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by ruplun » Fri Apr 15, 2011 12:04 pm
An ad hoc committee on business ethics decided that three major conglomerates owed damages to four independent contractors for nonpayment of disputed bills.

a. that three major conglomerates owed damages to four independent contractors for nonpayment of

b. that three major conglomerates owed damages to four independent contractors because of their nonpayment of

c. that three major conglomerates who owed damages to four independent contractors because they had not paid

d. three major conglomerates to owe damages to four independent contractors for their nonpayment of

e. three major conglomerates owed damages to four independent contractors because of their nonpayment of


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by Tani » Fri Apr 15, 2011 12:41 pm
I like A

C is easy to eliminate because it is not a complete sentence.
D is also clearly wrong "decided...to owe" is incorrect
E. is out because it needs "that"

Left with A or B, I reject B because it is not at all clear who "they" is: the committee, the conglomerates or the contractors.
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by maihuna » Fri Apr 15, 2011 12:48 pm
u mean their
Tani Wolff - Kaplan wrote:I like A

C is easy to eliminate because it is not a complete sentence.
D is also clearly wrong "decided...to owe" is incorrect
E. is out because it needs "that"

Left with A or B, I reject B because it is not at all clear who "they" is: the committee, the conglomerates or the contractors.
Charged up again to beat the beast :)
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by ruplun » Fri Apr 15, 2011 1:11 pm
Thanks a lot for the response .
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by AIM GMAT » Sat Apr 16, 2011 12:03 am
IMO A too .
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by badpoem » Sat Apr 16, 2011 2:24 am
IMO A.

decided that - that gives us A and B.

In B, "their" has no clear antecedent.
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by Chaitanya_1986 » Sat Apr 16, 2011 12:11 pm
Hi Tani Wolff,

I would see as a simple question with just pronoun refernce error and eliminate all options except A......B,C,D,E have "their and they"----- this can refer to Contractors or conglomerates ....So only option that left with is A......

Decided that is Good if we know it....else i think just basic pronoun usuage knowledge will solve this problem :)
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