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The chairman of the board of directors have decided that this year's profits will be used for research and development, rather than for a shareholder dividend. (A) have decided that this year's profits will be used (B) has decided that this year's profits will be used (C) have decided on using this year's profits (D) has decided on using this year's profits (E) decided this year's profits will have been used
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Between B and D, I pick D. D looks concise!
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It's B...
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THe official answer is B.
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is there anything grammatically incorrect with the option D?
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Ya can somebody please explain me why is D wrong?
I am kind of confused.
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The idomatic usage is decide to do something instead of decide on doing something, I believe.
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The chairman of the board of directors have decided that [#permalink]
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The chairman of the board of directors have decided that this year`s profits will be used for research and development,rather than for a shareholder dividend.
(A)have decided that this year`s profits will be used
(B)has decided that this year`s profits will be used
(C)have decided on using this year`s profits
(D)has decided on using this year`s profits
(E)decided this year`s profits will have been used
I picked D but OA is B.Need explanation why d is wrong and b is correct.
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Last edited by mun23 on 23 Apr 2013, 23:34, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: The chairman of the board of directors have decided [#permalink]
23 Apr 2013, 13:31
hi Mun23,
"for" is also underlined in them. hence in option D.
"year`s profits research and development" doesn't make sense.
also there seems 2 be an idiomatic error in "decided on using" but i m not sure..
also in option B "used for research" is // to "than for a shareholder dividend"...
br//suryav
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Re: The chairman of the board of directors have decided [#permalink]
23 Apr 2013, 16:32
The chairman is singular so "has" is correct.
That leaves us with B and D.
D does not flow. (D)...has decided on using this year`s profits research and development...
It is missing a "for" so B is the correct answer.
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