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One critic wrote that, if the best-selling guide to finding a husband is right, the idea of the necessity of honesty and trust in a relationship is fundamentally wrong.


(A) the idea of the necessity of honesty and trust in a relationship

(B) the idea that honesty and trust are necessary in a relationship

(C) honesty and trust are not necessary in a relationship

(D) the idea that honesty and trust is necessary to a relationship

(E) the necessity of honest and trust to a relationship

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The original sentence shows you what happens when the passive voice runs amuck. The idea of the necessity of honesty and trust is just ugly and unclear. Since (В), (C), and (D), present you with active alternatives, eliminate (A) and (E). Next, eliminate (D) because the subject is plural (honesty and trust is a compound, plural subject) so the verb needs to be are. Finally, try reading (C) into the sentence and you'll see that it makes no sense. (B) wins again.
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A) the idea of the necessity of honesty and trust in a relationship - redundant

(B) the idea that honesty and trust are necessary in a relationship - Correct

(C) honesty and trust are not necessary in a relationship - Meaning error (What is fundamentally wrong)

(D) the idea that honesty and trust is necessary to a relationship - (S-V agreement error)

(E) the necessity of honest and trust to a relationship - Non-idiomatic Sentence structure
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The correct answer choice is B.

in answer choice E "to a relationship dosent make sence"

It should be in a relationship.
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The correct answer choice is B.

in answer choice E "to a relationship dosent make sence"

It should be "in a relationship".
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Choice between to relationship and in relationship is not decisive factor here.
Between B and D, it is matter of is and are. "Is" is correct here.
B is correct.
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Thanks buddy.. I will make a note of that as well.

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