bankruptcy if it had suffered such a loss.

(E) When the company recalled one of its best-selling products, a one billion dollar loss it was forced to accept, an expense that would have forced its main competitor into bankruptcy.

OA D
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