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Enginpasa1 wrote:Since the last election, the lobbying effort initiated by environmental organizations, homeowners, and small business owners have increased awareness of pending environmental legislation.
a.have increased awareness of pending environmental legislation
b.have increased awareness about pending legislation dealing with the environment
c.has increased awareness about pending environmental legislation
d.has increased awareness of pending environmental legislation
e.has increased awareness of environmental legislation that is still pending




qa is d

Hi Engin,

Since the last election, the lobbying effort initiated by environmental organizations, homeowners, and small business owners have increased awareness of pending environmental legislation.

Since Lobbying effort is singular so the verb should be 'has' in lieu of 'have' so based on this split you can eliminate A, B. Now look for the next split you can eliminate E also as it is wordy. So left with two answer choices to select from. The correct answer can decided by using the idiomatic split. The idiom is 'be aware of' so eliminate answer C and Correct answer is D.

Please do let me know if this is the correct answer or not?

Thanks
Komal

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IMO: D