Question

Because an oversupply of computer chips has sent prices plunging, the manufacturer has announced that it will cut production by closing its factories for two days a month.

Option A
Option B
Option C
Option D
Option E

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Solution

Sentence Analysis

The sentence says that an oversupply of computer chips has resulted in a drop in the prices of the chips. As a result, the manufacturer has announced that it will cut production by closing its factories for two days a month.

The sentence is logically and grammatically correct.

Option Analysis

(A) Correct.

(B) Incorrect. Singular verb “is” doesn’t agree with plural “prices” (‘which’ refers to ‘prices’)

(C) Incorrect. The antecedent for “which” is not clear or, rather, doesn’t logically exist in this option. One way to correct this option is: “because computer chip prices have been sent plunging by an oversupply”. However, in this case too, option A is better because option A communicates the idea in a more direct – active – voice.

(D) Incorrect. “plunging computer chip prices from an oversupply” doesn’t communicate the idea clearly that computer prices are plunging from an oversupply.

(E) Incorrect. The use of “due to” and “with the result” together creates redundancy.

This solution was created by Chiranjeev Singh and Anish Passi.