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For years, employees had seen what they pay toward health care increases as companies ask them to contribute more for premiums and deductibles.
A. had seen what they pay toward health care increases as companies ask them to contribute more for premiums and deductibles
B. saw what they pay toward health care increased as companies ask them to contribute more to premiums and deductibles
C. have seen what they pay toward health care increase as companies ask them to contribute more to premiums and deductibles
D. have been seeing what they pay toward health care increases as companies asks it to contribute more to premiums and deductibles
E. have seen what they pay toward health care increasing as companies are asking them to contribute more to premiums and deductibles
A. had seen what they pay toward health care increases as companies ask them to contribute more for premiums and deductibles
B. saw what they pay toward health care increased as companies ask them to contribute more to premiums and deductibles
C. have seen what they pay toward health care increase as companies ask them to contribute more to premiums and deductibles
D. have been seeing what they pay toward health care increases as companies asks it to contribute more to premiums and deductibles
E. have seen what they pay toward health care increasing as companies are asking them to contribute more to premiums and deductibles
25 Dec 2014, 06:04
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Got a PM for this.
Actually increase/increases is a non-issue here, since increase is not used as a verb in this sentence. Technically, it is called a bare infinitive (the infinitive to increase, without the word to). Since the structure of infinitives is: to + the basic form of the verb, to increases is an incorrect construct, because increase is the basic form of the verb; hence, in the bare infinitive usage also, increases would be incorrect.
From an understanding perspective, the structure of the sentence is like this:
For years, employees have seen <prices> increase.
prices would be a noun; similarly, instead of prices, what is mentioned in this sentence is: what they pay toward health care . So, the sentence is:
For years, employees have seen <what they pay toward health care> increase.
Similar to:
Jack watched his friend play.
Jack watched his friends play.
People have seen <something> increase.
As is evident, it doesn't matter whether we have singular (friend) or plural (friends), the bare infinitive remains the same: play.
p.s. I don't believe test takers need to develop concept in bare infinitives. The reason I highlighted it was to make sure that it is understood that we cannot analyze increase from a subject verb agreement perspective here, because increase is not used as a verb here.
Actually increase/increases is a non-issue here, since increase is not used as a verb in this sentence. Technically, it is called a bare infinitive (the infinitive to increase, without the word to). Since the structure of infinitives is: to + the basic form of the verb, to increases is an incorrect construct, because increase is the basic form of the verb; hence, in the bare infinitive usage also, increases would be incorrect.
From an understanding perspective, the structure of the sentence is like this:
For years, employees have seen <prices> increase.
prices would be a noun; similarly, instead of prices, what is mentioned in this sentence is: what they pay toward health care . So, the sentence is:
For years, employees have seen <what they pay toward health care> increase.
Similar to:
Jack watched his friend play.
Jack watched his friends play.
People have seen <something> increase.
As is evident, it doesn't matter whether we have singular (friend) or plural (friends), the bare infinitive remains the same: play.
p.s. I don't believe test takers need to develop concept in bare infinitives. The reason I highlighted it was to make sure that it is understood that we cannot analyze increase from a subject verb agreement perspective here, because increase is not used as a verb here.
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21 Sep 2012, 22:19
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Had seen vs saw vs Have seen.
In A, there's no other past tense used that supports the use of "had".
In B, the tense in the rest of the sentence is the present tense.
In D, there's no need to use present perfect progressive.
In E, no need to use present progressive.
Answer is C.
In A, there's no other past tense used that supports the use of "had".
In B, the tense in the rest of the sentence is the present tense.
In D, there's no need to use present perfect progressive.
In E, no need to use present progressive.
Answer is C.
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