BTGmoderatorDC wrote: ↑Mon Aug 17, 2020 7:08 pm
Each team of business students
are responsible for creating a marketable business plan.
A. are responsible for creating a marketable business plan
B. are responsible to create a marketable business plan
C. is responsible for creating a business plan that is able to be marketed
D. is responsible for creating a marketable business plan
E. is responsible to create a marketable business plan
In A and B,
are (plural) does not agree with
team (singular).
Eliminate A and B.
Generally, the GMAT considers it improper to ascribe an ability to a non-living thing.
Incorrect:
The table in the dining room is able to accommodate five people.
Correct:
The table in the dining room CAN accommodate five people.
In C,
is able is improperly ascribed to
plan (a non-living thing).
Eliminate C.
E:
is responsible to create a marketable business plan
Here, the portion in red is unidiomatic.
The correct idiom is
responsible + FOR + VERBing, as in the OA:
Each team...is responsible for creating.
The correct answer is
D.
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