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The soap manufacturer conceded

by sameerballani » Mon Jun 06, 2011 8:24 am
The soap manufacturer conceded that its product may have contributed to the recent outbreak of skin irritation experienced by its consumers and having pulled the product, led to a sharp drop in the company's share price.

A)having pulled the product, led to

B)pulled the product, leading to

C)pulling the product, leading to

D)pulled the product, led to

E)pulled the product, having led to

OA:B

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by cans » Mon Jun 06, 2011 8:41 am
IMO B
to maintain parallelism, pulled should be used
A,C eliminated
e) having led to is incorrect
led to a sharp drop, cause-effect (product was pulled and thus share price dropped)
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by bubbliiiiiiii » Mon Jun 06, 2011 8:49 am
Agree with Cans and reached B using the same approach.
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by aspirant2011 » Mon Jun 06, 2011 8:55 am
The soap manufacturer conceded that its product may have contributed to the recent outbreak of skin irritation experienced by its consumers and having pulled the product, led to a sharp drop in the company's share price.

A)having pulled the product, led to -------> changes the intended meaning as can mean "soap manufacturer pulled the product"

B)pulled the product, leading to -------> leading modifies the complete part before comma "The soap manufacturer conceded that its product may have contributed to the recent outbreak of skin irritation experienced by its consumers and pulled the product"

C)pulling the product,leading to ------> pulling not parallel with initial part of the sentence

D)pulled the product, led to

E)pulled the product, having led to
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by sameerballani » Mon Jun 06, 2011 10:42 am
pulled is parallel to???
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by Frankenstein » Mon Jun 06, 2011 11:08 am
sameerballani wrote:pulled is parallel to???
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