scholarly wisdom

[Ankitaverma]

Contrary to the scholarly wisdom of the 1950's and early 1960's that predicted the processes of modernization and rationalization would gradually undermine it, ethnicity is a worldwide phenomenon of increasing importance.
(A) would gradually undermine it
(B) to be a gradual undermining of it
(C) would be a gradual undermining of ethnicity
(D) to gradually undermine ethnicity
(E) gradually undermining it

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Hi Ankitaverma,

This SC is based on a few standard grammar rules:

1) Verbs: Future events (in this case, predicted future events) require the verb "will" or "would." Eliminate B, D and E.

2) Pronoun/Noun agreement: the noun "ethnicity" is singular, so the proper pronoun would be "it"
**Note: it's common for a pronoun to follow the noun that it represents; however, this sentence uses a modifying phrase (notice the "it" followed by a comma), which means that the noun can come after the comma.** Eliminate C

Final Answer: A

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