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Ms. Omari's resignation will leave the organization with another major executive opening at a time when it has been trying to replace its longtime Chief Operating Officer, who, last year, left to start her own bootstrapped company.
A. it has been trying to replace its longtime Chief Operating Officer, who, last year, left
B. they have been trying to replace their longtime Chief Operating Officer, who, last year, left
C. it has been trying to replace its longtime Chief Operating Officer, who last year, had left
D. they had been trying to replace their longtime Chief Operating Officer, who, last year, had left
E. it had been trying to replace its longtime Chief Operating Officer, who, last year, had left
A. it has been trying to replace its longtime Chief Operating Officer, who, last year, left
B. they have been trying to replace their longtime Chief Operating Officer, who, last year, left
C. it has been trying to replace its longtime Chief Operating Officer, who last year, had left
D. they had been trying to replace their longtime Chief Operating Officer, who, last year, had left
E. it had been trying to replace its longtime Chief Operating Officer, who, last year, had left
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VERITAS PREP OFFICIAL SOLUTION:
Answer choices (B) and (D) incorrectly use the pronoun "they" to refer to the organization, a singular entity. And choice (C) incorrectly uses the perfect tense "had left" to refer to last year's event; as the only past-tense event in the sentence, "left" must be in the simple past tense.
Answer choice (E) incorrectly uses the past perfect "had been trying" instead of the proper "has been trying," as is required to match the future tense "will leave." Only answer choice (A) correctly uses the proper verb tense "has been trying" to match the future tense "will leave" and the simple past "left" to refer to last year's events.
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Ms. Omari's resignation will leave the organization with another major executive opening at a time when it has been trying to replace its longtime Chief Operating Officer, who, last year, left to start her own bootstrapped company.
A. it has been trying to replace its longtime Chief Operating Officer, who, last year, left
B. they have been trying to replace their longtime Chief Operating Officer, who, last year, left
C. it has been trying to replace its longtime Chief Operating Officer, who last year, had left
D. they had been trying to replace their longtime Chief Operating Officer, who, last year, had left
E. it had been trying to replace its longtime Chief Operating Officer, who, last year, had left
First, "organization" is a collective noun and hence should be singular. This eliminates B and D as "they" is a plural pronoun.
Now coming to the second elimination, the company started trying to replace in the past and is still trying. This action that started in the past is continuing in the present. So "it has been trying" will be correct and not "it had been". This eliminates E.
Now coming to the last two choices A and C. The only difference is between "left" and "had left" towards the end. Is there any requirement for the past participle? Had is not required as there is no other action that followed. Hence C is incorrect and A will be the correct answer.
OA: A
A. it has been trying to replace its longtime Chief Operating Officer, who, last year, left
B. they have been trying to replace their longtime Chief Operating Officer, who, last year, left
C. it has been trying to replace its longtime Chief Operating Officer, who last year, had left
D. they had been trying to replace their longtime Chief Operating Officer, who, last year, had left
E. it had been trying to replace its longtime Chief Operating Officer, who, last year, had left
First, "organization" is a collective noun and hence should be singular. This eliminates B and D as "they" is a plural pronoun.
Now coming to the second elimination, the company started trying to replace in the past and is still trying. This action that started in the past is continuing in the present. So "it has been trying" will be correct and not "it had been". This eliminates E.
Now coming to the last two choices A and C. The only difference is between "left" and "had left" towards the end. Is there any requirement for the past participle? Had is not required as there is no other action that followed. Hence C is incorrect and A will be the correct answer.
OA: A
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