chetan2u
The recent global boom in the market price for scrap steel and aluminum leads to a sudden rise in the theft of everyday metal objects like manhole covers, guard rails, and empty beer kegs.
A. leads to a sudden rise in the theft of everyday metal objects like manhole covers, guard rails, and empty beer kegs
B. have led to a sudden rise in the theft of everyday objects such as manhole covers, guard rails, and empty beer kegs
C. has led to a sudden increase in the number of thieves for everyday metal objects like manhole covers, guard rails, and empty beer kegs
D. has led to a sudden rise in the theft of everyday metal objects such as manhole covers, guard rails, and empty beer kegs
E. is leading the suddenly rising theft of everyday metal objects: manhole covers, guard rails, and empty beer kegs.
hi,
the question tests us on the following aspects...
1) verb tense... as it is a continuing process, a singular present perfect is required... A and E are out
2) verb should be singular as 'The recent global boom' is singular... B is out
3) such as is the correct word and not like when we are giving examples.. C is also out
only D satisfies all conditions ans D...
quick question: Answer choice E is clearly out because of the tense violation, but if we ignore that, would the sentence be correct ?
I specifically mean the terms "suddenly rising theft" &
The use of the colon
I think from a grammatical point of view (not regarding wordiness) these two should be correct
What do you (or anyone else) think ?