osirus0830 wrote:I know you're not disclosing where you get these sentences from, but honestly, you are wasting your time with them. I'm almost convinced these sentences are constructed by people who learned English as a second language.

vscid wrote:

osirus0830 wrote:I know you're not disclosing where you get these sentences from, but honestly, you are wasting your time with them. I'm almost convinced these sentences are constructed by people who learned English as a second language.

Why do you say so?

osirus0830 wrote:I know you're not disclosing where you get these sentences from, but honestly, you are wasting your time with them. I'm almost convinced these sentences are constructed by people who learned English as a second language.

soumyopriyosaha 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.........seems no issue
(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.......not to hire is awkward
(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,.........them should refer to plural noun
(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.....they is incorrect pronoun for an applicant
(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...them is plural...an applicant is singular

osirus0830 wrote:I know you're not disclosing where you get these sentences from, but honestly, you are wasting your time with them. I'm almost convinced these sentences are constructed by people who learned English as a second language.

soumyopriyosaha wrote:

osirus0830 wrote:I know you're not disclosing where you get these sentences from, but honestly, you are wasting your time with them. I'm almost convinced these sentences are constructed by people who learned English as a second language.

First, sorry if I offended you with my posts. I really do not intend to hide the source of any question, just that I was posting the questions from an error log I keep. Anyway I did some googling to find out the source for this one. Here it is:

https://thousandsc.blocked/2006/04/qn220.html

My only request is in future if you want to express your thoughts/feelings/grievances not related to GMAT please send me a pm, rather than discuss it on the forum.

Peace.