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Noting that the price of plastic and other car manufacturing components, a major factor in the cost structure of an automobile, have risen and will continue to rise, the company management was pessimistic about their outlook for the upcoming quarter.
a)
have risen and will continue to rise, the company management was pessimistic about their ?
b)
have risen and will continue to rise, the company management was pessimistic about the ?
c)
will continue to rise, the company management was pessimistic about the ?
d)
will continue to rise, the company management was pessimistic about their
Correct answer is option 'C'. Can you explain this answer?

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By Pradip Kakade · 6 days ago ·GMAT

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Sagarika Shinde answered Nov 02, 2018

CORRECT. This answer replaces the redundant construction “have risen and will continue to rise” with the more concise “will continue to rise.” This change is possible without any loss of content, since using “will continue to rise” already implies that the price of oil and fuel components has been increasing to date. Further, this modification resolves the subject-verb agreement issue in the original sentence. Finally, this answer choice replaces the plural pronoun “their” with the article “the,” thus remedying the original lack of agreement between the noun “management” and pronoun “their.”

Shoortaaye Mohamed Abdul answered Dec 27, 2019

Will continue to rise implies that the prices have already being on the rise. So there is no need to repeat it or bluntly say it.

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