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Companies need to ensure that the language in all of their financial reports are reviewed carefully by a team of legal experts since any errors can lead to serious problems for employees as well as shareholders and other investors.
A. are reviewed carefully by a team of legal experts
B. being reviewed by a careful team of legal experts
C. is reviewed carefully by a team of legal experts
D. was reviewed carefully by a legal team of experts
E. were reviewed by a legal team of experts carefully
A. are reviewed carefully by a team of legal experts
B. being reviewed by a careful team of legal experts
C. is reviewed carefully by a team of legal experts
D. was reviewed carefully by a legal team of experts
E. were reviewed by a legal team of experts carefully
25 May 2023, 23:48
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(A) "are" should be singular because the subject is "the language"
(B) "being" makes the subject "the language" lack a verb
(C) "is" is correct. (C) is the answer
(D) past tense is wrong
(E) past tense is wrong
(B) "being" makes the subject "the language" lack a verb
(C) "is" is correct. (C) is the answer
(D) past tense is wrong
(E) past tense is wrong
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KAPLAN OFFICIAL EXPLANATION
(C)
Step 1: Read the Original Sentence Carefully, Looking for Errors
The underlined portion begins with the verb phrase “are reviewed.” The object being reviewed is “the language.” Although it’s included in multiple reports, “the language” is still a singular noun and thus requires the singular verb phrase “is reviewed.”
Step 2: Scan and Group the Answer Choices
Each answer begins with a different form of the opening verb phrase, so no grouping is immediately apparent. However, you might group the choices by whether the verb is singular, plural, or something else. (A) with “are” and (E) with “were” provide a plural verb, (C) with “is” and (D) with “was” provide a singular verb, and (B) changes the verb to the gerund “being,” turning the underlined portion into a modifying phrase.
Step 3: Eliminate Choices Until Only One Remains
As the sentence is describing what should be done with the singular noun “the language,” (A) and (E) can be eliminated for pairing that with the plural phrase “are reviewed” and “were reviewed,” respectively. (B) changes the phrase to “being reviewed,” which is not a verb. The phrase “ensure that” requires a following verb (e.g., “ensure that the language is reviewed”). Further, this choice changes the adverb “carefully” to the adjective “careful.” While an adjective would be appropriate for modifying the noun “team,” the sentence is saying that the review must be done carefully. The author is not saying that the team needs to be a “careful team” (for instance, one that tries not to spill coffee or knock over a stack of papers). Eliminate (B).
The remaining choices both use an active singular verb phrase, but (D) uses the past tense, which does not fit the logic of the sentence. The sentence is suggesting that something should be done in the present to avoid a future problem. Besides, (D) also moves the adjective “legal” to describe the team, not the experts. That means the team is legal (whatever that means), and it consists of experts—but on what subject? If they’re experts on dinosaurs, then that doesn’t work here. (D) is eliminated, leaving (C) as the correct answer. Read this choice back into the sentence to verify:
Companies need to ensure that the language in all of their financial reports is reviewed carefully by a team of legal experts since any errors can lead to serious problems for employees as well as shareholders and other investors.
