The determiner article ‘
the’ can be used with plurals also. Foe e.g.: the umpteen problems; the victories India has earned; the rivers that run across the world; the students who pursue MBA etc:
The psychologist reported that the most common problems undergraduates experience stem from a lack of self-esteem, difficulty in adjusting to university life and loneliness.
There are three factors in the list namely 1. a lack of self-esteem, 2. difficulty in adjusting to university life and 3. loneliness
A. the most common problems undergraduates experience stem from a lack of self-esteem, difficulty in adjusting to university life and loneliness----
Here the difficulty in adjusting seems to be extending to loneliness also, making the phrase a compound object and limiting the number of difficulties to two.
B. the most common problems undergraduates experienced stemmed from a lack of self-esteem, difficulty in adjusting to university life and loneliness---
The reporting is about a universal happening; hence , the use of past tense experienced and stemmed is wrong
C. the most common problems undergraduates experience stem from loneliness, a lack of self-esteem, and difficulty in adjusting to university life---
by shifting the loneliness to the first place , the allusion of the difficulty to two factors has been avoided. Good choice. See also the use of present tense for the sub clause
D. the most common problem undergraduates have experienced stems from a lack of self-esteem, loneliness, and difficulty in adjusting to university life ----
the use of have experienced is objectionable. E. the most common problems undergraduates had experienced stem from difficulty in adjusting to university life, lack of self-esteem, and loneliness---
had experienced is faulty; in addition all the three factors seem to be emanating from difficulty in _________________
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