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The steps of the ceramic process in which the students will be involved is in the molding and smoothing of the shape, and in the decoration of the finished item.

(A) is in the molding and smoothing of the shape, and in the decoration
(B) is the molding and smoothing of the shape, and also the decorating
(C) are the molding, smoothing of the shape, and in the decorating
(D) are the molding and smoothing of the shape, and the decoration
(E) is in the molding and smoothing of the shape, and the decorating
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Re: The steps of the ceramic process in which the students will be involve [#permalink] New post   02 Oct 2018, 03:08
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The steps of the ceramic process in which the students will be involved is in the molding and smoothing of the shape, and in the decoration of the finished item.

(A) is in the molding and smoothing of the shape, and in the decoration
(B) is the molding and smoothing of the shape, and also the decorating
(C) are the molding, smoothing of the shape, and in the decorating
(D) are the molding and smoothing of the shape, and the decoration
(E) is in the molding and smoothing of the shape, and the decorating


+1 for D

(A) is in the molding and smoothing of the shape, and in the decoration
(B) is the molding and smoothing of the shape, and also the decorating
(C) are the molding, smoothing of the shape, and in the decorating
(D) are the molding and smoothing of the shape, and the decoration --> Corrects the S-V agreement error and maintains parallelism
(E) is in the molding and smoothing of the shape, and the decorating
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The steps of the ceramic process in which the students will be involve [#permalink] New post   Updated on: 02 Oct 2018, 03:43
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The steps of the ceramic process in which the students will be involved is in the molding and smoothing of the shape, and in the decoration of the finished item.

(A) is in the molding and smoothing of the shape, and in the decoration
(B) is the molding and smoothing of the shape, and also the decorating
(C) are the molding, smoothing of the shape, and in the decorating
(D)are the molding and smoothing of the shape, and the decoration
(E) is in the molding and smoothing of the shape, and the decorating


Time needed: 40s

POE:
1) The subject is "The steps". We can eliminate A, B and E since "is" must refer to a singular subject.
2) We are left with answers C and D: notice that in C the list isn't parallel for the highlighted reasons. -> Eliminate C.

Correct answer: D

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Originally posted by Italiandrummer97 on 02 Oct 2018, 03:13.
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The steps of the ceramic process in which the students will be involve [#permalink] New post   02 Oct 2018, 03:22
The steps of the ceramic process in which the students will be involved is in the molding and smoothing of the shape, and in the decoration of the finished item.

Plural subject: The steps

(A) is in the molding and smoothing of the shape, and in the decoration -Incorrect
(B) is the molding and smoothing of the shape, and also the decorating - Incorrect
(C) are the molding, smoothing of the shape, and in the decorating - Parallelism error - Incorrect
(D) are the molding and smoothing of the shape, and the decoration - Correct
(E) is in the molding and smoothing of the shape, and the decorating - Incorrect

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The steps of the ceramic process in which the students will be involved is in the molding and smoothing of the shape, and in the decoration of the finished item.

(A) is in the molding and smoothing of the shape, and in the decoration
(B) is the molding and smoothing of the shape, and also the decorating
(C) are the molding, smoothing of the shape, and in the decorating
(D) are the molding and smoothing of the shape, and the decoration
(E) is in the molding and smoothing of the shape, and the decorating


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This question involves parallel structure and agreement between subject and verb. Because we have the word ‘steps’, we need to use the plural. That means that choices A, B and E are wrong. Choice C is incorrect as it is missing a word between ‘molding’ and ‘smoothing’. The best answer is D.
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