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The task force is reviewing the company’s hiring practices for the determination of whether they are meeting the requirements set by the Office of Equal Opportunity.

(A) for the determination of whether they are meeting the requirements set by the Office of Equal Opportunity
(B) for the determining of whether or not it meets the requirement set by the Office of Equal Opportunity
(C) for the determining of whether the requirements set by the Office of Equal Opportunity are being met or not
(D) determining whether the requirements set by the Office of Equal Opportunity are met
(E) to determine whether they meet the requirements set by the Office of Equal Opportunity
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Re: The task force is reviewing the company’s hiring practices for the det [#permalink] New post   28 Oct 2019, 07:17
The task force is reviewing the company’s hiring practices for the determination of whether they are meeting the requirements set by the Office of Equal Opportunity.

The task force is doing the action of reviewing with an intention therefore we must use a to-verb to indicate the same! and only option E captures the meaning of the sentence correctly!!

(E) to determine whether they meet the requirements set by the Office of Equal Opportunity
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Re: The task force is reviewing the company’s hiring practices for the det [#permalink] New post   28 Oct 2019, 08:41
The task force is reviewing the company’s hiring practices for the determination of whether they are meeting the requirements set by the Office of Equal Opportunity.

(A) for the determination of whether they are meeting the requirements set by the Office of Equal Opportunity - we need infinitive verb to show the intention, also usage of noun determination is not preferred
(B) for the determining of whether or not it meets the requirement set by the Office of Equal Opportunity-Redundancy
(C) for the determining of whether the requirements set by the Office of Equal Opportunity are being met or not-Redundancy
(D) determining whether the requirements set by the Office of Equal Opportunity are met- we need infinitive verb to show the intention
(E) to determine whether they meet the requirements set by the Office of Equal Opportunity- CORRECT
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Re: The task force is reviewing the company’s hiring practices for the det [#permalink] New post   28 Oct 2019, 09:34
The task force is reviewing the company’s hiring practices for the determination of whether they are meeting the requirements set by the Office of Equal Opportunity.

I go with E, applying V-A-N principle: VERB is better than ADJECTIVE, ADJECTIVE is better than NOUN. So, what we have here:
for the determination VS for the determining VS determining VS to determine.

Option E is concise, the meaning is clear (task force is doing smth with the purpose; to show the purpose TO verb is used) and the style looks good!
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Re: The task force is reviewing the company’s hiring practices for the det [#permalink] New post   28 Oct 2019, 11:40
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The answer is E for the use of the infinitive to express the intention of the task force. All other choices are wrong for using complex gerunds, nouns, improper idioms such as whether or not.
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Re: The task force is reviewing the company’s hiring practices for the det [#permalink] New post   28 Oct 2019, 12:09
I feel privileged to have similar thought process and then explanation as daagh’s in the this question at least.

As a “task force” is usually established to complete a task, we need action/intention, which is clearly defined using “to”. Only E has this clarity

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Re: The task force is reviewing the company’s hiring practices for the det [#permalink] New post   27 Sep 2020, 11:12
What is they referring to ?Bunuel daagh
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Re: The task force is reviewing the company’s hiring practices for the det [#permalink] New post   27 Sep 2020, 21:11
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What is they referring to ?Bunuel daagh

Hi saurabhmundhra12,

The they refers to "the company’s hiring practices". The non-underlined portion of the sentence uses a singular verb (is reviewing) for "the task force", so ambiguity is not really a problem here.
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