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by rtaha2412 » Fri Jan 07, 2011 2:55 pm
Constance Horner, chief of the United States government's personnel agency, has recommended that the use of any dangerous or illegal drug in the five years prior to application for a job be grounds for not hiring an applicant.

(A) the use of any dangerous or illegal drug in the five years prior to application for a job be grounds for not hiring an applicant
(B) any dangerous or illegal drug, if used in the five years prior to applying for a job, should be grounds not to hire the applicant
(C) an applicant's use of any dangerous or illegal drug in the five years prior to application for a job be grounds not to hire them
(D) an applicant's use of any dangerous or illegal drug in the five years prior to applying for a job are grounds that they not be hired
(E) for five years prior to applying for a job, an applicant's use of any dangerous or illegal drug be grounds for not hiring them
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by tomada » Fri Jan 07, 2011 6:51 pm
In (C), (D), and (E), the word "applicant" (singular) is incorrectly matched with "they" (plural) or "them" (plural).
This leaves (A) and (B), and this is where I got stumped.
I ultimately eliminated (A), because I thought "application...be grounds for" should be "applying...be grounds for"

IMO (B).
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by stormier » Fri Jan 07, 2011 7:12 pm
rtaha2412 wrote:Constance Horner, chief of the United States government's personnel agency, has recommended that the use of any dangerous or illegal drug in the five years prior to application for a job be grounds for not hiring an applicant.

(A) the use of any dangerous or illegal drug in the five years prior to application for a job be grounds for not hiring an applicant

IMO (A)- correct construction

has recommended that x be y.

(B) any dangerous or illegal drug, if used in the five years prior to applying for a job, should be grounds not to hire the applicant

recommended that x should be y - the should makes it questionable, and so does an if construction

(C) an applicant's use of any dangerous or illegal drug in the five years prior to application for a job be grounds not to hire them

besides being awkward, them does not refer to applicants in the sentence because applicant appears in its possessive form. same goes for choices d and e
(D) an applicant's use of any dangerous or illegal drug in the five years prior to applying for a job are grounds that they not be hired
(E) for five years prior to applying for a job, an applicant's use of any dangerous or illegal drug be grounds for not hiring them
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by Target2009 » Fri Jan 07, 2011 7:17 pm
IMO A
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by ankurmit » Fri Jan 07, 2011 8:21 pm
IMO A
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by prachich1987 » Sat Jan 08, 2011 10:56 am
rtaha2412 wrote:Constance Horner, chief of the United States government's personnel agency, has recommended that the use of any dangerous or illegal drug in the five years prior to application for a job be grounds for not hiring an applicant.

(A) the use of any dangerous or illegal drug in the five years prior to application for a job be grounds for not hiring an applicant
(B) any dangerous or illegal drug, if used in the five years prior to applying for a job, should be grounds not to hire the applicant---recommended that..should be...should be is redundant
(C) an applicant's use of any dangerous or illegal drug in the five years prior to application for a job be grounds not to hire them---S-V agreement error
(D) an applicant's use of any dangerous or illegal drug in the five years prior to applying for a job are grounds that they not be hired---S-V agreement error
(E) for five years prior to applying for a job, an applicant's use of any dangerous or illegal drug be grounds for not hiring them---S-V agreement error
Thew answer has to be A.
Please advise OA
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by pesfunk » Sat Jan 29, 2011 6:40 pm
Thanks for point B. I didn't know that "recommended that" and "should be" are redundant. gonna add this to my notes.
prachich1987 wrote:
rtaha2412 wrote:Constance Horner, chief of the United States government's personnel agency, has recommended that the use of any dangerous or illegal drug in the five years prior to application for a job be grounds for not hiring an applicant.

(A) the use of any dangerous or illegal drug in the five years prior to application for a job be grounds for not hiring an applicant
(B) any dangerous or illegal drug, if used in the five years prior to applying for a job, should be grounds not to hire the applicant---recommended that..should be...should be is redundant
(C) an applicant's use of any dangerous or illegal drug in the five years prior to application for a job be grounds not to hire them---S-V agreement error
(D) an applicant's use of any dangerous or illegal drug in the five years prior to applying for a job are grounds that they not be hired---S-V agreement error
(E) for five years prior to applying for a job, an applicant's use of any dangerous or illegal drug be grounds for not hiring them---S-V agreement error
Thew answer has to be A.
Please advise OA
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by Jim@Grockit » Sun Jan 30, 2011 10:12 pm
I'd have chosen A. In choice B, it's arguably the drug that's applying for the job (grammatically).
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by aspirant2011 » Sun Jan 30, 2011 10:21 pm
I would also go with A..........wats the OA?
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