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In an extensive survey of Fortune 500 companies, recruiters indicated that the quality they prioritize most in an applicant is someone who takes initiative and seeks out new tasks without having to be directly managed at all times.


A. In an extensive survey of Fortune 500 companies, recruiters indicated that the quality they prioritize most in an applicant is someone who takes initiative and seeks --> the quality is someone ?? doesn't make sense

B. In an extensive survey of Fortune 500 companies, recruiters indicated that they most heavily prioritize applicants who take initiative and seek --> correct

C. Recruiters indicated in an extensive survey of Fortune 500 companies that the quality they prioritize most in an applicant is someone who take initiative, seeking --> same as A

D. Recruiters indicated in an extensive survey of Fortune 500 companies that they prioritize most heavily the quality in applicants who take initiative, seeking --> "seeking out" is done by "the recruiters" in the sentence "they prioritize ..., seeking out new tasks", doesn't make sense

E. In an extensive survey of Fortune 500 companies, recruiters indicating that they most heavily prioritize applicants who have the quality of taking initiative and who seek--> no main verb

Veritas official explanation
Choices (A) and (C) in this problem showcase a classic case of illogical predication:

"The quality they most prize is...someone who"

Is the person really the quality? The quality could be initiative, or they could be looking for someone who has that quality, but "the quality is someone" is illogical, saying that the quality is a person. Therefore (A) and (C) are incorrect.

(D) has a similarly incorrect meaning in that it speaks of one quality that it never defines: "they prioritize most heavily the quality in applicants who take initiative..." What is the quality?

(B) corrects these issues and is therefore correct - note that by omitting the words "the quality" altogether, (B) is able to describe the quality ("applicants who take initiative") while avoiding the awkward meanings that (A), (C), and (D) have from trying to wedge in that phrase.

(E) simply isn't a complete sentence, as it does not have a verb for the subject "employers." "indicating" may look like a verb but appears as a participial modifier (think of "John running" vs. "John is running").
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VERITAS PREP OFFICIAL SOLUTION:

Choices (A) and (C) in this problem showcase a classic case of illogical predication:

"The quality they most prize is...someone who"

Is the person really the quality? The quality could be initiative, or they could be looking for someone who has that quality, but "the quality is someone" is illogical, saying that the quality is a person. Therefore (A) and (C) are incorrect.

(D) has a similarly incorrect meaning in that it speaks of one quality that it never defines: "they prioritize most heavily the quality in applicants who take initiative..." What is the quality?

(B) corrects these issues and is therefore correct - note that by omitting the words "the quality" altogether, (B) is able to describe the quality ("applicants who take initiative") while avoiding the awkward meanings that (A), (C), and (D) have from trying to wedge in that phrase.

(E) simply isn't a complete sentence, as it does not have a verb for the subject "employers." "indicating" may look like a verb but appears as a participial modifier (think of "John running" vs. "John is running").
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