In an effort to reduce their inventories, Italian vintners have cut prices; their wines have been priced to sell, and they are.
题目解答
当前版本 由cppiod更新于2013-09-24 13:50:09
This is an official question – OG13#91 – created by the creators of the
GMAT. The quality of their questions is unparalleled. I guess, you are
not able to understand the meaning of this problem, and that is why it
is giving you a tough time. So let’s get started with meaning analysis.
Meaning Analysis:
Italian
wine sellers have cut prices of their wines because they want to reduce
their stock. They have priced their wine such so that they sell, and
the wines actually sell because of this reduced price.
Error Analysis:
Now let’s look at the errors in the original sentence:
The
first past of the underlined portion says the wines have been priced to
sell. The second part says “they are”. So here we have ellipsis in
play. Now, we can only make those words understood that have already
appeared in the sentence in the same for. However, after “are” the verbs
that can be used are “sold” or “selling”. However, none of these verb
forms appear in the sentence anywhere. Hence, “are” is the incorrect
helping verb.
Now, there can be a confusion regarding the usage of
“sell”. “sell” means to “sell” something. When someone does the action
of selling. There is another meaning of “sell” - to have a specific
price; be offered for sale at the price indicated. For example: Leather
boots sell for just $30.
This is how “sell” has been used in the second part of the underlined portion.
PoE:
(A) have been priced to sell, and they are: Incorrect for the reason stated above.
(B) are priced to sell, and they have: Incorrect. “have” should be followed by “sold” but this word is not present anywhere in the sentence.
(C) are priced to sell, and they do: Correct. Helping verb “do” stands for “sell”, the word that already exists in the sentence.
(D) are being priced to sell, and have: Incorrect. Same error as choice B.
(E) had been priced to sell, and they have: Incorrect.
i. Use of past perfect tense “had been priced” is incorrect because there is no other event in past tense.
ii. Same error as in choice B.
