pls help me with this

[n_adroja]

The odds are about 4 to 1 against surviving a takeover offer, and many business consultants therefore advise that a company’s first line of defense in eluding offers like these be to even refuse to take calls from likely corporate raiders.

 

(A) that a company’s first line of defense in eluding offers like these be to even refuse

 

(B) that a company’s first line of defense in eluding such offers be to refuse even

 

© a company defending itself against offers of this kind that, as a first line of defense, they should even refuse

 

(D) companies which are defending themselves against such an offer that, as a first line of defense, they should even refuse

 

(E) that the first line of defense for a company who is eluding offers like these is the refusal even.

 

 

OA B

 

 

 

[Sibali]

Psychohistorians who study cases such as the Salem Witch Trials still disagree about the causes of mass hysteria and why, at times, it leaves some unmoved though it is overcome by many others.

 

 

a though it is overcome by

 

b when overcoming

 

c despite of overcoming

 

d where overcoming

 

e while overcoming

 

OA is E . y?

One more question. How to start a new thread in this forum ? :hmm:

[Sibali]

The odds are about 4 to 1 against surviving a takeover offer, and many business consultants therefore advise that a company’s first line of defense in eluding offers like these be to even refuse to take calls from likely corporate raiders.

 

(A) that a company’s first line of defense in eluding offers like these be to even refuse

 

(B) that a company’s first line of defense in eluding such offers be to refuse even

 

© a company defending itself against offers of this kind that, as a first line of defense, they should even refuse

 

(D) companies which are defending themselves against such an offer that, as a first line of defense, they should even refuse

 

(E) that the first line of defense for a company who is eluding offers like these is the refusal even.

 

 

OA B

 

 

 

 

I used POE and found B is right

 

A. Use of like is inappropriate. Such is better. 'Be' is better to avoid in GMAT.

C. 'They' should refer to companies . But here Company is singular.

D.'They'can refer to both companies and consultants

E . wrong use of 'who'

 

Hope this helps

[Sibali]

Varieties of influenza range in severity from mild flus, treatable with bed rest and lasting only a few days, to acute forms, such as bacterial pneumonia, that are potentially fatal.

 

 

a mild flus, treatable with bed rest and lasting only a few days, to

 

b mild flus, treatable with bed rest and last only a few days, to

 

c mild flus, treatable with bed rest, and they last only a few days, to

 

d those mild flus, able to be treated with bed rest and in duration only a few days, to those

 

c those mild flus which are treatable with bed rest and which last only a few days to those

OA is A

y not B ?

[FZanjani]

Sibali ....Re your question about New Thread -

when you login and come to the SentenceCorrection Main Page there is a BIG FAT BUTTON on the Top Left side called "New Thread". use that.

[Sibali]

Thankx FZanjani