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by clock60 » Thu Apr 14, 2011 12:40 pm
hi guys, share your ideas about A vs E as others are obviously wrong

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
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by Target2009 » Thu Apr 14, 2011 12:46 pm
IMO - E

"leading gas and electric company" : means 1 company which deal with gas & electric. So there not other company So merger of one company in itself doesn't make sense. SO "merger of leading company and leading electric company" is corrrect.
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by MAAJ » Thu Apr 14, 2011 1:57 pm
Yup, it should be (E). Merger of the gas company and electric company.
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by atulmangal » Thu Apr 14, 2011 8:33 pm
IMO [email protected] question buddy

Apart from the reasoning given by Abhishek...i find one more flaw in Op A...in terms of meaning..

Op A:-- "to create a huge marketing network for the utilities"

Op E:-- "to create a huge network for marketing the utilities"

Though Op A looks better but if u look at the meaning there is a difference...Op E suggests...a huge network has been created for market the utensils and this meaning is correct...while Op A distorts the meaning
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by champmag » Thu Apr 14, 2011 11:14 pm
+1 for E
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by AIM GMAT » Fri Apr 15, 2011 4:08 am
IMO E too for the stated reasons :) .
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by clock60 » Fri Apr 15, 2011 9:32 am
guys thanks to all
oa is E
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