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by HSPA » Mon Mar 28, 2011 9:54 pm
In response to losing a significant part of its market share to a competitor, the soft drink company has cut costs by witholding executive bonuses, changed their advertising agency , and have redesigned the company logo

A. changed their advertising agency , and have
B. changed their advertising agency , as well as
C. has changed its advertising agency, and
D. and changed its advertising agency, and has
E. changed its advertising agency, and

A, B are out because company = singular, please explain how a good one of the rest 3 is maintaining the 'parallel'.
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by AIM GMAT » Mon Mar 28, 2011 10:15 pm
In response to losing a significant part of its market share to a competitor, the soft drink company has cut costs by witholding executive bonuses, changed their advertising agency , and have redesigned the company logo

A. changed their advertising agency , and have
B. changed their advertising agency , as well as
C. has changed its advertising agency, and
D. and changed its advertising agency, and has
E. changed its advertising agency, and

IMO E
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AIM GMAT
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by rohu27 » Mon Mar 28, 2011 11:50 pm
1)has cut,changed,redesinged or
2) has cut,has changed,has redesinged.
option E reflects 1.
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by aspirant2011 » Tue Mar 29, 2011 10:24 am
yup agreed with AIM GMAT answer should be E...............
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by MAAJ » Tue Mar 29, 2011 2:11 pm
C) Has X, Has Y, and Z - Incorrect - the last "has" is missing
D) Has X, Y, and Has Z - Incorrect - the middle "has" is missing
E) Has X, Y, and Z - Correct
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