A really good Subject - Verb Agreement question. Flip It!!!

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Among the emotions on display in the netiating room were anger for repeatedly raising the issue over and over again and preventing the raw wounds from earlier battles from ever beginning to heal.

[A] were anger for repeatedly raising the issue over and over again and preventing the raw wounds from earlier battles from ever beginning to heal.

was anger for repeatedly raising the issue and preventing the raw wounds from earlier battles from ever beginning to heal.

[C] were anger over repeatedly raising the issue and preventing the raw wounds from earlier battles to begin healing.

[D] was anger about the issue, which was raised over and over, and preventing the wounds from earlier battles, still raw, to begin healing.

[E] were anger about the issue, which was raised repeatedly, and preventing the raw wounds from earlier battles to begin to heal.


The given OA is B.

This was basically the FLip It Concept from the Manhattan GMAT Pg-42. You write the subject first and then the verb and make the idea from it.
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by Bill@VeritasPrep » Mon Nov 26, 2012 11:44 pm
It's a good technique. If the subject and verb work in a normal structure, they will work in an inverted structure.
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