{"id":32512,"date":"2020-12-23T17:43:24","date_gmt":"2020-12-23T12:13:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-gmat.com\/blogs\/?p=32512"},"modified":"2022-10-11T16:34:53","modified_gmt":"2022-10-11T11:04:53","slug":"heavy-commitment-by-an-executive-to-a-course-of-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-gmat.com\/blogs\/heavy-commitment-by-an-executive-to-a-course-of-action\/","title":{"rendered":"[Solution] Heavy commitment by an executive to a course of action&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">A <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\">6<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">min read <\/span><\/span>\n<p>In this article, we&#8217;ll look at the solution to this GMAT sentence correction question. We have analyzed the 5 answer choices and arrived at the correct choice through 3 steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>Meaning analysis<\/li><li>Error analysis<\/li><li>Answer choice analysis<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-general-information-on-this-question\">General information on this question<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"ub_styled_list \" id=\"ub_styled_list-d0b8af17-208b-47a8-8ef8-2c6bb51deee7\"><ul class=\"fa-ul\"><li>Difficulty level \u2013 High<\/li><li>54% of people got this question correct<\/li><li>The average time taken to correctly answer this question \u2013 1:52<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s look at the question and answer choices<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"h-heavy-commitment-by-an-executive-to-a-course-of-action-especially-if-it-has-worked-well-in-the-past-makes-it-likely-to-miss-signs-of-incipient-trouble-or-misinterpret-them-when-they-do-appear\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Heavy commitment by an executive to a course of action, especially if it has worked well in the past, makes it likely to miss signs of incipient trouble or misinterpret them when they do appear<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A. Heavy commitment by an executive to a course of action, especially if it has worked well in the past, makes it likely to miss signs of incipient trouble or misinterpret them when they do appear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>B. An executive who is heavily committed to a course of action, especially one that worked well in the past, makes missing signs of incipient trouble or misinterpreting ones likely when they do appear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>C. An executive who is heavily committed to a course of action is likely to miss or misinterpret signs of incipient trouble when they do appear, especially if it has worked well in the past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>D. Executives&#8217; being heavily committed to a course of action, especially if it has worked well in the past, makes them likely to miss signs of incipient trouble or misinterpreting them when they do appear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>E. Being heavily committed to a course of action, especially one that has worked well in the past, is likely to make an executive miss signs of incipient trouble or misinterpret them when they do appear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.e-gmat.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/gmat-sentence-correction-question-heavy-commitment-executive.jpg\" alt=\"GMAT Sentence correction question solution - Heavy commitment by an executive to a course of action\" class=\"wp-image-32524\" width=\"356\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/e-gmat.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/gmat-sentence-correction-question-heavy-commitment-executive.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/e-gmat.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/gmat-sentence-correction-question-heavy-commitment-executive-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/e-gmat.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/gmat-sentence-correction-question-heavy-commitment-executive-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/e-gmat.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/gmat-sentence-correction-question-heavy-commitment-executive-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/e-gmat.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/gmat-sentence-correction-question-heavy-commitment-executive-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 356px) 100vw, 356px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>OG &#8211; PQID : SC04408<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"1-solution\">Solution<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"700-level GMAT SC question explained - Heavy commitment by an executive to a course of action\" width=\"1080\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uewY2jKQN0w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"2-meaning-analysis\">Meaning Analysis<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><em><u>Heavy commitment by an executive to a course of action,<\/u><\/em><ul><li><em><u>especially if it<\/u><\/em> <em><u>has worked well in the past,<\/u><\/em><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><em><u>makes it likely to miss signs of incipient trouble or misinterpret them<\/u><\/em><ul><li><em><u>when they<\/u><\/em> <em><u>do appear.<\/u><\/em><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><em><u>Heavy commitment by an executive to a course of action,<\/u><\/em><ul><li><em><u>especially if it<\/u><\/em> <em><u>has worked well in the past,<\/u><\/em><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This sentence talks about blind commitment of an executive towards a method or course of action that has been successful in the past. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><em><u>(Cl. 1 Contd.)makes it likely to miss signs of incipient trouble or misinterpret them<\/u><\/em><ul><li><em><u>when they<\/u><\/em> <em><u>do appear.<\/u><\/em><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Continuing about the blind commitment, the author says that this type of commitment is likely to result in missing or misreading the signs of emerging problem, when these signs begin to surface.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This sentence illogically says that <em>heavy commitment<\/em> misses or misreads the signs of ensuing problem. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From the context of the sentence, we can infer that because the executive relies on a particular method of operation, the executive fails to see or understand the signs of ensuing problems at the time when these signs begin to show up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To sum it all, the authors intends to say that blind commitment to a particular method of operation makes an executive miss or misread the signs of ensuing problem when they begin to surface.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"3-error-analysis\">Error Analysis<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Subject Verb Error<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This sentence illogically says that\u00a0<em>heavy commitment<\/em> makes it likely to miss signs or misreads the signs of the ensuing problem. However, we know from our meaning analysis that this meaning is illogical. The executive being heavily committed makes it likely that he or she will miss signs of trouble.\u00a0 Therefore, the subject \u201cheavy commitment\u201d does not make sense with the verb \u201cmakes,\u201d and we have a subject-verb must make sense error.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Pronoun Error leading to Meaning Error<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The antecedent for both the instances of <em>it<\/em> is not clear. <em>It<\/em>, in both the instances, may refer to either <em>heavy commitment<\/em> or <em>a course of action<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the first instance stands ambiguous, the second stands illogical because per the meaning analysis, the executive misses or misreads the signs of emerging issue as we inferred during the meaning analysis. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We understand from the context of the sentence that the executive misses the signs of troubles. But this information is not presented clearly in the original sentence. &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>P.S.<\/strong>: Usage of the present perfect tense verb <em>has worked<\/em> is correct along with <em>in the past<\/em> because the author does not intend to say that the course of action worked well in the past, and they do not work anymore. The success of the course of action is not a one-time event. The author intends to say that the course of action has worked well so far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"4-answer-choice-analysis\">Answer Choice Analysis<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h5 id=\"h-choice-a-heavy-commitment-by-an-executive-to-a-course-of-action-especially-if-it-has-worked-well-in-the-past-makes-it-likely-to-miss-signs-of-incipient-trouble-or-misinterpret-them-when-they-do-appear\">Choice (A): Heavy commitment by an executive to a course of action, especially if it has worked well in the past, makes it likely to miss signs of incipient trouble or misinterpret them when they do appear.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#ce1e1e\" class=\"has-text-color has-background has-very-light-gray-background-color\"><strong>Choice A: Incorrect<\/strong> (11% people chose this option)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-very-dark-gray-color\">This choice has pronoun error leading to meaning error as pointed out in error analysis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 id=\"h-choice-b-an-executive-who-is-heavily-committed-to-a-course-of-action-especially-one-that-worked-well-in-the-past-makes-missing-signs-of-incipient-trouble-or-misinterpreting-ones-likely-when-they-do-appear\">Choice (B):  An executive who is heavily committed to a course of action, especially one that worked well in the past, makes missing signs of incipient trouble or misinterpreting ones likely when they do appear.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#ce1e1e\" class=\"has-text-color has-background has-very-light-gray-background-color\"><strong>Choice B: Incorrect<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1. Subject-Verb Make Sense Error<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Per this choice, the executive <em>makes missing signs<\/em>\u2026 likely. This is certainly not the intended meaning of the sentence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2. Meaning Error<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Per the intended meaning, because of the <em>heavy commitment<\/em> to a particular course of action, the executive misses the signs of emerging trouble. However, this blind commitment of an executive has been mentioned as additional information in this choice. It does not form the core meaning of the sense and hence leads to the meaning error.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>3. Verb Tense Error<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As mentioned in the Error Analysis, the success of the course of action is not a one-time event. Hence, use of simple past tense verb <em>worked<\/em> is incorrect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>4. Pronoun Error<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The sentence talks about <em>signs of trouble<\/em> in general. Usage of <em>them<\/em> to refer to signs is better than the usage of <em>ones<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 id=\"h-choice-c-an-executive-who-is-heavily-committed-to-a-course-of-action-is-likely-to-miss-or-misinterpret-signs-of-incipient-trouble-when-they-do-appear-especially-if-it-has-worked-well-in-the-past\">Choice (C): An executive who is heavily committed to a course of action is likely to miss or misinterpret signs of incipient trouble when they do appear, especially if it has worked well in the past.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#ce1e1e\" class=\"has-text-color has-background has-very-light-gray-background-color\"><strong>Choice C: Incorrect<\/strong> (22% people chose this option)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1. Meaning Error<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This choice repeats the meaning error we spotted in Choice B.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2. Modifier Error<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The modifier <em>especially if it has worked well in the past<\/em> is intended to modify <em>a course of action<\/em>. This is a noun modifier and hence should be placed closer to that noun entity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 id=\"h-choice-d-executives-being-heavily-committed-to-a-course-of-action-especially-if-it-has-worked-well-in-the-past-makes-them-likely-to-miss-signs-of-incipient-trouble-or-misinterpreting-them-when-they-do-appear\">Choice (D): Executives&#8217; being heavily committed to a course of action, especially if it has worked well in the past, makes them likely to miss signs of incipient trouble or misinterpreting them when they do appear.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#ce1e1e\" class=\"has-text-color has-background has-very-light-gray-background-color\"><strong>Choice D: Incorrect<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1. Parallelism Error<\/strong><br>In this sentence, <em>or<\/em> is the parallel marker. So, we have a list here. The first entity of this list is <em>to miss<\/em>, which is not parallel to the second entity <em>misinterpreting<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2. Idiom Error<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The phrase <em>Executives\u2019 being heavily committed<\/em> is unnecessarily wordy in comparison to other options.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>3. Pronoun Error<\/strong><br>Non-possessive pronoun <em>them<\/em> should logically refer to plural <em>Executives<\/em>\u2019, but it cannot do so because <em>Executives\u2019<\/em> is a possessive noun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 id=\"h-choice-e-being-heavily-committed-to-a-course-of-action-especially-one-that-has-worked-well-in-the-past-is-likely-to-make-an-executive-miss-signs-of-incipient-trouble-or-misinterpret-them-when-they-do-appear\">Choice (E): Being heavily committed to a course of action, especially one that has worked well in the past, is likely to make an executive miss signs of incipient trouble or misinterpret them when they do appear.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#11ae5a\" class=\"has-text-color has-background has-very-light-gray-background-color\"><strong>Choice E: Correct. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#11ae5a\" class=\"has-text-color has-background has-very-light-gray-background-color\"><strong>This choice correctly uses <em>Being<\/em> as a noun that has the correct verb <em>is<\/em>. All the modifiers are placed and worded correctly to convey the intended meaning of the sentence.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-most-asked-queries-on-this-question\">Most asked queries on this question<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Question 1 &#8211; In option C, There is no logical antecedent for &#8220;it&#8221; except for a course of action. We have been taught in the pronoun concept file that pronoun can refer to far away noun and it is a myth that pronoun refers to the nearest noun. I was down to C and E, but picking between these two choices consumed a lot of time.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Answer &#8211; In Choice C,&nbsp;placement of the phrase&nbsp;<em>especially if it has worked well in the past<\/em>&nbsp;is very off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.e-gmat.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/gmat-sc-question-heavy-commitment.png\" alt=\"GMAT SC question solution on heavy commitment\" class=\"wp-image-32654\" width=\"456\" height=\"293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/e-gmat.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/gmat-sc-question-heavy-commitment.png 870w, https:\/\/e-gmat.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/gmat-sc-question-heavy-commitment-300x193.png 300w, https:\/\/e-gmat.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/gmat-sc-question-heavy-commitment-768x494.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 456px) 100vw, 456px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Question 2 &#8211; I chose answer C, but as per your concept file, sometimes there can be multiple nouns and only one pronoun. But it should make sense with its antecedent. So, I think choice C can be correct.<br>But then, Answer choice &#8220;E&#8221; is compared with &#8220;C&#8221;, then E seems more correct.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is true that just the presence of multiple nouns does not make the reference of a&nbsp;pronoun ambiguous in the sentence. I do feel that the pronoun&nbsp;it&nbsp;in Choice C is not ambiguous. However, placement of the modifier especially if it has&#8230; makes Choice C incorrect. This modifier must be placed next to&nbsp;a course of action&nbsp;as it is meant to modify his phrase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.e-gmat.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/gmat-sc-question-heavy-commitment-1.png\" alt=\"GMAT SC question solution on heavy commitment\" class=\"wp-image-32655\" width=\"426\" height=\"314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/e-gmat.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/gmat-sc-question-heavy-commitment-1.png 841w, https:\/\/e-gmat.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/gmat-sc-question-heavy-commitment-1-300x221.png 300w, https:\/\/e-gmat.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/gmat-sc-question-heavy-commitment-1-768x566.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 426px) 100vw, 426px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-faqs\">FAQs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"schema-faq wp-block-yoast-faq-block\"><div class=\"schema-faq-section\" id=\"faq-question-1611035920560\"><strong class=\"schema-faq-question\">Where can I find more GMAT sentence correction questions like this one?<\/strong> <p class=\"schema-faq-answer\">You can find some of the most challenging GMAT sentence correction questions and their solutions in this <a href=\"https:\/\/e-gmat.com\/blogs\/gmat-sentence-correction-questions-gmat-verbal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">article<\/a>.<\/p> <\/div> <div class=\"schema-faq-section\" id=\"faq-question-1611035985967\"><strong class=\"schema-faq-question\">Where can I find free GMAT verbal practice questions.<\/strong> <p class=\"schema-faq-answer\">You can find more than 400 free practice questions <a href=\"https:\/\/e-gmat.com\/ft-gmat\/?channel=blogsin_article&amp;utm_source=blogs&amp;utm_medium=in_article&amp;utm_campaign=free_trial&amp;utm_term=blogs_in_article_suheb\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p> <\/div> <div class=\"schema-faq-section\" id=\"faq-question-1611036077730\"><strong class=\"schema-faq-question\">How much time do I need to prepare for the GMAT?<\/strong> <p class=\"schema-faq-answer\">It depends on your baseline score and your target score. To get a better answer take a look at this <a href=\"https:\/\/e-gmat.com\/blogs\/how-long-does-it-take-to-prepare-for-the-gmat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">article<\/a><\/p> <\/div> <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this article, we&#8217;ll look at the solution to this GMAT sentence correction question. We have analyzed the 5 answer choices and arrived at the correct choice through 3 steps: Meaning analysis Error analysis Answer choice analysis General information on this question Let\u2019s look at the question and answer choices Heavy commitment by an executive [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102406,"featured_media":32524,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","ub_ctt_via":""},"categories":[44,94,1,107],"tags":[],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/e-gmat.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/gmat-sentence-correction-question-heavy-commitment-executive.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"Suheb Hussain","author_link":"https:\/\/e-gmat.com\/blogs\/author\/syede-gmat-com\/"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v17.1.1 (Yoast SEO v17.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ 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