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IMO :D


A,b,c has their: Plural : Incorrect compared to everyone which is singular

E : his or her : is singular correct, but considering fully alternative ways : Meaning change
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Everyone participating in the early sociological study committed a crucial methodological error by failing to fully consider alternative ways of classifying their data.

(A) by failing to fully consider alternative ways of classifying their
(B) by failing fully to consider alternative ways of classifying their
(C) they failed to consider alternative ways to classify their
(D) by not fully considering alternative ways to classify the
(E) by not considering fully alternative ways of classifying his or her

Everyone is singular. So pronoun should be singular. A, B, C are eliminated.

Between D and E, in E fully alternative ways doesn't make sense.
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Everyone participating in the early sociological study committed a crucial methodological error by failing to fully consider alternative ways of classifying their data.

(A) by failing to fully consider alternative ways of classifying their
(B) by failing fully to consider alternative ways of classifying their
(C) they failed to consider alternative ways to classify their
(D) by not fully considering alternative ways to classify the
(E) by not considering fully alternative ways of classifying his or her

Everyone is a singular subject. Hence A, B and C will be gone. E is redundant. D is the answer.

Following list of pronouns are always singular:
Everyone
Anyone
No one
Someone

Anybody
Nobody
Everybody
Somebody

Anything
Everything
Something
Nothing

Whatever
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EducationAisle,

Please evaluate my reasoning for options D and E.
In option E the meaning that is conveyed is that the alternative ways were only partially considered(not fully).

However, the original meaning is that the consideration was not done fully.

Please evaluate my reasoning and share your two cents.
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EducationAisle,

Please evaluate my reasoning for options D and E.
In option E the meaning that is conveyed is that the alternative ways were only partially considered(not fully).

However, the original meaning is that the consideration was not done fully.

Please evaluate my reasoning and share your two cents.
Straight modifier error in E: "fully" is modifying "alternative"; while "fully" is intended to modify "consider(ing)".
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