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by indiantiger » Fri Aug 06, 2010 8:26 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 multi-billion-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

What is the correct usage of "-ed" form?
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by FightWithGMAT » Fri Aug 06, 2010 1:06 pm
indiantiger wrote: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 multi-billion-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

What is the correct usage of "-ed" form?
Is the Ans D?

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by crackinggmat » Sun Aug 08, 2010 8:22 am
it is C ....see awonderful explanation by verbal guru Ron


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by reply2spg » Sun Aug 08, 2010 9:41 am
Remember that among is a brother of between. Between X and Y is correct, so in case of among, among X, Y and Z. Among X, Y as well as Z is wrong.

That eliminates B,C and E

A is wrong because 'including' and 'among them' show redundancy

D is correct here.
indiantiger wrote: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 multi-billion-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

What is the correct usage of "-ed" form?
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