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During the first nine months of 1979, textbook publishers incurred substantial costs for creating products that, due to a decline in public funding for instructional material, never were sold.
(A) funding for instructional material, never were
(B) funding for instructional material, never was
(C) funding, the instructional material, was never
(D) funding for instructional material, the products were never
(E) funding, they were never
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A ... were is required so B & C are eliminated
In E they is wrong and in D product is redundant .
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I picked C
Isnt "Instruction Material" singular?
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trivikram wrote: I picked C
Isnt "Instruction Material" singular?
One more for A.
C is wrong because 'was never' modifies 'products', not 'instructional material'. It was the products that never sold. So: 'products - were' is right, not 'products - was' .
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OA is A, is the "were" coorect because of subjunctive mood?
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myc2004 wrote: OA is A, is the "were" coorect because of subjunctive mood?
"products" is plural here:
"..creating products that, due to a decline in public funding for instructional material, never were sold.
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Doesn't 'never were' sound improper in A . Shouldn't it have been 'were never'??
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A seems to be the right choice.
Nice breakdown!
selene wrote:
"products" is plural here:
"..creating products that, due to a decline in public funding for instructional material, never were sold.
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