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by pradeepkaushal9518 » Sun May 02, 2010 9:26 pm
imo C is the answer caves are plural hence have been is required. diffilculty is singular hence is to be used. what is oa
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by thephoenix » Sun May 02, 2010 9:43 pm
sub for first verb is singular thet is the period and therfore we need has been
ans sub for second verb is to determine singular so is
option D is correct
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by beat_gmat_09 » Sun May 02, 2010 9:50 pm
sanyalpritish wrote:Hi plz explain
only flaw which A has is "are" for determine, which should be singular, hence "is" should be used, D corrects this.
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by FightWithGMAT » Mon May 03, 2010 3:42 am
We have a list of three nouns phrases after "is".....Do not we need "are" here????
Actually, I have been screwed up many times by such questions. Please explain in detail what is the rule to tackle these kind of questions.
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by akhpad » Mon May 03, 2010 3:55 am
D is the correct answer.

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