The sentence that was encircled has inconsistent verb tenses and improper use of infinitives.
It must be rewritten as: "Quality management was a departure from earlier management theories that were based on the belief that low costs were the only road to increase productivity."
Reference of the picture: Management, 9th edition
Stephen Robbins, Mary Coulter
page 78
I definitely agree with you. I think It can also be written in this way:"Quality management is a departure from earlier management theories that are based on the belief that low costs are the only road to increase productivity."
ReplyDeleteSome books have the same errors. It is good to see the errors.
ReplyDeleteIt's a good thing you made this post because I had observed quite a number of books and most of them do not follow the rules in basic English. I may not be a wide reader but I definitely could spot errors on articles or even simple sentences that I am reading.
ReplyDeleteThank you for informing.
ReplyDelete-Angenica Martirez
There are books that commit grammar errors and the readers must be really careful and well educated in order to identify them.
ReplyDeleteBooks were supposed to enhance our basic skills in English language. Readers should be more careful in this kind of situations.
ReplyDeleteThey must proof read before publishing the book.
ReplyDeleteCarlo is right. Proof reading is important in publishing a book.
ReplyDeleteThe increasing number of text books with grammatical errors has been noticeable. It is important that we, learners, should be cautious enough regarding these situations. One should not neglect any grammatical error.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, I am quite sure that they had this book proof read before having it published, it is just that they still committed errors.
We can't avoid seeing this kind of errors. It's just that we should be keen observers.
ReplyDeleteWow. Keen observer!
ReplyDeleteThis only proves that everyone is prone in making errors even writers and authors.
ReplyDeleteThis only proves that our lessons in English 1 are being put into use. :)
ReplyDeleteAngenica, I think "inform" should almost always have a direct object, unless it is used as an adjective. I couldn't help but utter "us" after reading your comment. :)
ReplyDeleteRegarding the post, I would have missed that if I were the one who read that book. Maybe the word "earlier" made me think that the succeeding verb should be in the past tense.