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After being injected, one participant from each of the three groups wa [#permalink] New post   26 Oct 2020, 02:29
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After being injected, one participant from each of the three groups was taken to an observation room where, they believed, they encountered someone that had had the same injection.

(A) they believed, they encountered someone that had had

(B) as they believed, they encountered someone who had had

(C) they believed that they encountered someone having had

(D) the participant believed they encountered someone who had

(E) the participant believed, he or she encountered someone who had had
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Re: After being injected, one participant from each of the three groups wa [#permalink] New post   26 Oct 2020, 03:19
After being injected, one participant from each of the three groups was taken to an observation room where, they believed, they encountered someone that had had the same injection.

(A) they believed, they encountered someone that had had

(B) as they believed, they encountered someone who had had

(C) they believed that they encountered someone having had

(D) the participant believed they encountered someone who had

(E) the participant believed, he or she encountered someone who had had

Participant is singular, 'one of them' turns subject into singular: A,B and C out
The sentence is mentioning the time when the participants had those injection
the past form of past is past perfect, one happened before other ;
Hence had had is necessary, Eliminate D and C

Answer is E
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Re: After being injected, one participant from each of the three groups wa [#permalink] New post   26 Oct 2020, 05:22
(A) they believed, they encountered someone that had had -> The partecipant is singular

(B) as they believed, they encountered someone who had had -> same reason A

(C) they believed that they encountered someone having had -> same reason A

(D) the participant believed they encountered someone who had -> "that had had"

(E) the participant believed, he or she encountered someone who had had -> Correct
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Re: After being injected, one participant from each of the three groups wa [#permalink] New post   26 Oct 2020, 23:42
After being injected, one participant from each of the three groups was taken to an observation room where, they believed, they encountered someone that had had the same injection.

(A) they believed, they encountered someone that had had Incorrect

meaning change - they refers to three groups, here each participant believe

(B) as they believed, they encountered someone who had had Incorrect

meaning change - they refers to three groups, here each participant believe

(C) they believed that they encountered someone having had Incorrect

meaning change - they refers to three groups, here each participant believe

(D) the participant believed they encountered someone who had Incorrect

pronoun error - the participant singular , they plural

(E) the participant believed, he or she encountered someone who had had Correct
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Re: After being injected, one participant from each of the three groups wa [#permalink] New post   27 Oct 2020, 16:52
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Is it just me or does it seem like the sentence is a bit confusing. "one participant from each group" means more than one individual (i.e. plural) so I am not quite following the exclusion of the plural choices involving "they" above.
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Re: After being injected, one participant from each of the three groups wa [#permalink] New post   28 Oct 2020, 08:33
I have the same question. One participant from each of the 3 groups means 3 people, hence 'they' should be applicable.
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Re: After being injected, one participant from each of the three groups wa [#permalink] New post   28 Oct 2020, 23:00
siddharth_126 wrote:
I have the same question. One participant from each of the 3 groups means 3 people, hence 'they' should be applicable.


I think the subject remains that one person throughout the sentence. It doesn't shift to multiple people even though there are 3 people in the room now.
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Re: After being injected, one participant from each of the three groups wa [#permalink] New post   29 Oct 2020, 03:27
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The original answer is faulty in two ways: the pronoun they, which is plural, does not agree with the singular antecedent participant, which is singular, and the pro noun that is used where the pronoun who belongs. Choice (E) remedies both problems by replacing the pronoun they with the singular he or she to agree with the antecedent and by replacing that with who.

The correct answer is (E).
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