Soaring costs for gasoline and oil, the essential resources allowing car owners to be able to fuel and lubricate their automobiles, is leading to increased popular support for new government initiatives to develop alternative and renewable energy sources.
A
the essential resources allowing car owners to be able to fuel and lubricate their automobiles, is
B
the essential resources used by car owners to fuel and lubricate their automobiles, is
C
the essential resources enabling car owners to fuel and lubricate their automobiles, is
D
the essential resources enabling car owners to be able to fuel and lubricate their automobiles, are
E
the essential resources used by car owners to fuel and lubricate their automobiles, are
OA is E
But here I thought soaring costs is the SINGLE reason leading to increased popular support for new government initiatives to develop alternative and renewable energy sources. Therefore the verb should be singular, right??
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champ0007
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All the other choics A C D are ruled out for wrong idiomatic usage
I was also confused between B and E
Though "Soaring Costs" looks like an action noun but we are talking about 2 costs separately here, that of oil and gasoline ... therefore plural verb fits well.
I was also confused between B and E
Though "Soaring Costs" looks like an action noun but we are talking about 2 costs separately here, that of oil and gasoline ... therefore plural verb fits well.
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Soaring costs for gasoline and oil, the essential resources allowing car owners to be able to fuel and lubricate their automobiles, is leading to increased popular support for new government initiatives to develop alternative and renewable energy sources.
A
the essential resources allowing car owners to be able to fuel and lubricate their automobiles,is
B
the essential resources used by car owners to fuel and lubricate their automobiles,is
C
the essential resources enabling car owners to fuel and lubricate their automobiles, is
D
the essential resources enabling car owners to be able to fuel and lubricate their automobiles, are
E
the essential resources used by car owners to fuel and lubricate their automobiles, are
A
the essential resources allowing car owners to be able to fuel and lubricate their automobiles,is
B
the essential resources used by car owners to fuel and lubricate their automobiles,is
C
the essential resources enabling car owners to fuel and lubricate their automobiles, is
D
the essential resources enabling car owners to be able to fuel and lubricate their automobiles, are
E
the essential resources used by car owners to fuel and lubricate their automobiles, are
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sunnyjohn
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Hi gmatisgay,
This is a very simple question if you know one "stopsign". It took me only 12 seconds to solve this question.
Stop Sign - "Whenever you see a long modifier in the middle of a sentence, it must be checking -"Subject-Verb agreement".
Soaring costs for gasoline and oil, the essential resources allowing car owners to be able to fuel and lubricate their automobiles, is leading to increased popular support for new government initiatives to develop alternative and renewable energy sources.
Subject of the sentence: costs ( Plural )
A,B,C - out, because costs is ( WRONG )
Out of D and E -
D: Enabling car owners to be able to
It is eliminated because of redundancy.
This left with E as answer.
This is a very simple question if you know one "stopsign". It took me only 12 seconds to solve this question.
Stop Sign - "Whenever you see a long modifier in the middle of a sentence, it must be checking -"Subject-Verb agreement".
Soaring costs for gasoline and oil, the essential resources allowing car owners to be able to fuel and lubricate their automobiles, is leading to increased popular support for new government initiatives to develop alternative and renewable energy sources.
Subject of the sentence: costs ( Plural )
A,B,C - out, because costs is ( WRONG )
Out of D and E -
D: Enabling car owners to be able to
It is eliminated because of redundancy.
This left with E as answer.
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smackmartine
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@gmatisgay,
I guess "soaring" tipped you off. Soaring is just an adjective that modifies "costs". Always concentrate on the main subject. "Costs" is the main subject that is plural, and hence are should be the verb .
I guess "soaring" tipped you off. Soaring is just an adjective that modifies "costs". Always concentrate on the main subject. "Costs" is the main subject that is plural, and hence are should be the verb .
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Soaring costs is not an action noun . It is adjective + Nounchamp0007 wrote:All the other choics A C D are ruled out for wrong idiomatic usage
I was also confused between B and E
Though "Soaring Costs" looks like an action noun but we are talking about 2 costs separately here, that of oil and gasoline ... therefore plural verb fits well.
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