In many nations, criminal law does not apply to corporations

[jnelson0612]

Thank you all.

[gauravtyagigmat]

which one is general and which one is specific

a corporation commits a crime
is it means a particular corporation commits a particular crime

the corporation commits a crime

I want to know differentiation between

a corporation and the corporation.Which is general and which is specific

I marked E thinking a corporation is specific and the corporation is general


Please explain what understanding i am lacking

[gauravtyagigmat]

which one is general and which one is specific

a corporation commits a crime
is it means a particular corporation commits a particular crime

the corporation commits a crime

I want to know differentiation between

a corporation and the corporation.Which is general and which is specific

I marked E thinking a corporation is specific and the corporation is general


Please explain what understanding i am lacking

Please reply its been 5 days

[RonPurewal]

I marked E thinking a corporation is specific and the corporation is general

Backward.

The GMAT will never contain a problem that requires an understanding of "a"/"an"/"the". If you see that kind of split, it's in there as a distraction. Look for something else.

[RonPurewal]

Please reply its been 5 days

Don't do this.

First, it's rude, and unacceptable on a professional forum.

Second, we answer posts in each folder from oldest to newest. If you post something like this, the only effect is to make your post into the "newest" (i.e., last in line) again. So, you'll just make yourself wait longer.

[thanghnvn]

In many nations, criminal law does not apply to corporations, but in the United Stated today, a corporation commits a crime whenever one of its employees commits a crime, if the employee acted [/u]within the scope of his or her authority and if the corporation benefited as a result.

A. a corporation commits a crime whenever one of its employees commits a crime, if the employee acted
B. a corporation is committing a crime whenever one of its employees committed a crime, if those employees were acting
C. corporations commit a crime whenever one of its employees does, on the
condition that the employee acts
D. corporations commit crimes whenever an employee of those corporations commit a crime, if it was while acting
E. the corporation whose employees commit a crime, commits a crime, whenever the employee acted

I think the answer is C, it is the right answer?

in B, "those employee" has no logic antecedent. B is out
in C, "its" has no antecedent. C is out
in D, "it was" has no antecedent. D is out
in E, "the employee" has no antecedent. E is out.

A is correct.

this question test pronoun.

Am I correct?

[RonPurewal]

That's sound reasoning.

Choice E is not technically a pronoun issue (since "the employee" isn't a pronoun), but you are correct in regard to the lack of logical consistency.

[gauravtyagigmat]

I marked E thinking a corporation is specific and the corporation is general

Backward.

The GMAT will never contain a problem that requires an understanding of "a"/"an"/"the". If you see that kind of split, it's in there as a distraction. Look for something else.

Sir saw your "thrusday with Ron" modifier video 26 april 2012 video
in which option B was discarded because "a concern" is general and question is talking about a specific concern
Hence i tried to apply this concept here as well.
Please explain what understanding i am lacking.

below is the question for reference

The 151 member governments of the World Bank are expected to increase the bank’s funding by $175 billion, though some United States legislators cite an obstacle to congressional passage being the concern that the bank’s loans will help foreign producers compete with American businesses.
A. an obstacle to congressional passage being the concern
B. a concern as an obstacle to congressional passage
C. as an obstacle to congressional passage the concern
D. the concern, an obstacle to congressional passage

[RonPurewal]

One problem per thread, please. If you want to discuss another problem, please search the forum for a thread on that problem.
Thanks.

[gmatkiller_24]

Hi, Ron. Here are some of my analysis, correct me if I am wrong. Thank you

in choice C, " on the condition that" can be out because of bad parallelism with the non-underlined part " if"

in choice D, an employee of those corporations is illogical

because it makes no sense to say that " employee work simultaneously in these different companies"

Thanks

[RonPurewal]

yes and yes.

[DrithiS178]

Hi,

I apologise for re- opening this thread, however, I have found that there is a grammatical error with Answer choice A wherein it states that- a corporation commits a crime whenever one of its employees commits a crime, if the employee acted. Isn' t 'one of the xyz' plural and 'one of the only xyz' singular? If so, shouldn't the sentence read: a corporation commits a crime whenever one of its employees commit ( not commits) a crime, if the employee acted? It is because of this error that I went with choice C.

Ron please let me know if this is a legit way to go about it. Thanks!

[RonPurewal]

A is the correct answer.

the correct answer is not wrong.