getgyan wrote:
A new breed of investor, among private‐equity firms, hedge funds, and activist shareholders, is aggressively looking for opportunities to create value from portfolio moves in companies the older investors regard as too passive.
A. is aggressively looking for opportunities for creating value from portfolio moves in companies that the older investors regard as too passive.
B. is aggressively looking for opportunities to create value from portfolio moves in companies that the older investors regard as too passive.
C. is aggressively looking for opportunities to create value from portfolio moves in companies the older investors consider as too passive.
D. are aggressively looking for opportunities to create value from portfolio moves in companies the older investors regard to be too passive.
E. are aggressively looking for opportunities at creating value from portfolio moves in companies that the older investors regard as too passive
A subject-verb agreement problem. Remember that "among" does not make a singular subject into plural. So the subject "breed" remains singular and the verb following the confusing additive phrase should be "is". Thus eliminate D and E for using "are" instead.
<<I think there is a typo in the underlined portion, it does not match option A>>
Of A, B and C, A says "opportunities for creating" which is awkward construction. Thus eliminate A.
Of B and C, the difference is that in B, "that" is introduced to make it clear what investors regard as too passive. IT makes the connection logical, which otherwise the phrase is standalone.
B is the correct answer