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by jsasipriya » Wed Jul 28, 2010 4:52 pm
Analyzing campaign expenditures, the media has had as a focus the high costs and low
ethics of campaign finance, but they have generally overlooked the cost of actually
administering elections, which includes facilities, transport, printing, staffing, and
technology.
A. Analyzing campaign expenditures, the media has had as a focus
B. Analyses of campaign expenditures by the media has been focus on
C. In analyzing campaign expenditures, the media have focused on
D. Media analyses of campaign expenditures have had as a focus
E. In their analysis of campaign expenditures, the media has been focusing on
OA C

Can someone explain why it is so?
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by manishankar » Wed Jul 28, 2010 5:31 pm
Media is a plural Noun and so "have + Past participle" should be maintained.
I had a doubt whether Media is Singular or plural????
However the second half of the sentence refers to media with the pronoun "They"---

"but they have generally overlooked the cost of actually administering elections, which includes facilities, transport, printing, staffing, and technology. "


which conclusively proves that Media is a plural noun .

I then checked some of my English Grammar books and one of them says Media is plural and the singular form is "Medium"

Hope that explains.

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by selango » Wed Jul 28, 2010 6:07 pm
Because the event started from the Past and continuing on present,"has/have+past participle" must be used.

Pick C.

In second part of sentence they referred to media.So plural "have" is used.
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by indiantiger » Thu Jul 29, 2010 4:55 am
Analyzing campaign expenditures, the media has had as a focus the high costs and low ethics of campaign finance, but they have generally overlooked the cost of actually administering elections, which includes facilities, transport, printing, staffing, and technology.

even if you cannot figure out the media being plural just look at the word "they", which makes media plural. A plural word here would require "have".

C is right
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