Which of the Following Statements Is Generally True

question 51

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is generally true?

• A)The larger the number of firms in an industry, the less rivalry there is.
• B)The smaller the number of firms in an industry, the greater the rivalry.
• C)The larger the number of firms in an industry, the greater the rivalry.
• D)The degree of rivalry in an industry is largely independent of the number of firms.

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Definitions:

Transformational Grammar

A linguistic theory that seeks to describe how the deep and surface structures of sentences are related by rules of transformation.

Surface Structures

In linguistics, the outward form of language syntax that can vary without altering the underlying deep structure's meaning.

Deep Structure

In linguistics, the underlying syntactic structure or meaning of a sentence, beyond the words and their direct arrangement.

Transformational Grammar

A linguistic theory that focuses on how deep structures of language are transformed into surface structures through grammatical rules.