Sentence Correction

Ending a contentious political stalemate that frightened global business leaders, the new Italian Prime Minister, Enrico Letta, has finally formed a rare coalition government that united liberals and conservatives - and included a record number of women and Italy's first nonwhite ministers - to guide Italy, Europe's third-largest economy, out of stagnation.

A) frightened global business leaders, the new Italian Prime Minister, Enrico Letta, has finally formed a rare coalition government that united liberals and conservatives - and included a record number of women and Italy's first nonwhite ministers - to guide Italy, Europe's

B) had frightened global business leaders, the new Italian Prime Minister, Enrico Letta, finally formed a rare coalition government uniting liberals and conservatives - and including a record number of women and Italy's first nonwhite minister - to guide Italy, with Europe's

C) had been frightening global business leaders, the new Italian Prime Minister, Enrico Letta, has finally formed a rare coalition government uniting liberals and conservatives - and that include a record number of women and Italy's first nonwhite minister - to guide Italy, which has Europe's

D) had frightened global business leaders, the new Italian Prime Minister, Enrico Letta, finally formed a rare coalition government that united liberals and conservatives - and including a record number of women and Italy's first nonwhite minister - to guide Italy, which has Europe's

E) frightened global business leaders, the new Italian Prime Minister, Enrico Letta, finally formed a rare coalition government to unite liberals and conservatives - and includes a record number of women and Italy's first nonwhite minister - and to guide Italy, with Europe's

OA : B
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manik11 wrote:Ending a contentious political stalemate that frightened global business leaders, the new Italian Prime Minister, Enrico Letta, has finally formed a rare coalition government that united liberals and conservatives - and included a record number of women and Italy's first nonwhite ministers - to guide Italy, Europe's third-largest economy, out of stagnation.

A) frightened global business leaders, the new Italian Prime Minister, Enrico Letta, has finally formed a rare coalition government that united liberals and conservatives - and included a record number of women and Italy's first nonwhite ministers - to guide Italy, Europe's

B) had frightened global business leaders, the new Italian Prime Minister, Enrico Letta, finally formed a rare coalition government uniting liberals and conservatives - and including a record number of women and Italy's first nonwhite minister - to guide Italy, with Europe's

C) had been frightening global business leaders, the new Italian Prime Minister, Enrico Letta, has finally formed a rare coalition government uniting liberals and conservatives - and that include a record number of women and Italy's first nonwhite minister - to guide Italy, which has Europe's

D) had frightened global business leaders, the new Italian Prime Minister, Enrico Letta, finally formed a rare coalition government that united liberals and conservatives - and including a record number of women and Italy's first nonwhite minister - to guide Italy, which has Europe's

E) frightened global business leaders, the new Italian Prime Minister, Enrico Letta, finally formed a rare coalition government to unite liberals and conservatives - and includes a record number of women and Italy's first nonwhite minister - and to guide Italy, with Europe's

APPOSITIVES are two nouns or noun phrases that appear side-by-side, with the second serving to explain or define the first.
Nouns in apposition must refer to the SAME THING.
A: Italy, Europe's third largest economy
Here, economy is in apposition to Italy, incorrectly implying that Italy and an economy are the same thing.
Eliminate A.

C: a rare coalition government...that include
Here, include (plural) does not agree with government (singular).
Eliminate C.

D: a rare coalition government that united...and including
Here, including (modifier) is not parallel with united (verb).
Eliminate D.

E: a rare coalition government to unite...and includes
Here, includes (verb) is not parallel with to unite (infinitive modifier).
Eliminate E.

The best option is B.

GMATGuruNY wrote:

manik11 wrote:Ending a contentious political stalemate that frightened global business leaders, the new Italian Prime Minister, Enrico Letta, has finally formed a rare coalition government that united liberals and conservatives - and included a record number of women and Italy's first nonwhite ministers - to guide Italy, Europe's third-largest economy, out of stagnation.

C) had been frightening global business leaders, the new Italian Prime Minister, Enrico Letta, has finally formed a rare coalition government uniting liberals and conservatives - and that include a record number of women and Italy's first nonwhite minister - to guide Italy, which has Europe's

C: a rare coalition government...that include
Here, include (plural) does not agree with government (singular).
Eliminate C.

Ethan Sir,
In the option C, apart from singular issue it is also not a parallel structure. Right ?
i.e. Even if the sentence had includes it would still be a grammatically wrong sentence.
Thanks
Teja

evs.teja wrote:

GMATGuruNY wrote:

C) had been frightening global business leaders, the new Italian Prime Minister, Enrico Letta, has finally formed a rare coalition government uniting liberals and conservatives - and that include a record number of women and Italy's first nonwhite minister - to guide Italy, which has Europe's

C: a rare coalition government...that include
Here, include (plural) does not agree with government (singular).
Eliminate C.

In the option C, apart from singular issue it is also not a parallel structure. Right ?
i.e. Even if the sentence had includes it would still be a grammatically wrong sentence.
Thanks
Teja

Correct.
If we replace include with includes, C will read as follows:
a rare coalition government uniting...and that includes
Here, uniting and that includes are not parallel forms.