devmillenium2k wrote:
The political leanings of the electorate are influenced by, as well as influence, those of the current administration, for the citizenry tends to lean towards or away from the perceived ideology of the president and the cabinet, depending on the administration's popularity.
A) are influenced by, as well as influence, those of the current administration, for the citizenry tends to lean towards or away from the perceived ideology of the president and the cabinet, depending on the administration's popularity.
B) is influenced by, as well as influences, those of the current administration, for the citizenry tends to lean towards or away from the perceived ideology of the president and the cabinet, depending on the administration's popularity.
C) influence, as well as are influenced, by those of the current administration, for the citizenry tends to lean towards or away from the perceived ideology of the president and the cabinet, depending on the administration's popularity.
D) are influenced by, as well as influence, that of the current administration, for the citizenry tends to lean towards or away from the perceived ideology of the president and the cabinet, depending on the popularity of the administration.
E) are influenced by, as well as influence, those of the current administration, for the citizenry tends to lean towards or against the perceived ideology of the president and the cabinet, depending on the administration's popularity.
OFFICIAL SOLUTION
Correct Answer: AExplanation: This sentence immediately begins with the potential for an Agreement error, as the first underlined word is a plural verb 'are'.
That is correct, as the subject is 'leanings', but answer choice B, which uses the singular verb 'is', is wrong.
Answer choice C is guilty of a Sentence Construction error; when the modifier '
as well as are influenced' is removed, the sentence then reads '
leanings…influence by those', which is clearly incorrect.
Answer choice D commits a Pronoun error, using the singular 'that' to refer to the plural 'leanings', and is consequently incorrect.
Answer choice E uses a structure that creates an illogical meaning: '
lean…against the ideology' does not accurately reflect the situation; '
lean…away from' indicates that there is trend to reject the ideology, whereas '
lean against' would indicate a physical action of an object propped up against another.
Accordingly, E is incorrect, and A is the correct answer.
Choice C sounds as if, "The political leanings of the electorate influence by those of the current administration . . ." This sentence construction error eliminates C.
The pronoun "that" is singular, but "leanings" is plural. This eliminates D.
It is idiomatically incorrect to say, "
leaning against" when the meaning is: rejecting to some extent. This eliminates E.
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