rtaha2412 wrote:Constance Horner, chief of the United States government's personnel agency, has recommended that the use of any dangerous or illegal drug in the five years prior to application for a job be grounds for not hiring an applicant.

(A) the use of any dangerous or illegal drug in the five years prior to application for a job be grounds for not hiring an applicant

IMO (A)- correct construction

has recommended that x be y.

(B) any dangerous or illegal drug, if used in the five years prior to applying for a job, should be grounds not to hire the applicant

recommended that x should be y - the should makes it questionable, and so does an if construction

(C) an applicant's use of any dangerous or illegal drug in the five years prior to application for a job be grounds not to hire them

besides being awkward, them does not refer to applicants in the sentence because applicant appears in its possessive form. same goes for choices d and e
(D) an applicant's use of any dangerous or illegal drug in the five years prior to applying for a job are grounds that they not be hired
(E) for five years prior to applying for a job, an applicant's use of any dangerous or illegal drug be grounds for not hiring them

rtaha2412 wrote:Constance Horner, chief of the United States government's personnel agency, has recommended that the use of any dangerous or illegal drug in the five years prior to application for a job be grounds for not hiring an applicant.

(A) the use of any dangerous or illegal drug in the five years prior to application for a job be grounds for not hiring an applicant
(B) any dangerous or illegal drug, if used in the five years prior to applying for a job, should be grounds not to hire the applicant---recommended that..should be...should be is redundant
(C) an applicant's use of any dangerous or illegal drug in the five years prior to application for a job be grounds not to hire them---S-V agreement error
(D) an applicant's use of any dangerous or illegal drug in the five years prior to applying for a job are grounds that they not be hired---S-V agreement error
(E) for five years prior to applying for a job, an applicant's use of any dangerous or illegal drug be grounds for not hiring them---S-V agreement error

prachich1987 wrote:

rtaha2412 wrote:Constance Horner, chief of the United States government's personnel agency, has recommended that the use of any dangerous or illegal drug in the five years prior to application for a job be grounds for not hiring an applicant.

(A) the use of any dangerous or illegal drug in the five years prior to application for a job be grounds for not hiring an applicant
(B) any dangerous or illegal drug, if used in the five years prior to applying for a job, should be grounds not to hire the applicant---recommended that..should be...should be is redundant
(C) an applicant's use of any dangerous or illegal drug in the five years prior to application for a job be grounds not to hire them---S-V agreement error
(D) an applicant's use of any dangerous or illegal drug in the five years prior to applying for a job are grounds that they not be hired---S-V agreement error
(E) for five years prior to applying for a job, an applicant's use of any dangerous or illegal drug be grounds for not hiring them---S-V agreement error

Thew answer has to be A.
Please advise OA