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by pradeepkaushal9518 » Tue Sep 14, 2010 7:45 pm
To gain a competitive advantage, a well established credit card company launched a new program with the aim to simplify online payments and increase customer loyalty.

A with the aim to simplify online payments and increase
B aimed at the simplification of online payments and increasing
C aimed at simplifying online payments and increasing
D aiming at simplifying of online payments and the increase of
E aimed at the simplifying of online payments and increasing
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by ashish2104 » Tue Sep 14, 2010 10:10 pm
IMO C.

simplyfing and increasing are parallel in C.
aimed at is correct and concise than with the aim to.
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by pradeepkaushal9518 » Tue Sep 14, 2010 10:46 pm
aimed at is correct idiom
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by mohit11 » Tue Sep 14, 2010 11:04 pm
C it is...
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by ansh.kumar » Tue Sep 14, 2010 11:05 pm
yup, ITS...............C
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by ankurmit » Wed Sep 15, 2010 1:43 am
IMO C
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by reply2spg » Wed Sep 15, 2010 11:28 am
Both aim at and aim to are correct idioms.

Aim to means - try to do something
e.g. I aim to reduce weight

Aim at - means target at something
e.g. Arjuna aimed at bird's eye

In this perticular sentence 'with aim to' is wrong therefore, A is wrong.
pradeepkaushal9518 wrote:aimed at is correct idiom
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