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I would chose B

NSPE is singular. If you don't see it, eliminate "a financial mag...corporate finances" so we must maintain the singular tense throughout. We can eliminate A, and E.

The second item to look at is the past vs present tense. The magazine says that there is now more as compared to 10 months ago. So, we can eliminate C.

D is eliminated because it changes the meaning of the sentence.

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According to NSPE, a financial magazine of some note, which publishes monthly reports on corporate finances, they found that there is far more corporate fraud now than there has been at any time in the past 10 months.

(A) they found that there is far more corporate fraud now than there has been at any time in the past 10 months
(B) it found that there is far more corporate fraud now than there has been at any time in the past 10 months
(C) it found that there was far more corporate fraud now than there has been at any time in the past 10 months
(D) there is now far more corporate fraud to be found than there has been at any time in the past 10 months
(E) they found far more corporate fraud now than there they have at any time in the past 10 months
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yup D is better than B...

in b why use such complex verb-tense structure...I like D cause its concise..
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IMO there should be a fact statement when "according to" starts a sentence,

Hence D
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OA is D

Explanation:

Alarm: The pronoun ・i>they・br> Rule(s): Must agree with its object and be unambiguous.

Since this pronoun refers to ・i>NSPE・it should be singular.

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Eliminate A and any other choices that contain that error. Choice E repeats the error.

Compare the remaining choices to find any other commonly tested errors.

(B) there is far more ・now
(C) there was far more ・now
(D) there is now far more ・br>
The difference between the remaining choices is the verb tense. Choice C introduces an illogical phrase by suggesting that there was more now causing a conflict by introducing both the past and the present tense.

Between choices C and D, the difference is the use of it or not. since a magazine cannot find anything using it would be illogical and choice C should be eliminated.



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