SC - Sales

[sunnyguest]

Hi,

Can someone help me out on the below SC question?

The correct answer is the one quoted below. However, isnt "characteristic", a singular word, the subject of the sentence.

If this is the case, then why is the answer starting with "they"?

Thanks.

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Qn: One characteristic of top-performing sales organizations is that they have a tendency to have concentrated greater resources in the direction of a smaller, more careful selection of a number of important customers than is the case with other sales organizations.

Ans: that they tend to concentrate more resources on a smaller, more carefully selected number of important customers than do

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[stop@800]

they refers to organizations.

[sunnyguest]

Thanks.

I have one more question.

The correct answer is as stated below.

My question is why is "like" acceptable here?

Isn't the second last phrase, "platinum remains consistently expensive", a clause?

I feel that the answer should be as below, in qoutations.

Please give me your comments.

"Because of decreased availability and increased demand in scientific research, platinum remains expensive, as gold does"


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Qn: Because of less availability and greater demand for scientific research, platinum remains consistently expensive, like gold.

Ans: Because of decreased availability and increased demand in scientific research, platinum remains expensive, like gold.

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[rohangupta83]

try rephrasing:

platinum, like gold remains consistently expensive.
or
gold, like platinum remains consistently expensive.
or
platinum remains consistently expensive, like gold.

in all three sentences its platinum which is being compared with gold.

We use 'like' when comparing two nouns (nouns being: platinum and gold in this case)

[iamcste]

Thanks.

I have one more question.

The correct answer is as stated below.

My question is why is "like" acceptable here?

"Because of decreased availability and increased demand in scientific research, platinum remains expensive, as gold does"


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Use like to compare phrases/nouns and as to compare actions/clauses

here comarsion between gold and platinum is done and hence "like" is apt

[stop@800]

Please have a look at following two sentences
you will get the idea....


platinum remains consistently expensive, like gold.

platinum is expensive, as gold is.