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(A) its many challenges had been the highly publicized - answer A
(B) its many challenges has been the highly publicized - prefer use of 'had' over 'has'
(C) its many challenges is the highly publicized - is refers to present and the sentence deals with past events.
(D) their many challenges is the highly publicized - their refers to the studio and "its" is proper here, as well as inappropriate "is"
(E) their many challenges had been the highly publicized - similar to D
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Reporting that one of its many challenges had been the highly publicized break, over creative differences, with the director of the film, the studio confirmed that it would suspend production on its adaptation of Joseph Conrad’s Nostromo.

(A) its many challenges had been the highly publicized
(B) its many challenges has been the highly publicized
(C) its many challenges is the highly publicized
(D) their many challenges is the highly publicized
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(A) its many challenges had been the highly publicized

Correct as it is.

(B) its many challenges has been the highly publicized

We need past perfect tense here. Hence eliminate

(C) its many challenges is the highly publicized

We need past perfect tense here. Hence eliminate

(D) their many challenges is the highly publicized

We need past perfect tense here. Hence eliminate

(E) their many challenges had been the highly publicized

Incorrect Subject Verb agreement. their doesn't have an antecedent. Eliminiate.

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Answer: (A)

(A): Correct
(B): Incorrect verb tense ('has been' - present perfect not appropriate)
(C): Wrong verb tense ('is')
(D): Incorrect pronoun (their -> the studio)
(E): See (D)
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(A) its many challenges had been the highly publicized
"had been" past perfect is correct here: an action previous to the past "confirmed"
CORRECT

(B) its many challenges has been the highly publicized
"has been" present pefect is wrong

(C) its many challenges is the highly publicized
"is" present is wrong

(D) their many challenges is the highly publicized
"their" is wrong as it refers to "the studio"

(E) their many challenges had been the highly publicized
"their" is wrong as it refers to "the studio"

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the answer to the question is (E) their many challenges had been the highly publicized
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Answer: B

3-2 split, its vs their. Referring to studio singular, its is correct. D and E eliminated.

(A) its many challenges had been the highly publicized
(B) its many challenges has been the highly publicized - correct tense ongoing challanges, studio would be closed
(C) its many challenges is the highly publicized
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Reporting that one of its many challenges had been the highly publicized break, over creative differences, with the director of the film, the studio confirmed that it would suspend production on its adaptation of Joseph Conrad’s Nostromo.

(A) its many challenges had been the highly publicized
(B) its many challenges has been the highly publicized
(C) its many challenges is the highly publicized
(D) their many challenges is the highly publicized
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I will go with option A

The challenges is faced by the studio, so "its" is right. It should further use past perfect tense "had been" to make us understand that the break occurred before the studio confirmed the suspension of production. Option B, C, D is using present tense, so wrong.
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Reporting that one of its many challenges had been the highly publicized break, over creative differences, with the director of the film, the studio confirmed that it would suspend production on its adaptation of Joseph Conrad’s Nostromo.

(A) its many challenges had been the highly publicized
(B) its many challenges has been the highly publicized
(C) its many challenges is the highly publicized
(D) their many challenges is the highly publicized
(E) their many challenges had been the highly publicized


 


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(A) its many challenges had been the highly publicized ~ Correct use of Past Perfect Tense

(B) its many challenges has been the highly publicized ~ Use of Present Perfect tense "has been" is incorrect.

(C) its many challenges is the highly publicized ~ Incorrect use of Simple Present Tense.

(D) their many challenges is the highly publicized ~ The studio is singular . Plural their is incorrect.

(E) their many challenges had been the highly publicized~ The studio is singular . Plural their is incorrect.

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Reporting that
one of its many challenges had been the highly publicized break,
over creative differences, with the director of the film,
the studio confirmed that it would suspend production on its adaptation of Joseph Conrad’s Nostromo.

SInce the studio is singular, usage of its many challenges is correct whereas usage of their many challenges is incorrect
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(A) its many challenges had been the highly publicized
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Concise and correct in meaning
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The studio confirmed that it would suspend production on its adaptation of Joseph Conrad’s Nostromo is in past tense. Therefore, reporting that should also be followed by past tense whereas has been in present tense.
Meaning of the original sentence is also changed.
Incorrect

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(C) its many challenges is the highly publicized
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The studio confirmed that it would suspend production on its adaptation of Joseph Conrad’s Nostromo is in past tense. Therefore, reporting that should also be followed by past tense whereas is in present tense.
Meaning of the original sentence is also changed.
Incorrect

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(D) their many challenges is the highly publicized
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SInce the studio is singular, usage of its many challenges is correct whereas usage of their many challenges is incorrect
Incorrect

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(E) their many challenges had been the highly publicized
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SInce the studio is singular, usage of its many challenges is correct whereas usage of their many challenges is incorrect
Incorrect

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(A) its many challenges had been the highly publicized Correct
(B) its many challenges has been the highly publicized past tense required
(C) its many challenges is the highly publicized past tense required
(D) their many challenges is the highly publicized the studio is singular
(E) their many challenges had been the highly publicized the studio is singular

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Reporting that one of its many challenges had been the highly publicized break, over creative differences, with the director of the film, the studio confirmed that it would suspend production on its adaptation of Joseph Conrad’s Nostromo.

(A) its many challenges had been the highly publicized
(B) its many challenges has been the highly publicized
(C) its many challenges is the highly publicized
(D) their many challenges is the highly publicized
(E) their many challenges had been the highly publicized

 


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(A) its many challenges had been the highly publicized
-- correct usage of tenses as the 'break' happened before the confirmation

(B) its many challenges has been the highly publicized
-- 'has' refers to the present tense. Suggests the break is still continuing

(C) its many challenges is the highly publicized
-- present tense is not required here

(D) their many challenges is the highly publicized
-- 'their' is incorrect antecedent

(E) their many challenges had been the highly publicized
-- 'their' is incorrect antecedent

Option A
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Reporting that one of its many challenges had been the highly publicized break, over creative differences, with the director of the film, the studio confirmed that it would suspend production on its adaptation of Joseph Conrad’s Nostromo.

(A) its many challenges had been the highly publicized - "had" is used when there are two actions in the past. We use "had" for the action that is in the deeper past and simple past tense for the action that is in the recent past. Since there are two actions in the past - the studio confirmed (recent) and one its many challenges had been the highly publicized break (deeper) - the usage of "had been" is correct.
(B) its many challenges has been the highly publicized - "had been" would be appropriate here
(C) its many challenges is the highly publicized - usage of simple present tense is incorrect
(D) their many challenges is the highly publicized - no antecedent for plural pronoun "their"
(E) their many challenges had been the highly publicized - no antecedent for plural pronoun "their"
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IMO answer is (A)

(A) its many challenges had been the highly publicized

Past tense has been used. Hence ok and uses of its also fine.

(B) its many challenges has been the highly publicized

Since in non underline part we have used would so we need past tense

(C) its many challenges is the highly publicized

Since in non underline part we have used would so we need past tense.

(D) their many challenges is the highly publicized

In the non underlined part studio has been mentioned using 'it'. So we need to maintain uniformity

(E) their many challenges had been the highly publicized

In the non underlined part studio has been mentioned using 'it'. So we need to maintain uniformity
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Reporting that one of its many challenges had been the highly publicized break, over creative differences, with the director of the film, the studio confirmed that it would suspend production on its adaptation of Joseph Conrad’s Nostromo.

(A) its many challenges had been the highly publicized
usage of 'had been' ie, past perfect tense is incorrect since the challenge continues into the present

(B) its many challenges has been the highly publicized
challenge began in the past, and continues into the present..usage of 'has been' to depict this timeline is correct

(C) its many challenges is the highly publicized
creative differences commenced in the past..hence, 'has been' should be used

(D) their many challenges is the highly publicized
incorrect S-V agreement ; creative differences commenced in the past..hence, 'has been' should be used

(E) their many challenges had been the highly publicized
incorrect S-V agreement ;also, usage of 'had been' ie, past perfect tense is incorrect since the challenge continues into the present


(B) is the answer
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A) Seems as if the problem is no longer present
B) The present perfect tense is correct here.
C) Incorrect tense usage.
D) their is incorrectly used for singular subject studio evidenced by the fact the 'it' is used to refer to it later in the sentence.
E) same as D
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(B) its many challenges has been the highly publicized - This option contains a subject-verb agreement error. The correct form is "have been" instead of "has been" because "challenges" is plural.

(C) its many challenges is the highly publicized - Similar to option (B), this choice has a subject-verb agreement error. The correct form is "are" instead of "is."

(D) their many challenges is the highly publicized - This choice introduces a pronoun error. The sentence uses "its" earlier in the sentence to refer to the studio, so changing to "their" is inconsistent. It should be "its."

(E) their many challenges had been the highly publicized - Similar to option (D), this choice introduces a pronoun error by using "their" instead of "its." The correct pronoun to refer to the studio is "its."

So, the most appropriate choice is (A) "its many challenges had been the highly publicized" as it is grammatically correct and maintains coherence in the sentence.

So Answer A
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