Annual stockholder's meeting

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Annual stockholder's meeting

by april24 » Sun Nov 15, 2015 8:35 am
At the annual stockholders meeting, investors heard a presentation on the numerous challenges facing the company, including among them the threat from a rival's multibillion-dollar patent-infringement suit and the declining sales for the company's powerful microprocessor chip.

A. including among them the threat from a rival's multibillion-dollar patentinfringement suit and the declining sales for
B. which includes the threat of a rival's multibillion-dollar patent-infringement suit and declining sales of
C. included among these the threat from a rival's multibillion-dollar patentinfringement suit as well as a decline in sales for
D. among them the threat of a rival's multibillion-dollar patent-infringement suit and the decline in sales of
E. among these the threat from a rival's multibillion-dollar patent-infringement suit as well as the decline in sales for

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by vishalwin » Mon Nov 16, 2015 11:01 pm
OA:D

A) - threat from is wrong here we need threat of

- the two parallel elements are "threat"� and "declining sales"

it should be "the threat"...........and "the decline" in sales

- including and among them when used in a sentence are redundant.


B) At the annual stockholders meeting, investors heard a presentation on the numerous challenges facing the company, which includes


it is not the company that includes THE THREAT and THE DECLINE but rather the challenges.


- the two parallel elements are "threat"� and "declining sales"

it should be "the threat"...........and "the decline" in sales



C) is wrong since included modifies company rather than challenges

- threat from is wrong here

- included among are redundant

- the decline in sales for is wrong

we need decline in sales of

the threat of ....and the decline in sales of...


E) among them" is better than "among these


- the decline in sales for is wrong

we need decline in sales of