Rising inventories, when unaccompanied correspondingly by increases in sales, can lead to production cutbacks that would hamper economic growth.
(A) when unaccompanied correspondingly by increases in sales, can lead
(B) when not accompanied by corresponding increases in sales, possibly leads
(C) when they were unaccompanied by corresponding sales increases, can lead
(D) if not accompanied by correspondingly increased sales, possibly leads
(E) if not accompanied by corresponding increases in sales, can lead
I was confused between A and E but I think A is wrong becoz we cannot use "correspondingly" here. But if we look at E , correct idiom is "If X happens......Y will happen. So can we use " if not accompanied........can lead" here.
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Yes, consturction is perfectly fine.
As per rule,
if ..... present, ..........will/can.........verb
if .......past,.............would.......verb
if ........past perfect......, .........would have....verb ( 3rd degree )
As per rule,
if ..... present, ..........will/can.........verb
if .......past,.............would.......verb
if ........past perfect......, .........would have....verb ( 3rd degree )
gmat009 wrote:Rising inventories, when unaccompanied correspondingly by increases in sales, can lead to production cutbacks that would hamper economic growth.
(A) when unaccompanied correspondingly by increases in sales, can lead
(B) when not accompanied by corresponding increases in sales, possibly leads
(C) when they were unaccompanied by corresponding sales increases, can lead
(D) if not accompanied by correspondingly increased sales, possibly leads
(E) if not accompanied by corresponding increases in sales, can lead
I was confused between A and E but I think A is wrong becoz we cannot use "correspondingly" here. But if we look at E , correct idiom is "If X happens......Y will happen. So can we use " if not accompanied........can lead" here.
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Hi,
I have one doubt............
Is conditional required in this case ?
It means , if the option were ,
when not accompanied by corresponding increases in sales, can lead
then what would have been the correct option , B or E ?
is when.....better......or is conditional better ?
Please throw light
I have one doubt............
Is conditional required in this case ?
It means , if the option were ,
when not accompanied by corresponding increases in sales, can lead
then what would have been the correct option , B or E ?
is when.....better......or is conditional better ?
Please throw light
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why using correspondingly is wrong here?stop@800 wrote:Yes we can.
A is wrong "unaccompanied correspondingly by in"
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This is an OG 11 question. The adverb correspondingly is incorrectly and ambiguously used.
corresponding does the job here.
corresponding does the job here.
perfectstranger wrote:why using correspondingly is wrong here?stop@800 wrote:Yes we can.
A is wrong "unaccompanied correspondingly by in"
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Rising inventories, when unaccompanied correspondingly by increases in sales, can lead to production cutbacks that would hamper economic growth.
(A) when unaccompanied correspondingly by increases in sales, can lead - Ambiguous
(B) when not accompanied by corresponding increases in sales, possibly leads - should be lead
(C) when they were unaccompanied by corresponding sales increases, can lead - Wrong Tense
(D) if not accompanied by correspondingly increased sales, possibly leads - Awkward
(E) if not accompanied by corresponding increases in sales, can lead - Correct (Non accompanied is preferable to unaccompanied, 'corresponding' modifies 'increases in sales'; the modifier is correct)
(A) when unaccompanied correspondingly by increases in sales, can lead - Ambiguous
(B) when not accompanied by corresponding increases in sales, possibly leads - should be lead
(C) when they were unaccompanied by corresponding sales increases, can lead - Wrong Tense
(D) if not accompanied by correspondingly increased sales, possibly leads - Awkward
(E) if not accompanied by corresponding increases in sales, can lead - Correct (Non accompanied is preferable to unaccompanied, 'corresponding' modifies 'increases in sales'; the modifier is correct)
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komal wrote:Rising inventories, when unaccompanied correspondingly by increases in sales, can lead to production cutbacks that would hamper economic growth.
(A) when unaccompanied correspondingly by increases in sales, can lead - Ambiguous
(B) when not accompanied by corresponding increases in sales, possibly leads - should be lead
(C) when they were unaccompanied by corresponding sales increases, can lead - Wrong Tense
(D) if not accompanied by correspondingly increased sales, possibly leads - Awkward
(E) if not accompanied by corresponding increases in sales, can lead - Correct (Non accompanied is preferable to unaccompanied, 'corresponding' modifies 'increases in sales'; the modifier is correct)
Hi my quick question is the adjective "corresponding" must be modifying either a noun or a pronoun ,so is "increases in sales" a noun ?
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komal wrote:Rising inventories, when unaccompanied correspondingly by increases in sales, can lead to production cutbacks that would hamper economic growth.
(A) when unaccompanied correspondingly by increases in sales, can lead - Ambiguous
(B) when not accompanied by corresponding increases in sales, possibly leads - should be lead
(C) when they were unaccompanied by corresponding sales increases, can lead - Wrong Tense
(D) if not accompanied by correspondingly increased sales, possibly leads - Awkward
(E) if not accompanied by corresponding increases in sales, can lead - Correct (Non accompanied is preferable to unaccompanied, 'corresponding' modifies 'increases in sales'; the modifier is correct)
Hi ...can u plz explain ..why they have taken Inventories rather than taking "rising inventories" which would have been singular...and we couls have used Lead instead of leads..
nipunkathuria wrote:komal wrote:Rising inventories, when unaccompanied correspondingly by increases in sales, can lead to production cutbacks that would hamper economic growth.
(A) when unaccompanied correspondingly by increases in sales, can lead - Ambiguous
(B) when not accompanied by corresponding increases in sales, possibly leads - should be lead
(C) when they were unaccompanied by corresponding sales increases, can lead - Wrong Tense
(D) if not accompanied by correspondingly increased sales, possibly leads - Awkward
(E) if not accompanied by corresponding increases in sales, can lead - Correct (Non accompanied is preferable to unaccompanied, 'corresponding' modifies 'increases in sales'; the modifier is correct)
Hi ...can u plz explain ..why they have taken Inventories rather than taking "rising inventories" which would have been singular...and we couls have used Lead instead of leads..
Hi,
Can anyone let me know why correspondingly in option A is ambiguous? moreover why is correspondingly increased sales in option D awkward? Cant we have corespondingly (adv) modifying increased(adj)
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Choice A: Rising inventories, when unaccompanied correspondingly by increases in sales, can lead to production cutbacks.
To determine whether the modifier "correspondingly" is placed appropriately or not, read the sentence and ask yourself, what should correspondingly modify.
Thought process: Inventories are rising...the sentence indicates that if these rising inventories are not accompanied by increases in sales, then something happens...So rising inventories-corresponding increases in sales. Thus, corresponding should modify the increases in sales.
Now, lets check what "correspondingly" modifies - it seems to modify the verb - unaccompanied and hence the placement is not correct.
Choice D: Rising inventories, is not accompanied by correspondingly increased sales, possibly leads to production cutbacks.
In this sentence, correspondingly modifies increased sales. However, notice that in the original sentence, the author is talking about trends - rising inventories and increases in sales. Choice D, on the other hand, talks about trend in inventories but a specific value of sales - INCREASED sales. Thus, it does not communicate the intended meaning of the original sentence. And hence is incorrect.
To determine whether the modifier "correspondingly" is placed appropriately or not, read the sentence and ask yourself, what should correspondingly modify.
Thought process: Inventories are rising...the sentence indicates that if these rising inventories are not accompanied by increases in sales, then something happens...So rising inventories-corresponding increases in sales. Thus, corresponding should modify the increases in sales.
Now, lets check what "correspondingly" modifies - it seems to modify the verb - unaccompanied and hence the placement is not correct.
Choice D: Rising inventories, is not accompanied by correspondingly increased sales, possibly leads to production cutbacks.
In this sentence, correspondingly modifies increased sales. However, notice that in the original sentence, the author is talking about trends - rising inventories and increases in sales. Choice D, on the other hand, talks about trend in inventories but a specific value of sales - INCREASED sales. Thus, it does not communicate the intended meaning of the original sentence. And hence is incorrect.
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e-GMAT wrote: notice that in the original sentence, the author is talking about trends - rising inventories and increases in sales.
Hi!! Net search landed me to this response. Could you please explain this. To me, this choice incorrectly compares participle (rising inventories) and gerund (increases in sales). In other words, this sentence is comparing inventories with increases, which is not logically correct comparison.
A logical comparison would have been between rise in inventories and increases in sales, both Gerunds.
Would appreciate your input.
