Even though it was not illegal for the bank to share itscustomers' personal and financial information with an outside marketing company in return for a commission on sales, the state's attorney general accused the bank of engaging in deceptive business practices by failing to honor its promise to its customers to keep records private.
A. by failing to honor its promise to its customers to keep
B. by its failure of honoring its promise to its customers to keep
C. in its failure to honor its promise to its customers of keeping
D. because of its failure in honoring its promise to its customers in keeping
E. because of its failure to honor its promise to its customers of keeping
OA: A
Plz explain...
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akg_gmat wrote:Even though it was not illegal for the bank to share itscustomers' personal and financial information with an outside marketing company in return for a commission on sales, the state's attorney general accused the bank of engaging in deceptive business practices by failing to honor its promise to its customers to keep records private.
A. by failing to honor its promise to its customers to keep
B. by its failure of honoring its promise to its customers to keep
C. in its failure to honor its promise to its customers of keeping
D. because of its failure in honoring its promise to its customers in keeping
E. because of its failure to honor its promise to its customers of keeping
OA: A
Plz explain...
This question is of parallelism
to honor ~ to keep
Rest are not parallel.
Hope this helps.
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hitmewithgmat
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First
C,D, and E are definitely out just by looking at them.
you have to use "promise someone to Verb" but C,D, and E are not using this form.
Now, you have 2 choices left.
B is not correct because it is kinda wordy and "by failing to honor" is more direct and effective, of course concise, to address the issue.
I hope this helps.
C,D, and E are definitely out just by looking at them.
you have to use "promise someone to Verb" but C,D, and E are not using this form.
Now, you have 2 choices left.
B is not correct because it is kinda wordy and "by failing to honor" is more direct and effective, of course concise, to address the issue.
I hope this helps.
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hitmewithgmat
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hi, the explanation is far from it.
engaging is not parallel to failing. Yes, it looks verb-ing form.
however, if they are parallel each other, then none of the answers are correct.
...of engaging......by failing....(x)
if it's parallel, "by" before failing should be "of". but it's not.
sometimes, I mean everytime you solve the problem, you have to also pay attention to the meaning of the sentence, not just technical grammar problem. then you should be fine.
engaging is not parallel to failing. Yes, it looks verb-ing form.
however, if they are parallel each other, then none of the answers are correct.
...of engaging......by failing....(x)
if it's parallel, "by" before failing should be "of". but it's not.
sometimes, I mean everytime you solve the problem, you have to also pay attention to the meaning of the sentence, not just technical grammar problem. then you should be fine.
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dubeystuts
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