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by gmatmachoman » Fri Jan 29, 2010 4:14 am
Trans World Entertainment Corporation, which owns the Record Town and Saturday Matinee retail chains, announced that since sales of up to one-fourth of its stores are poor, they will be closed.


A. that since sales of up to one-fourth of its stores are poor, they will be closed.

B. it is closing up to one-fourth of its stores, which accounted for its poor sales

C. it was closing up to one fourth of its stores because of poor sales.

D. to be closing, on account of poor sales, up to one-fourth of its stores.

D. having poor sales, such that up to one-fourth of its stores will be closed.

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by sars72 » Fri Jan 29, 2010 4:35 am
A "they" may refer to stores or sales.
B tense mismatch (closing + accounted)
C seems ok, more concise and direct
D is just downright confusing
E looks horrible

C, the clear winner!
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by gmatmachoman » Fri Jan 29, 2010 4:51 am
sars72 wrote:A "they" may refer to stores or sales.
B tense mismatch (closing + accounted)
C seems ok, more concise and direct
D is just downright confusing
E looks horrible

C, the clear winner!
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by sars72 » Fri Jan 29, 2010 4:55 am
gmatmachoman wrote:
sars72 wrote:A "they" may refer to stores or sales.
B tense mismatch (closing + accounted)
C seems ok, more concise and direct
D is just downright confusing
E looks horrible

C, the clear winner!
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why would i use spoilers for this? This is not the question post. It is my attempt at solving the posed question and I have stated that answer which i believe is correct. In any case, if one were to read my post, it would be obvious that the answer choice, IMO, is C.

Please correct me if i am wrong.
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by mmon » Fri Jan 29, 2010 5:33 am
IMO C

A is wrong because the proun "they" may refer to stores or sales.
B is wrong because "which" makes a back reference to "stores".
D account of is not preferred over because which is more precise
E is awkward.
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by vijay_venky » Sun Jan 31, 2010 4:39 am
There seems to be a tense disagreement in this question, and the future sense is not correctly carried in C, please look at the explanation for this question in one of the forums.


https://www.manhattangmat.com/forums/pre ... t7262.html
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by gmatmachoman » Sun Jan 31, 2010 5:24 am
sars72 wrote:
gmatmachoman wrote:
sars72 wrote:A "they" may refer to stores or sales.
B tense mismatch (closing + accounted)
C seems ok, more concise and direct
D is just downright confusing
E looks horrible

C, the clear winner!
Use Spoilers ....
why would i use spoilers for this? This is not the question post. It is my attempt at solving the posed question and I have stated that answer which i believe is correct. In any case, if one were to read my post, it would be obvious that the answer choice, IMO, is C.

Please correct me if i am wrong.
Agreed Sars.If u feel like resisting my opinion I can't help it man.Just a tip that " use spoilers" I learnt from DanaJ long back .It's just a courtesy of giving other's " thought process" not to get diluted by our IMO's.

BTW ,Its ur call bro!!
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by gmatmachoman » Sun Jan 31, 2010 5:25 am
vijay_venky wrote:There seems to be a tense disagreement in this question, and the future sense is not correctly carried in C, please look at the explanation for this question in one of the forums.


https://www.manhattangmat.com/forums/pre ... t7262.html
Thx for posting the link.
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