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In a review of hiring practices that date back to the 1950s, modern hiring managers, emphasizing that since most hiring practices had failed to account for rapid changes in technology and employee temperament, none should be considered best practices in the modern workplace.


A) managers, emphasizing that since most hiring practices had failed to account for rapid changes in technology and employee temperament,

B) managers, emphasizing that most hiring practices failed in accounting for rapid changes in technology and employee temperament, and

C) managers emphasized that since most hiring practices, having failed to account for rapid changes in technology and employee temperament,

D) managers emphasized that most hiring practices fail to account for rapid changes in technology and employee temperament,

E) managers emphasized that since most hiring practices had failed to account for rapid changes in technology and employee temperament,
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In a review of hiring practices that date back to the 1950s [#permalink] New post   02 Sep 2021, 23:20
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THE PROMPT
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In a review of hiring practices that date back to the 1950s, modern hiring managers, emphasizing that since most hiring practices had failed to account for rapid changes in technology and employee temperament, none should be considered best practices in the modern workplace.


THE OPTIONS

Quote:
A) managers, emphasizing that since most hiring practices had failed to account for rapid changes in technology and employee temperament,

• Missing verb
→ The main subject, managers, does not have a working verb.
→ emphasizing is a not a working verb. The emphasizing ... phrase modifies the subject but does not provide the subject with a verb.
ELIMINATE A

Quote:
B) managers, emphasizing that most hiring practices failed in accounting for rapid changes in technology and employee temperament, and

• Missing verb
→ same problem as that in option A

• idiom error
→ Correct: X failed to account for Y.
→ Wrong: X failed in accounting for Y.
If you do not know this idiom, for goodness' sake and perhaps that of your own mental health, do not worry about it.
ELIMINATE B

Quote:
C) managers emphasized that since most hiring practices, having failed to account for rapid changes in technology and employee temperament,

• Missing verb
→ Although this option provides the subject managers with a verb (emphasized), this option fails to provide a working verb for the subject practices, which is the subject of another clause.
(Sidebar: Clauses always have verbs. Phrases do not.)
ELIMINATE C

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D) managers emphasized that most hiring practices fail to account for rapid changes in technology and employee temperament,

• comma splice

→ Let's strip the sentence.
The sentence, stripped:
Managers emphasized that most hiring practices fail, none should be considered best practices.

→ we cannot "stick" two independent clauses together with nothing more than a comma. (In this option, the clauses are both independent.)
Doing so is called a "comma splice."
We have three ways to join two independent clauses:
1) COMMA + conjunction
2) semicolon (no coordinating conjunction!)
3) semicolon + conjunctive adverb (however, therefore, consequently) / transition expression

If you do not understand what I just wrote above, I heartily recommend a fairly short explanation from a terrific source that you can read by clicking here. I would read those two pages and be sure that I knew the material.

• nonsensical because lacking a subordinate conjunction such as since
→ even if you have no idea what a subordinate conjunction is, when you read this sentence it should sound nonsensical.
A logical "connecting" word is missing. This option does not include the word "since," and the sentence is bizarre without it.
ELIMINATE D

Quote:
E) managers emphasized that since most hiring practices had failed to account for rapid changes in technology and employee temperament,

• Well, by POE, this is the answer

• I do not see any errors

• the subject managers is paired with the working verb emphasized

• the subject of the dependent clause, practices, is also paired with a working verb, had failed

• the logic is clean: Managers emphasized that because ["since"] most hiring practices had failed to keep up with modernity, none [of those practices] should be considered best practices.
KEEP

The answer is E.

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Shikhar22 , sivatx2 , and 100mitra , welcome to SC Butler.

I'm glad that you decided to post.
All aspirants have a standing invitation to do so.

Posting is a really good way to cement your understanding of concepts, especially when, as I require, you explain to the reader why you are eliminating or keeping certain items.

Most of these posts are very good.
I see at least three that are worthy of a bump to Best Community Reply, but I have bumped two of you before.
So, sivatx2 , I am bumping you to Best Community Reply.

New people will get credit on their first day for answers that do not explain, after which new people will need to explain their answers.
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Re: In a review of hiring practices that date back to the 1950s [#permalink] New post   03 Sep 2021, 10:12
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Using slash & burn, rewriting the original sentence:
In a review of hiring practices that date back to the 1950s, modern hiring managers, emphasizing that since most hiring practices had failed to account for rapid changes in technology and employee temperament, none should be considered best practices in the modern workplace.

The sentence becomes fragmented, so eliminate A & B.

Note, the tone of the author of the sentence, denotes an action completed prior( failed hiring practices) to some past point of time implied(during review) The non-underlined portion of the sentence, "none should be considered", makes it clear we should use subject verb agreement, "emphasized"(past event) to fix the modifier/fragment sentence issue. This review event which is already past, refers to the prior past event "failed to account", warranting it to use "had failed" (past perfect tense) .


A) managers, emphasizing that since most hiring practices had failed to account for rapid changes in technology and employee temperament,
Fragment issue, eliminate

B) managers, emphasizing that most hiring practices failed in accounting for rapid changes in technology and employee temperament, and
Fragment issue, eliminate.

C) managers emphasized that since most hiring practices, having failed to account for rapid changes in technology and employee temperament,
Fragment issue, eliminate.

D) managers emphasized that most hiring practices fail to account for rapid changes in technology and employee temperament,
Tense error, need to use past perfect tense as the event is completed prior to the past event of reviewing.

E) managers emphasized that since most hiring practices had failed to account for rapid changes in technology and employee temperament,
replaces the modifier with verb resolves the fragmentation issue, and past perfect tense usage fixes the tense problem.
This is the right choice and hence the answer is E.
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In a review of hiring practices that date back to the 1950s [#permalink] New post   02 Sep 2021, 23:18
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Best, grammatical and logical structure.

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Re: In a review of hiring practices that date back to the 1950s [#permalink] New post   02 Sep 2021, 23:50
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My answer is (E). It took me 57 seconds.

(A) Not a well constructed sentence: modern hiring managers none should be considered best practices in the modern workplace. ("emphasizing that since most hiring practices had failed to account for rapid changes in technology and employee temperament" should be safely eliminated without breaking major sentence structure.)

(B) Not a well constructed sentence: modern hiring managers and none should be considered best practices in the modern workplace.

(C) Incomplete subordinate clause: since most hiring practices

(D) Comma splice.

(E) Faultless.
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Re: In a review of hiring practices that date back to the 1950s [#permalink] New post   02 Sep 2021, 23:55
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POE:
A: Fragment – no working verb for subject “modern hiring managers”
B: same as A
C: Fragment – no working verb for subject “most hiring practices”
D: Comma splice: Two independent clauses – “modern hiring…” AND “none should be…” are connected using COMMA
E: Correct
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Re: In a review of hiring practices that date back to the 1950s [#permalink] New post   03 Sep 2021, 00:34
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(E) is correct IMO


A) No main verb
Present participle wrongly placed

B) No main verb
Present participle wrongly placed

C) No main verb

D) In Reported speech present tense is not appropriate to present a n event
Two ICs connected with a comma

E) Correct
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Re: In a review of hiring practices that date back to the 1950s [#permalink] New post   03 Sep 2021, 01:05
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In a review of hiring practices that date back to the 1950s, modern hiring managers, emphasizing that since most hiring practices had failed to account for rapid changes in technology and employee temperament, none should be considered best practices in the modern workplace.

A) managers, emphasizing that since most hiring practices had failed to account for rapid changes in technology and employee temperament, -> We don't have a verb. Incorrect.

B) managers, emphasizing that most hiring practices failed in accounting for rapid changes in technology and employee temperament, and -> We don't have a verb. Incorrect.

C) managers emphasized that since most hiring practices, having failed to account for rapid changes in technology and employee temperament, -> Now, we have a main verb, but we have a missing working verb, "since most hiring practices....". Incorrect.

D) managers emphasized that most hiring practices fail to account for rapid changes in technology and employee temperament, -> We have two ICs tied together with a comma. Incorrect.

E) managers emphasized that since most hiring practices had failed to account for rapid changes in technology and employee temperament, -> This is better.

So, I think E. :)
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Re: In a review of hiring practices that date back to the 1950s [#permalink] New post   03 Sep 2021, 01:33
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In a review of hiring practices that date back to the 1950s, modern hiring managers, emphasizing that since most hiring practices had failed to account for rapid changes in technology and employee temperament, none should be considered best practices in the modern workplace.



A) managers, emphasizing that since most hiring practices had failed to account for rapid changes in technology and employee temperament,
comma after managers is not required therefore out and emphasized is the right usage

B) managers, emphasizing that most hiring practices failed in accounting for rapid changes in technology and employee temperament, and
Similar reasoning as A

C) managers emphasized that since most hiring practices, having failed to account for rapid changes in technology and employee temperament,
having isn't the right usage therefore out

D) managers emphasized that most hiring practices fail to account for rapid changes in technology and employee temperament,
since better emphazises the meaning therefore out

E) managers emphasized that since most hiring practices had failed to account for rapid changes in technology and employee temperament,
The meaning is perfect along with grammar therefore in

Therefore IMO E
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Re: In a review of hiring practices that date back to the 1950s [#permalink] New post   03 Sep 2021, 03:29
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In a review of hiring practices that date back to the 1950s, modern hiring managers, emphasizing that since most hiring practices had failed to account for rapid changes in technology and employee temperament, none should be considered best practices in the modern workplace.


A) managers, emphasizing that since most hiring practices had failed to account for rapid changes in technology and employee temperament, - use of verb-ing is wrong . Verb is missing

B) managers, emphasizing that most hiring practices failed in accounting for rapid changes in technology and employee temperament, and - use of verb-ing is wrong . Verb is missing

C) managers emphasized that since most hiring practices, having failed to account for rapid changes in technology and employee temperament, - No verb after that since.

D) managers emphasized that most hiring practices fail to account for rapid changes in technology and employee temperament, - use of since is required for cause and eefect

E) managers emphasized that since most hiring practices had failed to account for rapid changes in technology and employee temperament, - Correct
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In a review of hiring practices that date back to the 1950s [#permalink] New post   03 Sep 2021, 18:58
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Correct Option : E

Sentence exam on :
1. Modifier
2. Tense
3. Cause and Effect - usage of since.

Sentence meaning : Hiring process of managers by old practice had failed in modern workplace, due to reason of rapid changes technology and employee temperament.

Sentence structure <modifier><modern hiring managers>(verb)[that]since X, Y

Original sentence:
In a review of hiring practices that date back to the 1950s, modern hiring managers, emphasizing that since most hiring practices had failed to account for rapid changes in technology and employee temperament, none should be considered best practices in the modern workplace.

A) managers, emphasizing that since most hiring practices had failed to account for rapid changes in technology and employee temperament,
Flaw :
1. (Comman) after managers modify emphasizing (verb-ing), actually it's the old hiring procress, which emphasize , and As the sentence speaks more about past action,
we need Past tense verb (emphasized), not the present participle (verb-ing)(emphasizing)


B) managers, emphasizing that most hiring practices failed in accounting for rapid changes in technology and employee temperament, and
Flaw :
1. (Comman) after managers modify emphasizing (verb-ing), actually it's the old hiring procress, which emphasize, and wrong used of verb (emphasizing)
2. Tense error: action of hiring process is completed, we need "had"
3. Usage of "AND" ??, means additional information, which demeans the purpose of cause and effect

C) managers emphasized that since most hiring practices, having failed to account for rapid changes in technology and employee temperament,
Improvement:
1. Modifier corrected.
2. Usage of "since"
3. Avoid of (,AND)
The only Flaw is:
1. Tense error : Having failed

D) managers emphasized that most hiring practices fail to account for rapid changes in technology and employee temperament,
Improvement:
1. Modifier corrected.
2. Avoid of (,AND)
Flaw are:
1. Tense error : Having failed
2. No usage of "Since" after that

E) managers emphasized that since most hiring practices had failed to account for rapid changes in technology and employee temperament,
Improvement :
1. Modifier corrected
2. Tense corrected
3. Since usage after that
4. (,And) removal
5. Intended meaning intact

Correct sentence
In a review of hiring practices that date back to the 1950s, managers emphasized that since most hiring practices had failed to account for rapid changes in technology and employee temperament,none should be considered best practices in the modern workplace.

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Re: In a review of hiring practices that date back to the 1950s [#permalink] New post   03 Sep 2021, 23:42
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In a review of hiring practices that date back to the 1950s, modern hiring managers, emphasizing that since most hiring practices had failed to account for rapid changes in technology and employee temperament, none should be considered best practices in the modern workplace.


A) managers, emphasizing that since most hiring practices had failed to account for rapid changes in technology and employee temperament, Incorrect

...............modern hiring managers none should be...............- which is subject modern hiring managers or none

B) managers, emphasizing that most hiring practices failed in accounting for rapid changes in technology and employee temperament, and Incorrect

....modern hiring managers and none should be ........ - changes intended meaning

C) managers emphasized that since most hiring practices, having failed to account for rapid changes in technology and employee temperament, Incorrect

...........since most hiring practices what?

D) managers emphasized that most hiring practices fail to account for rapid changes in technology and employee temperament, Incorrect

missing since

E) managers emphasized that since most hiring practices had failed to account for rapid changes in technology and employee temperament, Correct
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Re: In a review of hiring practices that date back to the 1950s [#permalink] New post   04 Sep 2021, 09:36
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A game of modifiers I would say.

Notable differences in options
1. Emphasizing vs emphasized
2. that most vs that since
3. had failed vs having failed vs fail to

For #1 --> Emphasizing is the -ing participle, so the sentence after removing the clause between commas should have a verb --> Eliminate A, B
For #2 --> Since is a connector here I believe. So sentences without since are kind of run-on sentences --> Eliminate D
For #3 --> Again having is a participle, so same thing as A --> Eliminte C

Answer is E

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In a review of hiring practices that date back to the 1950s, modern hiring managers, emphasizing that since most hiring practices had failed to account for rapid changes in technology and employee temperament, none should be considered best practices in the modern workplace.
A) managers, emphasizing that since most hiring practices had failed to account for rapid changes in technology and employee temperament,
B) managers, emphasizing that most hiring practices failed in accounting for rapid changes in technology and employee temperament, and
C) managers emphasized that since most hiring practices, having failed to account for rapid changes in technology and employee temperament,
D) managers emphasized that most hiring practices fail to account for rapid changes in technology and employee temperament,
E) managers emphasized that since most hiring practices had failed to account for rapid changes in technology and employee temperament,
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