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When Airline Carriers are Able to Impose a Significant Fare GMAT Sentence Correction

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Question: When airline carriers are able to impose a significant fare increase without deterring many price-sensitive passengers, it is an encouraging sign for the health of the airline industry.

(A) When airline carriers are able to impose a significant fare increase without deterring many price-sensitive passengers
(B) When airline carriers are able to impose a significant fare increase without deterring many passengers who are price-sensitive
(C) When airline carriers may raise fares significantly without it acting as a deterrent to many price-sensitive passengers
(D) When airline carriers may raise fares significantly without it deterring many price-sensitive passengers
(E) When airline carriers are able to impose a significant fare increase without it deterring many price-sensitive passengers

Correct Answer: A
Explanation:
The original sentence's meaning is obvious. The airline business must be doing well if a big fare hike does not dissuade travellers. The original sentence likewise makes its argument with clear language ("price-sensitive passengers"). Additionally, the word "it" in the original text relates explicitly to the fact that fare increases do not prevent travellers.

When airline carriers are able to impose a significant fare increase without deterring many price-sensitive passengers. Correct. This choice is correct as it repeats the original sentence.

Let’s examine the other options available.

Option B
When airline carriers are able to impose a significant fare increase without deterring many passengers who are price-sensitive. Incorrect. "many passengers who are" is an unnecessarily wordy choice. It incorrectly replaces the concise phrase "price-sensitive passengers" with the wordy alternative "passengers who are price-sensitive."

Option C
When airline carriers may raise fares significantly without it acting as a deterrent to many price-sensitive passengers. At first, a fare rise is referred to using the pronoun "it." A second "it" is used to indicate that the sentence's non-underlined component does not allude to a fare rise. However, a rate rise does not discourage passengers who are sensitive to pricing. Additionally, the phrase "acting as a deterrent" is very wordy, and the phrase "may raise" implies that the airlines have been granted permission to raise their prices.

Option D
When airline carriers may raise fares significantly without it deterring many price-sensitive passengers. Incorrect. It is initially referred to as a fare hike when the pronoun "it" is employed. A second "it" is used in the sentence's non-underlined section to indicate, rather than to a fare rise, to the fact that price-sensitive passengers are not discouraged by fare increases. It is wrong to use the pronoun "it" in this answer choice because it makes the antecedent for the second "it" in the sentence's non-underlined component ambiguous. The phrase "may raise" also implies that the airlines have been given authorization to raise their prices.

Option E
When airline carriers are able to impose a significant fare increase without it deterring many price-sensitive passengers. Incorrect. The pronoun 'it' is initially used to indicate a fare increase. In the non-underlined part of the sentence, the second "it" does not indicate a fare increase. But rather, the fare increase does not deter price-sensitive passengers. The use of the pronoun "it" is incorrect in this answer because it obscures his second "it" preposition in the non-underlined part of the sentence.

“When airline carriers are able to impose a significant fare”- is a GMAT sentence correction question. These sorts of questions come up with grammatical errors in the underlined part of the sentence. The candidates need to select the correct statement given in the options. The GMAT sentence correction section demands good skills in grammar since the candidate has to identify common grammatical errors. GMAT sentence correction is a part of GMAT verbal.

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