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preposition usage

by nikhilgupta » Tue Feb 14, 2012 12:16 pm
２． In a leveraged buyout, investors borrow huge sums of money to buy companies, hoping to pay off the debt by using the company's earnings and to profit richly by the later resale of the companies or their divisions.

A. by using the company's earnings and to profit
B. by using the companies' earnings and by profiting
C. using the companies' earnings and profiting
D. with the company's earnings, profiting
E. with the companies' earnings and to profit


OE E

why is A wrong
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by avik.ch » Tue Feb 14, 2012 7:57 pm
A is wrong for two reason :

1. In a leveraged buyout, investors borrow huge sums of money to buy companies
We need plural possessive and not singular possessive -- so Company's earning is wrong. This problem is rectified in B,C and E.

2. "by using X" is wordy and bad construction as compared to "With X"
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