I will request Puys to solve this one.I am confused between choice C and D.
Regards
Vikas
Vikas,
NOTE: This seems to be a spiral of an old OG question. The spiral has introduced an additional problem that makes the answer (that I would select) unlike any answer you would probably choose on an Actual GMAT question.
Use your 13 SC Sins list to figure out what the sentence is testing. You can find the descriptions of the rules at GMAT Test Prep Bell Curves - Business School Home. I have also described some in previous posts.
In this sentence we see:
Pronouns
SPOT: Look for Pronouns in the underlined part of the sentence.
RULE: A pronoun must clearly and correctly refer to one thing.
"Its" is a pronoun in the underlined part.
The Ing Thing
SPOT: Look for ing form of verbs.
RULE: Use the ing form of verbs for an action in progress OR to begin a modifier.
"Deciding" is an -ing form of a verb.
Prepositions
SPOT: Look for words that indicate spatial or temporal placement.
RULE: Prepositions must be used literally (e.g., over means spatially above, around means spatially encircling et cetera).
"During" is a time specific preposition.
Solution
Pronouns must clearly and correctly refer to one thing. Even though the underlined use of pronoun "it" could refer either to the chain or the policy, the use of the it earlier unambiguously has fixed the meaning for us. Therefore the use of it is fine in the underlined part.
Unless we are talking about the company or its board deciding (in the act of making a decision) avoid using the -ing form when there is a noun that describes the action. Here the noun DECISION is more appropriate.
Prepositions must clearly describe location or relative placement and so "at" in inappropriate. Unless the decision was made at one occasion and one location, there is no "at" to be at. Choice D also introduces the preposition "in." There is nothing described that could contain anything else. While the expression "in deciding" may be used in English, it violates many of the rules that the GMAT holds dear and we are concerned with belling the GMAT.
Similarly, unless the reorganization took place over a period of time we cannot use "during." One issue with this example is there is no support for the belief that this is the case other than common sense (*GMAT does not use common sense as a criteria for selecting answers). So "when," which describes a single point in time, would be better.
Using these criteria, we should resolve on Choice C as the correct response.
I hope this helps Vikas.
Success.
Hashim
GMAT-SAT-LSAT-ACT Test Prep Bell Curves
Hi Hashim,
Can you send me the link of bellcurves , where as you have mentioned , the 13 step sC method is available?
Thanks in Advance.
regards
vikas