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Since the last election, the lobbying effort initiated by environmental organizations, homeowners, and small business owners
have increased awareness of pending environmental legislation.
(A) have increased awareness of pending environmental legislation
(B) have increased awareness about pending legislation dealing with the environment
(C) has increased awareness about pending environmental legislation
(D) has increased awareness of pending environmental legislation
(E) has increased awareness of environmental legislation that is still pending
has/have here relates to 'the lobbying effort' which is singular. Hence it should be has. We can hence eliminate A and B
(A) have increased awareness of pending environmental legislation
(B) have increased awareness about pending legislation dealing with the environmentEven though the two prepositions
of and
about seems very similar in their meaning, they share different meaning as rules with regard to their proper usage. The main difference between of and about is that of implies a possessive quality while about implies concerning or on the subject of something. The correct preposition here is
of so eliminate C
(C) has increased awareness about pending environmental legislationNothing technically wrong with D so hold on this
(D) has increased awareness of pending environmental legislation
E is too awkward in comparison to D so can eliminate this.
(E) has increased awareness of environmental legislation that is still pendingHence answer is D