I'll go with Bmundasingh123 wrote:The board follows policies that are unreasonably strict and so inflexible that they refuse to discuss permitting leaves of absences even when justifiable.
A)they refuse to discuss permitting leaves of absences even when
B)it refuses to discuss permitting leaves of absences even when it is
C)it refuses to discuss permitting leaves of absences to be taken even when they are
D)permitting leaves of absences is not discussed even when
E)discussion of permitting leaves of absences is refused even when they will be
In B , couldnt the second "IT" refer to the gerund " permitting leaves of absences "
Here's why:
A) THEY cannot refer to board
B)Key point here - IT here clearly refers to the situation (justifiable/unjustifiable) and not to the number of leaves - Read closely
C)Again, they refers to number of leaves rather than the situation
D)JUSTIFIABLE needs to refer to a verb. Verb 'IS' missing
E)THEY WILL BE at the end changes the meaning
