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by akash singhal » Thu May 14, 2015 9:09 pm
I choose C in 5 seconds on the criteria that A,B,D,E uses

"A ONE billion dollar" isnt that a redundant term.....
one billion dollar is enough or a billion dollar is enough why avoid it...

Anybody correct me if i am wrong.....
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by GMATGuruNY » Fri May 15, 2015 8:10 am
akash singhal wrote:I choose C in 5 seconds on the criteria that A,B,D,E uses

"A ONE billion dollar" isnt that a redundant term.....
one billion dollar is enough or a billion dollar is enough why avoid it...

Anybody correct me if i am wrong.....
There is no error of redundancy here.
a one-billion dollar loss = A LOSS of one billion dollars.

If Product A generates a loss of one billion dollars, and Product B generates a loss of one billion dollars, then we can say the following:
The company has suffered TWO one-billion dollar losses.
By extension, it must be possible for the company to suffer A one-billion dollar loss.
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by Neilsheth2 » Sun Oct 11, 2015 12:29 am
Hello Mitch,

In option D the IT isn't ambiguous since in the first part in the sentence IT refers to the company and part after the semi colon refers back to the competitor.according to the rule the pronoun should refer to the same Antecedent so the USE of IT is okay because a semicolon is used right ?
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by GMATGuruNY » Sun Oct 11, 2015 2:43 am
Neilsheth2 wrote:Hello Mitch,

In option D the IT isn't ambiguous since in the first part in the sentence IT refers to the company and part after the semi colon refers back to the competitor.according to the rule the pronoun should refer to the same Antecedent so the USE of IT is okay because a semicolon is used right ?
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.

The default referent for a subject pronoun is the subject of the preceding clause.
Here:
The it in blue (subject pronoun) correctly serves to refer to company (the subject of the preceding clause).
The it in red (subject pronoun) correctly serves to refer to competitor (the subject of the preceding clause).

Within the context a SINGLE CLAUSE, a pronoun such as it cannot have more than one referent.
In D, this rule is not applicable, since the it in red is not part of the same clause as the it in blue.
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by HA PHUONG » Tue May 30, 2017 1:47 am
Chose D
To me, A and D are contenders. But "an expense" in A is irrelevant.
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by Rahul428 » Thu Jun 15, 2017 5:55 am
My answer - D
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by deepak4mba » Fri Mar 30, 2018 10:07 pm
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