In an effort to reduce their inventories, Italian vintners have cut prices; their wines have been priced to sell, and they are.
A. have been priced to sell, and they are
B. are priced to sell, and they have
C. are priced to sell, and they do
D. are being priced to sell, and have
E. had been priced to sell, and they have
In-depth Explanation and Correct Answer Below (so you don’t see it while reviewing the question)
In an effort to reduce their inventories, Italian vintners… Explanation
In an effort to reduce their inventories, Italian vintners have cut prices; their wines have been priced to sell, and they are.
(A) have been priced to sell, and they are
Priced to sell and they are sell. You can’t magically bring in the word “selling” even though that’s what would make sense here. We can only work with what we’ve got in the sentence. All of the other incorrect choices make a similar mistake.
(B) are priced to sell, and they have
Priced to sell, and they have sell.
(C) are priced to sell, and they do
Priced to sell, and they do sell.
(D) are being priced to sell, and have
Priced to sell, and have sell.
(E) had been priced to sell, and they have
priced to sell, and they have sell.
Correct Answer: C
For some SC guidance, here’s a link to a breakdown of GMAT sentence correction.