Financial advisors recommend that families account and manage all of

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Financial advisors recommend that families  account and manage  all of their expenses.

A. account and manage

B. accounted for and managed

C. accounting for and managing

D. account for and manage

E. have accounted for and managed

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AryaSwagat · Answer

A.  account  and manage

B.  accounted  for and  managed

C.  accounting  for and  managing

D.  account for and manage  ( Correct Idiom is account for )

E.  have accounted  for and  managed

abhilashsingh · Answer

Financial advisors recommend that families  account and manage  all of their expenses.

Step 1 - First look at the underline and figure what could be tested here - verb...hmmm

Step 2 - Read with meaning and start eliminating (notice the word recommend, hence recommendation must follow a "present VERB")

A. account and manage - account expenses vs account for (look at remaining options)

B. accounted for and managed - eliminate

C. accounting for and managing - eliminate

D. account for and manage -  feels right idiomatically (Correct)

E. have accounted for and managed - eliminate

Bunuel · Answer

OFFICIAL EXPLANATION

Financial advisors recommend that families  account and manage  all of their expenses.

A. account and manage

This answer choice is grammatically incorrect. The verb  account  requires a preposition in order to logically connect to  their expenses . Families should  account for  their expenses.

What helps us identify this question as a Split Construction question and identify the mistake is the following Stop Sign:

A split construction: Verb A + and/or + Verb B + object

B. accounted for and managed

Although this answer choice corrects the original Split Construction error by inserting the preposition  for , it creates a Subjunctive error.  Recommend  is one of the nine verbs to which the Subjunctive rule applies (if it is followed by  that ). This means that the next verb after  recommend that  should be in base form. However,  accounted  and  managed  are not in base form.

What helps us identify this question as a Subjunctive question as well as identify the mistake is the following Stop Sign:

propose/recommend/require/request/insist/suggest/mandate/ask/demand that

Whenever you come across this Stop Sign, make sure that the following verb is in its base form.

C. accounting for and managing

Although this answer choice corrects the original Split Construction error by inserting the preposition  for , it creates a Subjunctive error.  Recommend  is one of the nine verbs to which the Subjunctive rule applies (if it is followed by  that ). This means that the next verb after  recommend that  should be in base form. However,  accounting  and  managing  are not in base form.

What helps us identify this question as a Subjunctive question as well as identify the mistake is the following Stop Sign:

propose/recommend/require/request/insist/suggest/mandate/ask/demand that

Whenever you come across this Stop Sign, make sure that the following verb is in its base form.

D. account for and manage

This answer choice corrects the original Split Construction error by inserting the preposition  for .

It also uses the Subjunctive form correctly by using the base form of a verb ( account, manage ) to follow the phrase  recommend that .

E. have accounted for and managed

Although this answer choice corrects the original Split Construction error by inserting the preposition  for , it creates a Subjunctive error.  Recommend  is one of the nine verbs to which the Subjunctive rule applies (if it is followed by that). This means that the next verb after  recommend that  should be in base form. However, have  accounted  and  managed  are not in base form.

What helps us identify this question as a Subjunctive question as well as identify the mistake is the following Stop Sign:

propose/recommend/require/request/insist/suggest/mandate/ask/demand that

Whenever you come across this Stop Sign, make sure that the following verb is in its base form.

Financial advisors recommend that families account and manage all of

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