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by GmatKiss » Sat Oct 01, 2011 9:25 am
Unlike most other mergers in the utility industry, which have been driven by the need to save money and extend companies' service areas, the merger of the nation's leading gas and electric company is intended to create a huge marketing network for the utilities in question with states opening their utility markets to competition.

A. and electric company is intended to create a huge marketing network for the utilities in question with states opening
B. and electric companies are intended to create a huge network for marketing the utilities in question as states open
C. and electric companies are intended to create a huge network that will be marketing the utilities in question, with states opening
D. company and electric company are intending to create a huge marketing network for the utilities in question, with states opening
E. company and leading electric company is intended to create a huge network for marketing the utilities in question as states open

OA: E

Why not A?
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by mankey » Sat Oct 01, 2011 12:37 pm
I think it should either be gas and electric companies or gas company and electric company.

Therefore, E.

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by DevitaN » Sat Oct 01, 2011 2:32 pm
A is a meaning issue. A writes gas and electric as if it is one entity: A "gas and electric" company. Logically, the same company can not merge with itself.

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by vidyame » Sat Oct 01, 2011 2:46 pm
E
Comparison is between leading gas company and leading electric company eliminating A,B,C.
D has 2 errors. Comparison between leading gas company and electric company and verb 'are" plural does not match the singular noun "merger"

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