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Question Stats:
72% (01:13) correct 28% (01:17) wrong based on 540 sessionsKAPLAN OFFICIAL EXPLANATION
Step 1: Read the Original Sentence Carefully, Looking for Errors
Note the verb in the beginning of the underlined portion. Here the GMAT is testing a common error
in a classic way: The test is assessing your ability to determine correct subject-verb agreement by
placing the subject as far as possible from the verb to disguise the error. The singular subject of the
sentence, “spate,” does not agree with the plural verb “have.”
Step 2: Scan and Group the Answer Choices
Even if you didn’t notice the subject-verb error, seeing the 3-2 split between “has” and “have,” you
should get the sense that subject-verb agreement is at issue here.
Step 3: Eliminate Choices Until Only One Remains
The actual subject of the sentence is “spate,” which is singular, so (A) and (B) are out. Reading
further, (C) is wrong because “its” is singular while the pronoun’s antecedent, “diets,” is plural. (D)
is the correct answer because “convince practitioners . . . to follow” is idiomatically correct, whereas
“convince practitioners . . . they should follow” is not. If (D) sounded better to you than (E), you
should learn to trust your ear on GMAT Sentence Correction questions.
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