arzad wrote:
Ajay369 I agree with you. the answer should be C.
"Awareness of" is an incorrect idiom
Guys i also went for C thinking that awareness about is correct idiom but OE is D.
the original sentence contains an incorrect subject-verb relationship. While it may
seem the subject of this sentence is “environmental organizations, homeowners, and
small business owners,” the actual subject is the singular “lobbying effort.” Therefore,
the plural verb “have” is incorrect.
(A) This choice is incorrect as it repeats the original sentence.
(B) The subject-verb relationship is incorrect. While it may seem the subject of this
sentence is “environmental organizations, homeowners, and small business owners,”
the actual subject is the singular “lobbying effort.” Therefore, the plural verb “have” is
incorrect. Additionally, this choice contains the incorrect idiom “awareness about”
instead of “awareness of.” The end of this sentence is unnecessarily wordy: “pending
legislation dealing with the environment.” A more concise wording is preferable.
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Awareness of is the right idiom not awareness about.
(C) While the subject-verb relationship issue is corrected by using the verb “has” to
agree in number with the singular subject “lobbying effort,” the incorrect idiom
“awareness about” is used instead of “awareness of.”
(D) CORRECT. The verb “has” agrees in number with the singular subject “lobbying
effort” and the correct form of the idiom, “awareness of,” is used. The end of the
sentence, “pending environmental legislation,” is clear and concise.
(E) The end of this choice, “environmental legislation that is still pending,” is
unnecessarily wordy.