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The rise of alternative funding opportunities, such as microloans, crowdfunding, and peer-to-peer networks, have enabled many small entrepreneurs to rapidly grow successful companies specializing in products that are of interest only to niche markets.
A. have enabled many small entrepreneurs to rapidly grow successful companies specializing in products that are of interest only to niche markets
B. have enabled many small entrepreneurs to rapidly grow successful companies only specializing in products that are of interest to niche markets
C. has enabled many small entrepreneurs to rapidly grow successful companies specializing in products that are of interest only to niche markets
D. has enabled many small entrepreneurs to rapidly grow only successful companies specializing in products that are of interest to niche markets
E. has enabled many small entrepreneurs to grow successful companies specializing rapidly in products that are of interest only to niche markets
A. have enabled many small entrepreneurs to rapidly grow successful companies specializing in products that are of interest only to niche markets
B. have enabled many small entrepreneurs to rapidly grow successful companies only specializing in products that are of interest to niche markets
C. has enabled many small entrepreneurs to rapidly grow successful companies specializing in products that are of interest only to niche markets
D. has enabled many small entrepreneurs to rapidly grow only successful companies specializing in products that are of interest to niche markets
E. has enabled many small entrepreneurs to grow successful companies specializing rapidly in products that are of interest only to niche markets
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(C)
Step 1: Read the Original Sentence Carefully, Looking for Errors
The original sentence contains an error in subject-verb agreement. The subject “rise” requires the singular verb “has enabled” at the beginning of the underlined portion, rather than the plural verb “have enabled.” This error may be hard to spot with the intervening phrase containing plural nouns, but a vertical scan of the answer choices shows that some use “have” and some use “has,” highlighting this verb error.
Step 2: Scan and Group the Answer Choices
There’s a 2-3 split between “have” and “has.” (A) and (B) use the plural verb, while (C), (D), and (E) all use the singular verb.
Step 3: Eliminate Choices Until Only One Remains
Eliminate (A) and (B) for being on the wrong side of the split. Read the remaining three choices in parallel. The first difference is in the position of “rapidly.” (E) moves “rapidly” to describe the rate of specialization instead of the rate of growth, changing the meaning of the sentence; thus, it can be eliminated. Continue reading (C) and (D). By placing “only” before “successful companies,” (D) says that entrepreneurs have started nothing but successful companies, but the intention of the original sentence is that these companies are successful even though their products have limited markets. Reading (C) back into the sentence shows that it’s correct:
The rise of alternative funding opportunities, such as microloans, crowdfunding, and peer-to-peer networks, has enabled many small entrepreneurs to rapidly grow successful companies specializing in products that are of interest only to niche markets.
