6. One of every two new businesses fail within two years.
(A) fail
(B) fails
(C) should fail
(D) may have failed
(E) has failed
My choice to the above is (E) ?? Is that correct?
9. As the price of gasoline rises, which makes substituting alcohol distilled from cereal grain attractive, the prices of bread and livestock feed are sure to increase.
(A) which makes substituting alcohol distilled from cereal grain attractive
(B) which makes substituting the distillation of alcohol
from cereal grain attractive
(C) which makes distilling alcohol from cereal grain an attractive substitute
(D) making an attractive substitution of alcohol distilled from cereal grain
(E) making alcohol distilled from cereal grain an attractive substitute
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crack_attack_gmat wrote:6. One of every two new businesses fail within two years.
(A) fail
(B) fails
(C) should fail
(D) may have failed
(E) has failed
My choice to the above is (E) ?? Is that correct?
IMO A is correct
Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice; moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue. - Barry Goldwater
(Inspired by Thomas Paine in The Rights of Man).
(Inspired by Thomas Paine in The Rights of Man).
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For the first question, i had narrowed down to
B. (fails) and E ( has failed)
i think that "two new businesses" is a collective noun
B. (fails) and E ( has failed)
i think that "two new businesses" is a collective noun
First answer is B.crack_attack_gmat wrote:6. One of every two new businesses fail within two years.
(A) fail
(B) fails
(C) should fail
(D) may have failed
(E) has failed
My choice to the above is (E) ?? Is that correct?
9. As the price of gasoline rises, which makes substituting alcohol distilled from cereal grain attractive, the prices of bread and livestock feed are sure to increase.
(A) which makes substituting alcohol distilled from cereal grain attractive
(B) which makes substituting the distillation of alcohol
from cereal grain attractive
(C) which makes distilling alcohol from cereal grain an attractive substitute
(D) making an attractive substitution of alcohol distilled from cereal grain
(E) making alcohol distilled from cereal grain an attractive substitute
"One of every two..." is singular. Hence you need "fails."
Second one is E.
Kick out A, B, and C because "which" wrongly modifies rises.
E is the better choice as the combination is a "substitute" for gas.
