Kaplan Test

[kaulnikhil]

The J.C.Penney chain of retail stores broke with its conservative cash-and-carry policy during its 1958 reorganization for deciding to sell on credit.

A. during its 1958 reorganization for deciding to sell
B. for the decision at its 1958 reorganization to sell
C. when it was reorganized in 1958 for its decision to sell
D. in deciding during its reorganization in 1958 to sell
E. by deciding at its reorganization in 1958 on the selling of

[shilpi84]

IMO E

[madhur_ahuja]

IMO D

The J.C.Penney chain of retail stores broke with its conservative cash-and-carry policy during its 1958 reorganization for deciding to sell on credit.

A. during its 1958 reorganization for deciding to sell ... . It seems that reorganization was done to sell

B. for the decision at its 1958 reorganization to sell .. It seems that reorganization was done to sell

C. when it was reorganized in 1958 for its decision to sell .... It seems that reorganization was done to sell

D. in deciding during its reorganization in 1958 to sell .. Correct

E. by deciding at its reorganization in 1958 on the selling of .. by deciding is awkward

[viju9162]

Will not the "its" - the second one refer to policy ?

during its 1958 reorganization for deciding to sell on credit.

[Mayur Sand]

whats OA ?

[vinayakdl]

IMO : C

Vinayak

[kaulnikhil]

OA D

[arora007]

When I answered this one, I knew... C and D were close...

At such decision making points I make decisions using my ear.....
but C would change the meaning...
I understanding it after reading the answer and reading it very closely.

But somehow I am not confident of stopping the use of "listening".
any suggestions...?? I have GMAT in 10 days!!

[sumanr84]

Found resemblance with 1000SC question as below,

Oberlin College in Ohio was a renegade institution at its 1833 founding for deciding to accept both men and women as students.
(A) at its 1833 founding for deciding to accept
(B) for the decision at its 1833 founding to accept
(C) when it was founded in 1833 for its decision to accept
(D) in deciding at its founding in 1833 to accept
(E) by deciding at its founding in 1833 on the acceptance of

[spoiler]OA : D[/spoiler]

I was stumped at this Q, so better to remember the pattern..

[arora007]

Yeah... you are so right!!
Good you caught the pattern... really appreciate that you were able to recall the pattern....

[fukushima.ryan]

I've narrowed my choices down to C and D. Why is C incorrect?

My thought process was focused on tenses:"was founded" vs. "founding" AND "decision" vs "deciding"

Looking at it, I figured the past tense would be correct (Choice C). "deciding at its founding in 1833" the simple progressive tense is throwing me off because the event occured in the past.

Any words of wisdom?

[arora007]

carefully read C it changes the meaning, doesn't it...
"reorganized in 1958 for its decision to sell"

reorganization seems to be done for selling....

[paes]

Can some Kaplan expert explain this problem.

[KapTeacherEli]

The J.C.Penney chain of retail stores broke with its conservative cash-and-carry policy during its 1958 reorganization for deciding to sell on credit.

A. during its 1958 reorganization for deciding to sell
B. for the decision at its 1958 reorganization to sell
C. when it was reorganized in 1958 for its decision to sell
D. in deciding during its reorganization in 1958 to sell
E. by deciding at its reorganization in 1958 on the selling of

Hi, I was asked over the weekend to check this problem--sorry I'm just getting to it now!

(A) has a modification error; the phrase 'for deciding to sell' appears to modify 'reorganization', implying that the reorganization's purpose was to decide to sell on credit--this doesn't make much sense. We can eliminate (A), as well the tempting (C) for repeating that error.

From there, idiom errors take down the remaining two incorrect answers. (B) indicates that J.C Penny "broke with its...policy FOR the decision," which in addition to being awkward indicates that the decision was the reason for breaking with tradition--rather than the break in tradition itself. (E) just gets 'deciding' wrong; "Deciding... on the selling of..." isn't the right idiom here.

Though (D) has an awkward-sounding gerund in it's midst, the sentence we have is grammatically correct and its meaning is unambiguous and logical. For that reason, (D) is the correct answer.

[paes]

Thanks Meyer.

But I am not convince why A is wrong.

in A : "for deciding to sell" is an adverbial modifier.
So It can modify to J.C Penney also.

See one example from the OG :
A baby emerges from the darkness of the womb with a rudimentary sense of vision

here 'with a rudimentary sense of vision' is modifying to baby, not to womb.

Now if I compare A and D, A looks more clear than D.