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GMAT Test Question (SC - comparisons)

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vikas.tarachandani
 Post subject: Re: Typos Corrected.
 Post Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2012 9:38 am 
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RonPurewal wrote:
adiagr wrote:
Yes it is a GMAT prep question.

After correcting typos the question is as under:

Exceeding even the figures predicted by the most optimistic financial analysts, the automobile company had earnings in the first quarter that more than doubled the previous quarter.

a) company had earnings in the first quarter that more than doubled
b) company earned more than double in the first quarter what they were in
c) company had first quarter earnings that more than doubled those in
d) company's earnings in the first quarter were more than double
e) company's earnings in the first quarter were more than double those of


I have a doubt.

It is mentioned in one of the replies:

A company doesn't exceed figures - the company's earnings exceed figures. A, B, and C are all wrong for this reason.


I agree about A and B, but "C" does talk about earnings.

As such comparison of "company had first quarter earnings" with "those in the previous quarter" appears to be okay.

Is the problem in case of option C in "Those In".


(Highlight for OA) OA is E


yeah, that could have been explained a little more precisely.

more precisely:
this sentence starts with the modifier "Exceeding even the figures predicted by the most optimal financial analysts..."
this is an initial participial modifier, which automatically modifies the immediately following subject. therefore, the immediately following subject must be something that can actually "exceed figures".
therefore, if the following subject is just the company, that's wrong; the following subject has to be some other figure(s).
according to this consideration, the first three choices are all wrong.

also, we can eliminate choices (a) and (d) on the grounds that they end with "double(d) the previous quarter". if taken literally, these constructions don't make any sense; you can't double a quarter.









Hi Ron,

I reached to the answer by exactly the same logic u have used, but I have doubt abut the word 'of'.

As per parallelism, shouldn't 'company's earnings in the first quarter were more than double those of ' be 'company's earnings in the first quarter were more than double those in '?

Thanks in advance.
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jlucero
 Post subject: Re: GMAT Test Question (SC - comparisons)
 Post Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2012 3:44 pm 
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As Ron said, it's surprising that they would make the switch here (and it is possible that this is not a GMAT Prep question, but something that has been posted elsewhere and assumed to be GMAT Prep), but given the more egregious errors of a wrong opening modifier and a bad comparison, only E has the correct meaning represented.

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supratim7
 Post subject: Re: GMAT Test Question (SC - comparisons)
 Post Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2012 3:24 pm 
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supratim7 wrote:
Sorry for going back to this old thread.. Got a small query/doubt..
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this sentence starts with the modifier "Exceeding even the figures predicted by the most optimal financial analysts..."
this is an initial participial modifier, which automatically modifies the immediately following subject. therefore, the immediately following subject must be something that can actually "exceed figures".
therefore, if the following subject is just the company, that's wrong; the following subject has to be some other figure(s).

Does this mean following construction is incorrect?

"Exceeding even the figures predicted by the most optimal financial analysts, the automobile company earned in the first quarter more than double that it earned in the previous quarter."

Dear tutors, pls help on this. Thank you.


Re-posting my question.
Thanks
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jlucero
 Post subject: Re: GMAT Test Question (SC - comparisons)
 Post Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2012 3:13 pm 
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Tim,

Correct. Even though you can say a company exceeded it's expectations for earnings, the company can not exceed figures. That's the issue in A/B/C.

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supratim7
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 Post Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2012 3:39 pm 
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Thank you Joe.

In essence, you are saying that "Exceeding even the expectations ..." CAN modify "the automobile company" BUT "Exceeding even the figures ..." CAN NOT modify "the automobile company". Am I right??

Many thanks | Supratim
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tim
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 Post Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2012 10:05 am 
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that sounds right..

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