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Subject Verb Agreement

by hariharakarthi » Thu Aug 06, 2009 4:59 am
According to the Better Business Bureau, if you fail to advertise the highest price in a range of prices for a service or product as prominently as that of the lowest, it violates the New York Consumer Protection Law.
(A) if you fail to advertise the highest price in a range of prices for a service or product as prominently as that of the lowest, it
(B) if one fails to advertise the highest price in a range of prices for a service or product as prominently as the lowest price, it
(C) failure to advertise the highest price in a range of prices for a service or product as prominently as the lowest
(D) failure to advertise as prominently the highest price in a range of prices for a service or product as the lowest
(E) failing to advertise as prominently the highest price in a range of prices for a service or products as that of the lowest

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by pandeyvineet24 » Thu Aug 06, 2009 7:40 am
IMO A.

B, I think does a an incorrect comparison, compares highest vs lowest price, where as it should compare the prominence of advertising for high/low prices
C,D,E i think contain dangling modifiers.

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by redmark » Fri Aug 07, 2009 9:40 am
A) is incorrect since "it" cannot refer to "fail to advertise".

So answer choices A) and B) are out.

Among choices C), D), and E), C) I think it's C).

Idiomatic sequence of words "as prominently as"

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by Kebab » Fri Aug 07, 2009 10:17 am
redmark wrote:A) is incorrect since "it" cannot refer to "fail to advertise".

So answer choices A) and B) are out.

Among choices C), D), and E), C) I think it's C).

Idiomatic sequence of words "as prominently as"
what about the comparison?

in C, we compare "advertisement..." with "lowest"

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by ssbhowmick » Fri Aug 07, 2009 8:27 pm
Is it E ?
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by singh181 » Fri Aug 07, 2009 9:01 pm
this sentence has 3,2 split.
"to advertise the highest price" in A,B,C and "to advertise as prominently the highest price" in D, E

D, E change the meaning
"it" has no logical referent in A, B
So, C is correct choice

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by dikku07 » Sat Aug 08, 2009 9:05 am
IMO C,

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by riteshbindal » Sat Aug 08, 2009 9:14 am
IMO C