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Every year, about 200,000 people are taking the GMAT.
A. Every year, about 200,000 people are taking
B. Each year, approximately 200,000 people take
C. Every year, approximately 200,000 people are taking
D. Each year, about 200,000 people are take
E. Every year, 200,000 people take
A. Every year, about 200,000 people are taking
B. Each year, approximately 200,000 people take
C. Every year, approximately 200,000 people are taking
D. Each year, about 200,000 people are take
E. Every year, 200,000 people take
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OFFICIAL EXPLANATION
Every year, about 200,000 people are taking the GMAT.
A. Every year, about 200,000 people are taking
Incorrect.
This answer choice is grammatically incorrect. It uses the Present Progressive, which is a tense used to denote an action that is in progress at present. However, this does not agree with the beginning of the sentence, which states that the action occurs every year.
B. Each year, approximately 200,000 people take
This answer choice correctly uses the Present Simple to denote a habitual action that takes place at a certain frequency (each year).
Replacing Every with Each does not change the original meaning as these words have the same meaning. The same goes for replacing about with approximately.
C. Every year, approximately 200,000 people are taking
Incorrect.
This answer choice repeats the original mistake. It uses the Present Progressive, which is a tense used to denote an action that is in progress at present. However, this does not agree with the beginning of the sentence, which states that the action occurs every year.
D. Each year, about 200,000 people are take
Incorrect.
This answer choice is grammatically incorrect. Only the first verb of a sentence should be conjugated. Take is not the first verb and should thus be unconjugated. However, it is conjugated - it is in the present form (V1).
E. Every year, 200,000 people take
While this answer choice corrects the original mistake and is grammatically correct, the omission of the word about changes the meaning of the original sentence.
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