Heavy commitment by an executive gmatpep

[tiwarianizer]

Q: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.

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.
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.
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.
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.
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.

I am having real trouble with this question. Use of being in (E), I heard Ron saying that if 'being' can be omitted than it is not necessary to use it. I picked 'C'. Can someone explain this ques. A and D use ambigous pronouns. In B it sounds as, ...course of action makes it likely to miss signs...... . So I rejected A, B and D. Am I right ?

[ps63739]

B Seems to be right.

A uses 'it' (especially if it) as an ambigious fashion.
C Modifier should be near to what it's noun.
D, and E seems wordy construction.

What's the answer by the way?

[tiwarianizer]

It is 'E'.

[RonPurewal]

try reading the thread here:
heavy-commitment-by-an-executive-to-a-course-of-action-t3173.html

if you still have questions after finishing that thread, please go ahead and post them over there. thanks.

[sy14427]

try reading the thread here:
heavy-commitment-by-an-executive-to-a-course-of-action-t3173.html

if you still have questions after finishing that thread, please go ahead and post them over there. thanks.

Hi Ron,

You are amazing and a fantastic person. Bow to you.

I read the above link thoroughly, but I have a small doubt in choice B. I did understand the meaning of choice B and that is not a problem, but i am confused with the usage of "ones".

B. An executive who is heavily committed to a course of action ... makes missing signs of incipient trouble or misinterpreting ones likely when they do appear.

i've eliminated the modifier in this sentence, simplifying its structure a bit.

once that modifier is eliminated, notice that you have a sentence that says that the executive him/herself makes missing the signs likely.

"misinterpreting ones" is also wrong. this should be "them", not "ones".

I understand that "them" is correct here as it is plural that refers to "signs", which is plural noun, but why "ones" is wrong here ? Is "ones" not plural ?

I thought "ones" is plural that is referring to "signs", a plural noun.

Thanks & Regards
Sachin

[RonPurewal]

"ones" MUST be used with some sort of qualifier or modifier; it cannot be used by itself.

for instance:
the black pants cost more than the brown ones --> this is ok, because "ones" is modified/qualified by "brown"
these pants cost more than the ones that this store sold last year --> this is also ok, because "ones" is modified/qualified by "that this store sold last year"
BUT
Lisa wears pants to work, but never wears ones when she goes out --> not ok. you'd just use "them" here.