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Noting that the price of the pesticides and insecticides , a chief [#permalink] New post   07 May 2020, 14:16
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Noting that the price of the pesticides and insecticides , a chief element in the cost structure of a farmer, have increased and will continue to do so, the farming community was not very hopeful about their profits for the next quarter.

A. have increased and will continue to do so, the farming community was not very hopeful about their

B. will continue to increase, the farming community was not very hopeful about their

C. have increased and will continue to do so, the farming community was not very hopeful about the

D. will continue to increase, the farming community was not very hopeful about the

E. has increased and will continue to do so, the farming community was not very hopeful about their

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Noting that the price of the pesticides and insecticides , a chief [#permalink] New post   09 May 2020, 06:00
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Noting that the price of the pesticides and insecticides , a chief element in the cost structure of a farmer, have increased and will continue to do so, the farming community was not very hopeful about their profits for the next quarter.

A. have increased and will continue to do so, the farming community was not very hopeful about their

B. will continue to increase, the farming community was not very hopeful about their

C. have increased and will continue to do so, the farming community was not very hopeful about the

D. will continue to increase, the farming community was not very hopeful about the

E. has increased and will continue to do so, the farming community was not very hopeful about their

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There is a split between plural "have" and singular "has"
Price is SINGULAR so "have" OUT , A and C are out.

Now we have another split on "their" used in B and C , Since Farming community is Collective Noun as its referring to community as whole not to the individual members of the community .So for this Reason
B and E are OUT.

D is the Right Answer because its taking care of above mention errors.


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Re: Noting that the price of the pesticides and insecticides , a chief [#permalink] New post   27 Jun 2020, 13:21
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Noting that the price of the pesticides and insecticides , a chief element in the cost structure of a farmer, have increased and will continue to do so, the farming community was not very hopeful about their profits for the next quarter.

But isn't the question misleading where it talks about the future event whilst keeping the farming community in the past tense. Can you please explain the timeframe of the sentence?
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Re: Noting that the price of the pesticides and insecticides , a chief [#permalink] New post   23 Sep 2021, 02:53
Noting that the price of the pesticides and insecticides , a chief element in the cost structure of a farmer, have increased and will continue to do so, the farming community was not very hopeful about their profits for the next quarter.

A. have increased and will continue to do so, the farming community was not very hopeful about their - the price is singular noun

B. will continue to increase, the farming community was not very hopeful about their - "their" refers farm community which is singular

C. have increased and will continue to do so, the farming community was not very hopeful about the - the price is singular noun


D. will continue to increase, the farming community was not very hopeful about the - Correct

E. has increased and will continue to do so, the farming community was not very hopeful about their - "their" refers farm community which is singular; IMO "has increased and will continue to do so" is too long, it can be shortly referred.
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