GMATNinja - can you see if you my analysis on this is accurate
Core : Several educational research groups are denouncing the mayor's proposal
Modifier : of-clause, playing the role of prepositional phrase, modifying the object noun :
proposal Modifier : A system by which individual teachers would be given raises or bonuses
should it be that test scores show their students' mastery of reading skills having improved over a nine-month period.
jabhatta2 wrote:
(A) should it be that test scores show their students' mastery of reading skills having
a) Subject : Test scores
b) Verb : show
This is wrong because Test Scores are not technically showing their student's mastery.
Test scores are showing an action [ the action being, THAT their students mastery has improved]
jabhatta2 wrote:
(B) should it be that test scores show their students' mastery of reading skills have
a) Subject : Test scores
b) Verb : show
This is wrong because Test Scores are not technically showing their student's mastery.
Test scores are showing an action [ the action being, THAT their students mastery has improved]
jabhatta2 wrote:
(C) should test scores showing their students' mastery of reading skills has
a) Subject : Test scores
b) Verb-ed modifier : showing their students' mastery of reading skills
c) Verb : has
Test scores is plural -- Test scores should be paired with "Have", not "Has"
Test scores are showing THAT their students mastery has improved
jabhatta2 wrote:
(D) if test scores showing their students' mastery of reading skills having
a) Subject : Test scores
b) Verb-ing modifier : showing their students' mastery of reading skills
c) Verb : having
Test scores having improved -- sound strange to my ear
jabhatta2 wrote:
(E) if test scores show that their students' mastery of reading skills has
a) Subject : Test scores
b) Verb : show
C Object noun : that clause
Test scores show an action (Represented in the THAT clause)