Spontaneous internal bleeding and the formation of blood clots and malignancies present considerable risk during the post-heart transplant recovery process.(A) Spontaneous internal bleeding and the formation of blood clots and malignancies present considerable risk during the post-heart transplant recovery process.
(B) The reason the post-heart transplant recovery process presents a considerably risk is because of spontaneous internal bleeding and the formation of blood clots and malignancies.
(C) A considerable risk is presented during the post-heart transplant recovery process, where internal bleeding is spontaneous and the formation of blood clots and malignancies.
(D) The post-heart transplant recovery process presents a considerable risk due to the fact of spontaneous internal bleeding, and blood clots and malignancies are formed.
(E) Spontaneous internal bleeding, along with the formation of blood clots and malignancies, are what make the post-heart transplant recovery process risky.
Explanation:The original sentence looks grammatically sound as it correctly uses the SV agreement rule i.e. Subject is 'Spontaneous internal bleeding and the formation of blood clots and malignancies' and verb is 'present' which is the plural form of 'to present'. Let's keep the original choice.
(A) Spontaneous internal bleeding and the formation of blood clots and malignancies present considerable risk during the post-heart transplant recovery process.
Let's keep this choice for the reasons explained above.(B) The reason the post-heart transplant recovery process presents a considerably risk is because of spontaneous internal bleeding and the formation of blood clots and malignancies.
This option changes the structure of the sentence and adds unnecessary words. Also 'considerably' is wrong. Either it should have been 'presents a considerable risk' or 'presents a risk considerably'. INCORRECT(C) A considerable risk is presented during the post-heart transplant recovery process, where internal bleeding is spontaneous and the formation of blood clots and malignancies.
This option is completely flawed. Not only it changes the sentence structure and alters the intended meaning, it also awkwardly concludes the sentence. After the comma the clause is missing a verb for the 'formation of blood clots and malignancies'. INCORRECT(D) The post-heart transplant recovery process presents a considerable risk due to the fact of spontaneous internal bleeding, and blood clots and malignancies are formed.
This option changes the structure of the sentence and adds unnecessary words. Also use of 'fact of' is incorrect. INCORRECT(E) Spontaneous internal bleeding, along with the formation of blood clots and malignancies, are what make the post-heart transplant recovery process risky.
This option is a trap choice. The sentence structure may look correct initially but the SV agreement rule is violated here. In the clause after comma, the subject is 'what' which is singular and hence verb used should have been 'makes' instead of 'make'. the correct phrase should have looked like 'Spontaneous internal bleeding, along with the formation of blood clots and malignancies, is what makes the post-heart transplant recovery process risky'.INCORRECTOption A is the correct choice.