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SC-Rising inventories

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rx_11
 Post subject: SC-Rising inventories
 Post Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2010 10:28 pm 
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Rising inventories, when unaccompanied correspondingly by increases in sales, can lead to production cutbacks that would hamper economic growth.

(A) when unaccompanied correspondingly by increases in sales, can lead
(B) when not accompanied by corresponding increases in sales, possibly leads
(C) when they were unaccompanied by corresponding sales increases, can lead
(D) if not accompanied by correspondingly increased sales, possibly leads
(E) if not accompanied by corresponding increases in sales, can lead












OA is E...

But why 'correspondingly' in A and D is wrong??

I think correspondingly modify "unaccompanied" in A, which is a verb, and modify 'increased' in D, which is a adj... So my question is why an adv(correspondingly) modify a verb(unaccompanied in choice A) and an adj(increased in choice D) wrong??? But the use in E is correct...
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giteshr
 Post subject: Re: SC-Rising inventories
 Post Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2010 12:44 pm 
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To my understanding:
Rising inventories can lead and NOT can leads.
Singular-Plural case. So options B and D are eliminated.


C is having a problem, probably tense.
they were unaccompanied ........can lead

So only options left are A and E.
I'm unable to provide a split to select either of A or E.
It would be great if someone else could shed more light on this question.
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pellucide
 Post subject: Re: SC-Rising inventories
 Post Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 12:51 am 
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giteshr wrote:
To my understanding:
Rising inventories can lead and NOT can leads.
Singular-Plural case. So options B and D are eliminated.


C is having a problem, probably tense.
they were unaccompanied ........can lead

So only options left are A and E.
I'm unable to provide a split to select either of A or E.
It would be great if someone else could shed more light on this question.

Agree with you about B, C and D

Rising inventories, when unaccompanied correspondingly by increases in sales, can lead to production cutbacks that would hamper economic growth.

(A) when unaccompanied correspondingly by increases in sales, can lead
when is not appropriate here. Also correspondingly unaccompanied sounds better than unaccompanied correspondingly
(E) if not accompanied by corresponding increases in sales, can lead
If ... can/will verb.. is the corrent idiom.

I would love to hear the instructor's comment on this one
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vikram4689
 Post subject: Re: SC-Rising inventories
 Post Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2011 9:32 am 
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I think there is no need to provide explanation for B,C and D. Between A and E, A has awkward construction because "corresponding" should be w.r.t "increases in sales" but A introduces "by" between them. However, E uses the correct construction
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shaw.s.li
 Post subject: Re: SC-Rising inventories
 Post Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 1:04 am 
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Instructors,

One of the reasons I went very quickly to D and E is because I was under the impression that "when" for GMAT is best used to modify a location or time period. In this case, when is modifying "rising inventories".

Is this thinking wrong?

Also, I can confirm this is an official GMAT question (version 12 official guide question 12). Is there any way a moderator can change the title and move this into the right GMAT section?
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