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    Watch This: Official Guide Question With GMAT Pill Video Explanation

    Question:
    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 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.

    What is this GMAT question testing?

    This question tests Core Framework #3: X&Y Consistency, clarity

    It’s testing your ability to spot parallel and consistent sentences and to understand when sentences are vague with phrases like “it.” Again, cut the fluff to help you simplify the sentence

    Don’t be intimidated when the entire sentence is underlined for you to fix.

    This question also throws in a few answer choices with the word “being.” Now, all GMAT Pill students know the word “being” is a RED FLAG word. But is it always necessarily bad? Watch the video above to find out!

    The key is to figure out what the GMAT guys are testing you on and to move your eyeballs to the critical keywords ASAP so you can do the necessary analysis and choose the correct answer.

    How To Think Through This Official Guide Question

    Go ahead and check out the GMAT Pill video explanation of this Official Guide Question.

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