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At the annual stockholders meeting

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by kaudes11114 » Wed Jan 29, 2014 5:42 pm
Please tell me the answer for below question

At the annual stockholders meeting, investors heard a presentation on the numerous challenges facing the company, including among them the threat from rival's multibillion-dollar patent-infringement suit and the declining sales for the company's powerful microprocessor chip.

1. including among them the threat from rival's multibillion-dollar patent-infringement suit and the declining sales for
2. which includes the threat of rival's multibillion-doller patent infringement suit and declining sales of
3. include among these the threats from a rival's multibillion-doller patent infringement suit as well as decline in sales for
4.among them the threat of a rival's multibillion-doller patent infringement suit and the decline in sale of
5. among these the threats from a rival's multibillion-doller patent infringement suit as well as decline in sales for
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by AnjaliOberoi » Thu Jan 30, 2014 8:15 pm
Sales for-- wrong usage
Including amon, include among-- Redudant
In B, usage of "Which " is incorrect

IMO D
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by Sankeerthana » Fri Jan 31, 2014 4:49 am
4.among them the threat of a rival's multibillion-dollar patent infringement suit and the decline in sale of

I agree that D would be the best option here with most meaning clarity, but isnt "them" ambiguous? It could have more than one antecedent "investors" and challenges"

Another point "decline in sales of" vs "decline in sale of" --> what is the difference(if any)?
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by Bill@VeritasPrep » Fri Jan 31, 2014 3:09 pm
Sankeerthana wrote:4.among them the threat of a rival's multibillion-dollar patent infringement suit and the decline in sale of

I agree that D would be the best option here with most meaning clarity, but isnt "them" ambiguous? It could have more than one antecedent "investors" and challenges"
Because "them" occurs in a prepositional phrase, it should modify the preceding noun (or noun phrase, in this case "challenges facing the company"):

At the annual stockholders meeting, investors heard a presentation on the numerous challenges facing the company, among them the threat of a rival's multibillion-doller patent infringement suit and the decline in sale of

If that phrase was supposed to modify "investors, it is too far away to be a correctly placed modifier.
Another point "decline in sales of" vs "decline in sale of" --> what is the difference(if any)?
It should be the plural "sales" because we're talking about multiple sales of the chip. You would use the singular "sale" if it was a one time event, i.e. "the company completed the sale of its consumer electronics division."
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by Bill@VeritasPrep » Fri Jan 31, 2014 3:10 pm
Also, I believe D does have "sales of" and not "sale of" in the original version of this question.
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