Practice #1

[pesfunk]

Already discussed but for practice:

Heavy commitment by an executive to a course of action, especially if it has worked well in the past, makes it likely to miss signs of incipient trouble or misinterpret them when they do appear.

A. Heavy commitment by an executive to a course of action, especially if it has worked well in the past, makes it likely to miss signs of incipient trouble or misinterpret them when they do appear.
B. An executive who is heavily committed to a course of action, especially one that worked well in the past, makes missing signs of incipient trouble or misinterpreting ones likely when they do appear.
C. An executive who is heavily committed to a course of action is likely to miss or misinterpret signs of incipient trouble when they do appear, especially if it has worked well in the past.
D. Executives' being heavily committed to a course of action, especially if it has worked well in the past, makes them likely to miss signs of incipient trouble or misinterpreting them when they do appear.
E. Being heavily committed to a course of action, especially one that has worked well in the past, is likely to make an executive miss signs of incipient trouble or misinterpret them when they do appear.

OA: E

[gmat_perfect]

Already discussed but for practice:

Heavy commitment by an executive to a course of action, especially if it has worked well in the past, makes it likely to miss signs of incipient trouble or misinterpret them when they do appear.

A. Heavy commitment by an executive to a course of action, especially if it has worked well in the past, makes it likely to miss signs of incipient trouble or misinterpret them when they do appear.
B. An executive who is heavily committed to a course of action, especially one that worked well in the past, makes missing signs of incipient trouble or misinterpreting ones likely when they do appear.
C. An executive who is heavily committed to a course of action is likely to miss or misinterpret signs of incipient trouble when they do appear, especially if it has worked well in the past.
D. Executives' being heavily committed to a course of action, especially if it has worked well in the past, makes them likely to miss signs of incipient trouble or misinterpreting them when they do appear.
E. Being heavily committed to a course of action, especially one that has worked well in the past, is likely to make an executive miss signs of incipient trouble or misinterpret them when they do appear.

OA: E

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This is the second sentence found in GMATPREP in which the use of BEING is correct.

Please see the use of being.

[Jim@Grockit]

This is the second sentence found in GMATPREP in which the use of BEING is correct.

Please see the use of being.

"Being" isn't always wrong, especially when it's a gerund (choice E) rather than a participle (choice D).

[Rezinka]

If there are other major erroers significant in other sentences, we can pick the sentence consisting 'being'.

[gmat_perfect]

This is the second sentence found in GMATPREP in which the use of BEING is correct.

Please see the use of being.

"Being" isn't always wrong, especially when it's a gerund (choice E) rather than a participle (choice D).

Thanks for the reply.

Yes, BEING is correct when it is used in the following ways:

1. Being is used in a passive sentence of continuous tense.
2. Being is used as gerund.

Thanks.