SC - Gerund & SV agreement

(B) for me.

+1 for B.

B for me too. Intended expression: Changing opinions (plural subject, hence we need have)

OA is B

Explanation Below:

karthikpandian19 wrote:A small enterprise must recognize that the changing of opinions of powerful business leaders have the potential to affect both short-term and long-term sales; it must adjust strategies accordingly.

A small enterprise must recognize that the changing of opinions of powerful business leaders have the potential to affect both short-term and long-term sales; it must adjust strategies accordingly. - Subject verb agreement error

A small enterprise must recognize that the changing opinions of powerful business leaders have the potential to affect both short-term and long-term sales, and it must adjust strategies accordingly. - Proper sentence with verb agreement. Two independent clauses connected properly by ",and"

It is necessary for a small enterprise to recognize that the changing of opinions of powerful business leaders have the potential to affect both short-term and long-term sales, and it must
adjust strategies accordingly.- Subject verb agreement error

A small enterprise must recognize that the changing opinions of powerful business leaders, which have the potential to affect both short-term and long-term sales, and the enterprise must adjust strategies accordingly. - "Which" wrongly modifies

The changing opinions of powerful business leaders, because they have the potential to affect both short-term and long-term sales for a small enterprise, must adjust strategies accordingly. - Ambiguous pronoun

Hi Karthik,

Please advise why A is incorrect....It does not have SVA error.

Thanks
HenryJEJO

Henry,
A do have SVA error. Here it is

A small enterprise must recognize that the changing of opinions of powerful business leaders have the potential to affect both short-term and long-term sales; it must adjust strategies accordingly. - Subject verb agreement error

This "it" may refer small enterprise or changing of opinions ----- Not sure

But when you refer in B, it comes with a proper comma and "and".....Hence in this type of B sentence, the second sentence's subject pronoun clearly refer the first sentence's subject.

henryjejo wrote:Hi Karthik,

Please advise why A is incorrect....It does not have SVA error.

Thanks
HenryJEJO

That's a good one...Thanks Karthik.

Regards
HenryJEJO

Hey Karthik
Can you please tell me how to identify what "IT" is referring to in any sentence.
I seems to get confused every time.
Also how do we know that changing of opinions is singular or plural in this sentence.

Thanks in Advance

Mani,

I would suggest you to go through the Manhattan strategy guides for SC which i have attached here.

Try to scan out all the pronouns in the underlined section first and then the non underlined if necessary. Now try to find out the correct antecedant for them all. Antecedant should be logically matching them.

In this case here, "it" is only one we got from scanning the question. So try to match it to its antecedant. "IT" is singular so it should match the singular noun. In this sentence we have 2 things that can refer back to IT - "A small enterprise" & "Changing of opinions"

Now we can come to the changing of opinions:

It is called a subject phrase with participle. Any subject phrases will be singular (this is a general rule applicable in all areas). Never mind as "opinions" is plural becoz the subject will never come in an OF phrase.

Changing of opinions - the bolded portion is the actual phrase which should not be considered for the singular or plural, whether or not it indicates those.
As a rule of thumb:
1. Subject never comes inside an OF phrase
2. Subject phrases are always singular

Hope u got cleared

manihar.sidharth wrote:Hey Karthik
Can you please tell me how to identify what "IT" is referring to in any sentence.
I seems to get confused every time.
Also how do we know that changing of opinions is singular or plural in this sentence.

Thanks in Advance