A speaker’s physical impact including gestures, facial expression and

Question

A speaker’s physical impact including gestures, facial expression and body carriage is  as important as listening to the message.

(A) A speaker’s physical impact including gestures, facial expression, and body carriage is

(B) A speaker’s physical impact gestures, facial expression, and body carriage are

(C) The examination of a speaker’s physical impact including gestures, facial expression, and body carriage is

(D) Examining a speaker’s physical impact gestures, facial expression, and body carriage are

(E) Examining a speaker’s physical impact including gestures, facial expression, and body carriage is

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globaldesi · Answer

IMO E
examining a speakers... should be parallel with listening...
and the idiom as .. as 
These two conditions are satisfied by E .

Ujjwal98 · Answer

Can someone tell me whether it will be is or are at the end. I suppose since we are talking about speaker's physical impact it will be is.

Sajjad1994 · Answer

E is correct, in this option, the sentence is properly structured with the gerund form  "examining"  at the beginning. The gerund form is commonly used to introduce an action or process, which makes sense in this context as it suggests the ongoing action of examining a speaker's physical impact. The phrase " including gestures, facial expression, and body carriage " is also correctly used to provide details about what is being examined, and it is set off by the word " including, " which is a common construction for introducing examples.

Now, let's examine the other options:

(A)  This option begins with " A speaker's physical impact, " which is not consistent with the rest of the sentence. The introductory phrase should be in the gerund form, as in  option (E) . Additionally, it should use " examining " rather than " A speaker's physical impact " to properly introduce the process of examination.

(B)  This option also starts with " A speaker's physical impact, " which is not a suitable construction for the context. It should use " examining " in the gerund form to introduce the process of examination. Furthermore, there are missing words or articles in the phrase, making it grammatically incorrect.

(C)  This option is unnecessarily wordy. It starts with " The examination of a speaker’s physical impact, " which is verbose and less direct than a gerund construction. The gerund form is more concise and commonly used in this context.

(D)  This option has a subject-verb agreement issue. The subject " Examining a speaker’s physical impact " should be followed by a singular verb, not " are ," which is plural. The correct form should be " is " to agree with the singular subject.

In summary,  option (E)  is the correct choice because it properly uses the gerund form " Examining " to introduce the ongoing action of examining a speaker's physical impact and provides a clear and concise structure for the sentence. The other options contain grammatical errors or are less clear in their construction.

Answer: E

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