The computer software being designed for a project studying Native American access to higher education will not only meet the needs of that study, but also has the versatility and power of facilitating similar research endeavors.
(A) but also has the versatility and power of facilitating
(B) but also have the versatility and power to facilitate
(C) but it also has the versatility and power to facilitate
(D) and also have the versatility and power of facilitating
(E) and it also has such versatility and power that it can facilitate
Why A is wrong?
Doesn't "comp software", is singular.
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this sentence is of the form not only x but also y.
the computer software ..... will not only meet the needs of the study
but also, the computer software .... will havethe versatility and power to facilitate
the computer software ..... will not only meet the needs of the study
but also, the computer software .... will havethe versatility and power to facilitate
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the second "will" is omitted:
the computer software will not only meet... but [will] also have...
so the "have" is not so much singular or plural, but part of "will have".
another subtle idiom is "the power of facilitating" and "the power to facilitate", and the second is preferred.
the computer software will not only meet... but [will] also have...
so the "have" is not so much singular or plural, but part of "will have".
another subtle idiom is "the power of facilitating" and "the power to facilitate", and the second is preferred.
