skamal7 wrote:
Those who believe that innovations in biotechnology may be able to help alleviate the challenges of agriculture in Africa, which the world community generally agrees are in crisis, are asking plant geneticists and other scientists why they think the situation of small farmers in Africa has grown so dire.
A. which the world community generally agrees are in crisis, are asking plant geneticists and other scientists why they think
B. which, the world community generally agree, is in crisis, is asking plant geneticists and other scientists their thoughts as to why
C. which the world community generally agrees is in crisis, are asking for plant geneticists' and other scientists' thoughts about why they think
D. which the world community generally agrees is in crisis, are asking plant geneticists and other scientists for their thoughts on why
E. which, the world community agrees, are in a crisis, ask plant geneticists and other scientists why
Hii skamal.
E can be stated as this way:
Those who believe that innovations in biotechnology may be able to help alleviate the challenges of agriculture in Africa,
which, the world community agrees, [color=#ff0000]are in a crisis, ask plant geneticists and other scientists why[/color] the situation of small farmers in Africa has grown so dire.
E has
i) SVA issue. What is in crisis? Its AFRICA. Being singular, it is supposed to be referred by a singular verb "is" and not "are".
ii) It uses two independent clauses and without a conjunction word, its incorrect. It says "Africa is in crisis" and without any conjunction introduces another independent clause "ask plant geneticists and other scientists .....". This is incorrect.
Hope this helps.