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by tanviet » Sat Jun 21, 2008 7:51 pm
/A year advantage in a new computer product or process being introduced/can give a company a significant edge on its competitors

a,
b, introducing a new computer product or process by a year earlier
c,a year's advantage to introduce a new computer product or process
d,to introduce a new computer product or process by a year earlier
e,being a year ahead in introducing a new computer product or process

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by reachac » Sat Jun 21, 2008 8:01 pm
IMO B.
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by duke » Sat Jun 21, 2008 8:28 pm
duongthang wrote:/A year advantage in a new computer product or process being introduced/can give a company a significant edge on its competitors

a,
b, introducing a new computer product or process by a year earlier
c,a year's advantage to introduce a new computer product or process
d,to introduce a new computer product or process by a year earlier
e,being a year ahead in introducing a new computer product or process

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Narrowed down to either B or D. Now a matter of choice...went for B. I need expert's input on selecting between the choices like the ones here...
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by lvincy » Mon Jun 23, 2008 4:29 pm
I will also vote for B.
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by sulabh » Mon Jun 23, 2008 10:57 pm
I think both in B and in D, the phrase 'by year earlier' is ambigous.Earlier than what?To make a comparison alteast two things are needed.
A & C are akward.
In my opinion E is the right answer.OA?
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by tanviet » Tue Jun 24, 2008 5:58 am
E is OA

Pls, explain more why "by a year earlier is wrong. "by a year earlier" is wrong because it should be" a year earlier" or" earlier by a year" . But I am not sure.

Pls, comment my freinds. we need discussion not OA. only discussion raise us, not OA.
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by loki.gmat » Tue Jun 24, 2008 12:39 pm
Please note that in the sentence above -
1)introducing is a "gerund".
2)to introduce is an "infinitive form of verb".

according to english grammar book by wren n martin, both the gerund and the infinitive have the force of a noun & a verb and in many sentences either of them may be used without any special differences in meaning.
For eg. "Giving is better than receiving" is same as "To give is better than to receive".
bcoz of the above mentioned logic Options B n D are same n hence both together cannot be correct.


Also as rightly pointed out by sulabh, "by a year earlier" is ambiguous in B n D.


Hence IMO E.

a classic case where "being" can be correct in GMAT.


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