monir6000 wrote:
Although it claims to delve into political issues, television can be superficial such as when each of the three major networks broadcast exactly the same statement from a political candidate.
(A) superficial such as when each of the three major networks
(B) superficial, as can sometimes occur if all of the three major networks
(C) superficial if the three major networks all
(D) superficial whenever each of the three major networks
(E) superficial, as when the three major networks each
They're trying to get you to focus on "as" vs. "such as" and get hopelessly confused - and, in the meantime, they
snuck a subject-verb error into answer A.
In the construction "each of the three major networks" each is the subject. Each is singular, so the verb has to be
singular... but it isn't. The verb in A is "broadcast," which is plural.
In E, they move each - that one says "the three major networks each." Now, networks is the subject, and networks is
plural, so the verb has to be plural... and it is!
each of the three major networks - singular
the three major networks each - plural
examples:
each of the students - singular
the students each - plural
generic pattern:
each (of the/pronoun/any determiner) [noun] - singular
[noun] each - plural
the problem with (c) is that its meaning differs from the original meaning, while choice (e) is faithful to that original
meaning. you MUST choose an answer choice that preserves the meaning of the original; the only exception to this
principle occurs if the original is total nonsense (in which case you have license to change it to something that isn't
nonsense).