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The region of Norden is comprised of five sovereign states, each of which recognize a stronger cultural bond to their Nordic neighbors than to any other cultural grouping.
(A) which recognize a stronger cultural bond to their Nordic neighbors than to
(B) which recognize a stronger cultural bond with their Nordic neighbors than
(C) which recognizes a stronger cultural bond with its Nordic neighbors than with
(D) them recognizing a stronger cultural bond with its Nordic neighbors than they have with
(E) them recognizing a stronger cultural bond to their Nordic neighbors than they have to
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Agreement; Parallelism; Logical predication
With the phrase each of which, the sentence develops a focus on individual states in Norden. In this part of the sentence where each of which becomes the subject of the clause, the verb and pronouns referring to the subject must be singular.
A. The subject of the relative clause each is singular, and therefore requires a singular verb.
B. Each requires a singular verb; the comparison must be in parallel form with____ than with____.
C. Correct. The singular verb recognizes agrees with the singular subject each; the comparison of international bonds is in parallel form.
D. This version is wordy. It is also unclear as to what the plural they have refers to—neighbors or five sovereign states.
E. The plural pronoun their does not agree with the most plausible antecedent each. If the intended antecedent is, instead, five sovereign states, it is unclear what they refers to, and the Nordic neighbors seem, somewhat puzzlingly, to be countries other than these five.
The correct answer is C.