Sentence Correction

At the annual stockholders meeting, investors heard a presentation on the numerous
challenges facing the company, including among them the threat from a rival’s
multibillion-dollar patent-infringement suit and the declining sales for the company’s
powerful microprocessor chip.
A. including among them the threat from a rival’s multibillion-dollar patentinfringement
suit and the declining sales for
B. which includes the threat of a rival’s multibillion-dollar patent-infringement suit
and declining sales of
C. included among these the threat from a rival’s multibillion-dollar patentinfringement
suit as well as a decline in sales for
D. among them the threat of a rival’s multibillion-dollar patent-infringement suit and
the decline in sales of
E. among these the threat from a rival’s multibillion-dollar patent-infringement suit
as well as the decline in sales for

Pls explain

Check the link below. Ron has explained.

https://www.beatthegmat.com/help-please- ... t9245.html

OK, I am confused. Isn't D a fragment?among creates a clause and not a modifier, correct? So, where is the main verb?

IMO: D

smodak wrote:OK, I am confused. Isn't D a fragment?among creates a clause and not a modifier, correct? So, where is the main verb?

D on its own is a fragment. The main clause is "investors heard a presentation"; the rest is all modification.

Doesn't among.. just leave the sentence open ended.. ? It sounds odd. A sentence followed by a , and then among them..

We usually write among them.. is..

And is 'included among' a wrong idiom?

"including/included among" looks redundant. It should either be "included/including" or "among them".

At the annual stockholders meeting, investors heard a presentation on the numerous
challenges facing the company,among them XXXXXX.

Here the among them is actually acting as a modifier, giving examples of the challenges.

Crick

should it not be

At the annual stockholders meeting, investors heard a presentation on the numerous
challenges facing the company,among them ARE XXXXXX and YYYY.

Please help on why is ARE not added. some where it was explained that it will create comma splice.
but without are is the sentence not incomplete.......

lots of confusion.....some help please.

At the annual stockholders meeting, investors heard a presentation on the numerous challenges facing the company, including among them the threat from a rival's multibillion-dollar patent infringement suit and the declining sales for the company's powerful microprocessor chip.

Lets analyse question:

Phrase 1: At the annual stockholders meeting,
Clause 1 : investors heard a presentation on the numerous challenges facing the company,
including among them the threat from a rival's multibillion-dollar patent infringement suit
and the declining sales for the company's powerful microprocessor chip.

In clause 1 : Them may refer to challenges or investors, Including modifying investors instead of challenges

A.
B. which includes the threat of a rival's multibillion-dollar patent-infringement suit and declining sales of - Which refers to company instead of challenges

C. included among these the threat from a rival's multibillion-dollar patent-infringement suit as well as a decline in sales for - included modifying company instead of challenges. these can not be used standalone without noun.

D. among them the threat of a rival's multibillion-dollar patent-infringement suit and the decline in sales of - Them clearly refers to challenges. The threat is parallel to Decline

E. among these the threat from a rival's multibillion-dollar patent-infringement suit as well as the decline in sales for : these can not be used standalone without noun.

Hence D is the correct answer.