lakshya14 wrote:
If (E) is not a sentence then why (B) is also a sentence? Both have a modifier with recruiters?
Not so,
lakshya14, to follow up on our earlier dialogue on identifying verbs and modifiers. In choice (B),
indicated is used as a verb, while the rest of the sentence is an extended direct object that tells us
what recruiters had indicated in the survey.
[
Subject] + [
verb] + [
direct object]
... recruiters indicated that they most heavily prioritize applicants who take initiative and seek out new tasks without having to be directly managed at all times.I know it can be confusing to identify parts of speech within embedded phrases and clauses, but, in order, the verb
prioritize operates within the embedded
that clause (the direct object), and the other verbs,
take and
seek, operate with the embedded
who clause that already exists within the overarching
that clause. That is, we have no standalone verb after
indicated.
Meanwhile, choice (E) follows a different path of [
subject] + [
modifier], but that modifier never resolves, leaving us with no verb to complete the predicate and form a legitimate sentence.
... recruiters indicating that they most heavily prioritize applicants who have the quality of taking initiative and who seek out new tasks without having to be directly managed at all times.You should be thinking,
Recruiters indicating [something] means/leads to/VERB [something] will form a complete sentence. The verbs fall within the larger modifier:
prioritize within the embedded
that clause, the same as before, and
have and
seek within their respective
who clauses.
I know it can be confusing. Just keep working on identifying those subject and verb pairs in the
main clause or clauses, and you will get better at SC, even with these tougher questions.
- Andrew