{"id":88,"date":"2011-02-23T13:54:10","date_gmt":"2011-02-23T20:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/e-gmat.com\/blogs\/?p=88"},"modified":"2022-10-10T00:05:42","modified_gmt":"2022-10-09T18:35:42","slug":"rising-inventories-when-unaccompaniedog1212","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-gmat.com\/blogs\/rising-inventories-when-unaccompaniedog1212\/","title":{"rendered":"Rising Inventories, when unaccompanied\u2026OG12#12"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">A <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\">2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">min read <\/span><\/span><p>Rising inventories, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">when unaccompanied correspondingly by increases in sales, can lead<\/span> to production cutbacks that would hamper economic growth.<\/p>\n<h2>What does this question test?<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/e-gmat.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/OG1212.png\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-113\" title=\"OG12#12\" src=\"http:\/\/e-gmat.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/OG1212.png\" alt=\"OG12 Question 12 Errors\" width=\"383\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/e-gmat.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/OG1212.png 383w, https:\/\/e-gmat.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/OG1212-300x224.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 383px) 100vw, 383px\" \/><\/a>This question tests your knowledge of idiomatic usage of if and when.\u00a0 It also tests your understanding of modifiers, more specifically, what and how adverbs modify.<\/p>\n<h2>What does the sentence mean?<\/h2>\n<p>This sentence states that when rising inventories are not accompanied by increases in sales, there may be production cutbacks.  These cutbacks would then hamper economic growth.\u00a0 Notice how the sentence really presents a condition \u2013 if event \u2018a\u2019 happens, then event \u2018b\u2019 happens.<\/p>\n<h2>What are the errors in the original sentence?<\/h2>\n<p>This sentence has modifier error.\u00a0 Notice that the adverb &#8216;correspondingly&#8217; modifies the verb &#8216;unaccompanied&#8217;.\u00a0 Corresponding implies similar.\u00a0\u00a0 Thus, this modification &#8211; correspondingly accompanied means &#8211; similarly accompanied &#8211; similar to what? Thus, this modification is ambiguous.\u00a0\u00a0 Now we also should determine &#8211; what should correspondingly modify.\u00a0\u00a0 Per the meaning of the sentence,\u00a0 two things are rising \u2013 inventories &amp; sales \u2013 so correspondingly should be used for one of these factors \u2013 in this case \u2013 increases in sales.\u00a0\u00a0  Thus, corresponding should modify the increases in sales.  And hence the modification in choice A is incorrect.<\/p>\n<p>This sentence also has idiom error.\u00a0 The sentence indicates a possibility.\u00a0 And hence usage of &#8220;when&#8221; is incorrect since the outcome is not a definite &#8211; it is just a possibility.<\/p>\n<p>If is used to express conditional statements.\u00a0 If &amp; When are interchangeable when the conditional if statement expresses facts or definite events.\u00a0\u00a0 This topic is covered in detail <a title=\"If Vs. When\" href=\"https:\/\/e-gmat.com\/blogs\/?p=169\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Answer Choice Analysis<\/h2>\n<p>Choice A:\u00a0 Incorrect:\u00a0 This choice has modifier and idiom errors as explained.<\/p>\n<p>Choice B:\u00a0 Incorrect:\u00a0 This choice has idiom error as explained above.<\/p>\n<p>Choice C:\u00a0 Incorrect:\u00a0 This choice has idiom error as explained  above.<\/p>\n<p>Choice D:\u00a0 Incorrect:\u00a0 This choice changes the intended meaning of the sentence.\u00a0 In this choice, correspondingly modifies increased sales. However, notice that in the original sentence, the author is talking about trends &#8211; rising inventories and increases in sales.\u00a0\u00a0 This choice, on the other hand, talks about trend in inventories but for sales &#8211; it only talks about a specific value of sales &#8211; INCREASED sales. Thus, it does not communicate the intended meaning of the original sentence. 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