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Recently, the price of crude oil have been seeing fluctuations with the demand for gasoline in China.

(A) have been seeing fluctuations with
(B) have fluctuated with
(C) fluctuate with
(D) has fluctuated with
(E) has changed itself along with
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Originally posted by rohan2345 on 08 May 2017, 10:35.
Last edited by Bunuel on 11 Feb 2019, 04:34, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: Recently, the price of crude oil have been seeing fluctuations with th [#permalink] New post   11 Feb 2019, 04:35
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rohan2345 wrote:
Recently, the price of crude oil have been seeing fluctuations with the demand for gasoline in China.

(A) have been seeing fluctuations with
(B) have fluctuated with
(C) fluctuate with
(D) has fluctuated with
(E) has changed itself along with


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The main error in the sentence concerns subject-verb agreement. The singular subject, price, requires a singular verb. Additionally, the underlined portion is needlessly wordy. First, eliminate answer choices that don’t correct the agreement problem. Then, focus on choices that clarify the language.

Both Choices (B) and (C) perpetuate the agreement problem by providing plural verbs for the singular subject. Eliminate those along with Choice (A), and you’re left with Choices (D) and (E).

Choice (E) is constructed even more awkwardly than the original sentence, so Choice (D) is the best answer: Recently, the price of crude oil has fluctuated with the demand for gasoline in China
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Re: Recently, the price of crude oil have been seeing fluctuations with th [#permalink] New post   08 May 2017, 10:37
rohan2345 wrote:
Recently, the price of crude oil have been seeing fluctuations with the demand for gasoline in China.

(A) have been seeing fluctuations with
(B) have fluctuated with
(C) fluctuate with
(D) has fluctuated with
(E) has changed itself along with



IMO, answer is (D).
Price is singular so the verb should also be singular as per subject-verb agreement. Hence, (A) and (B) are ruled out. (C) represents simple present tense which is inappropriate in this case. (E) is awkward and word.
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Re: Recently, the price of crude oil have been seeing fluctuations with th [#permalink] New post   26 Sep 2017, 19:20
Recently, the price of crude oil [u]have been seeing fluctuations with the demand for gasoline in China.

(A) have been seeing fluctuations with
(B) have fluctuated with
(C) fluctuate with
(D) has fluctuated with
(E) has changed itself along with

Removing the prepositional phrase.

Recently, the price of crude oilhave been seeing fluctuations with the demand for gasoline in China.

the price - is singular subject; so we required singular verb has.
Option: A, B, C out

D correct.

E is awkward.
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