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To travel to China and Japan have always been John's dream.

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To travel to China and Japan have always been John's dream. [#permalink] New post   30 Apr 2021, 05:30
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To travel to China and Japan have always been John's dream.


(A) To travel to China and Japan have always

(B) Traveling to China and Japan has always

(C) To travel to China and Japan has

(D) To travel to China or Japan has always

(E) Traveling to China and Japan have always
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Re: To travel to China and Japan have always been John's dream. [#permalink] New post   02 May 2021, 04:30
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Bunuel wrote:
To travel to China and Japan have always been John's dream.


(A) To travel to China and Japan have always

(B) Traveling to China and Japan has always

(C) To travel to China and Japan has

(D) To travel to China or Japan has always

(E) Traveling to China and Japan have always


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To travel to China and Japan have always been John's dream.


(A) To travel to China and Japan have always

Incorrect.

This answer choice is grammatically incorrect. The singular subject To travel does not agree with the plural verb have.

Remember that a subject in the form of To Verb is considered a singular subject.


(B) Traveling to China and Japan has always

This answer choice corrects the original Subject Verb Agreement mistake, by changing the plural verb have to the singular verb has to match the singular subject Traveling.


(C) To travel to China and Japan has

Incorrect.

While this answer choice corrects the original Subject Verb Agreement mistake and is grammatically correct, it changes the meaning of the original sentence by omitting the word always.

After eliminating the answer choices that repeat the original mistake, you need to go over all the remaining answer choices and examine them carefully, reading them from beginning to end.

Do not assume that the only thing that changes in the answer choices is the part which was flawed in the original sentence. Different answer choices can make all kinds of changes in various parts of the sentence.


(D) To travel to China or Japan has always

While this answer choice corrects the original Subject Verb Agreement mistake and is grammatically correct, it changes the meaning of the original sentence by replacing the word and with or.


(E) Traveling to China and Japan have always

Incorrect.

This answer choice is grammatically incorrect. The singular subject Traveling does not agree with the plural verb have.

Remember that a subject in the form of Verb+ing is considered a singular subject.
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Re: To travel to China and Japan have always been John's dream. [#permalink] New post   30 Apr 2021, 18:59
Bunuel wrote:
To travel to China and Japan have always been John's dream.


(A) To travel to China and Japan have always

(B) Traveling to China and Japan has always

(C) To travel to China and Japan has

(D) To travel to China or Japan has always

(E) Traveling to China and Japan have always


I flipped the sentence straight from the start "John's dream has/have always been to travel to China and/or Japan."
You can easily eliminate any choices with have or without always. So A, C, and E.
B vs. D: "traveling to" vs "to travel to". "And" vs "or". "Traveling to" works better here but if you are not able to decide between "traveling to" and "to travel to", you can see that D is the only answer with OR and that OR changes the meaning.
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Re: To travel to China and Japan have always been John's dream. [#permalink] New post   30 Apr 2021, 23:16
To travel to China and Japan have always been John's dream.


(A) To travel to China and Japan have always Incorrect

travel singular, have plural

(B) Traveling to China and Japan has always Correct

(C) To travel to China and Japan has Incorrect

missing always

(D) To travel to China or Japan has always Incorrect

and replaces with or - changes meaning

(E) Traveling to China and Japan have always Incorrect

Traveling singular, have plural
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Re: To travel to China and Japan have always been John's dream. [#permalink] New post   30 Apr 2021, 23:41
two203 wrote:
Bunuel wrote:
To travel to China and Japan have always been John's dream.


(A) To travel to China and Japan have always

(B) Traveling to China and Japan has always

(C) To travel to China and Japan has

(D) To travel to China or Japan has always

(E) Traveling to China and Japan have always


I flipped the sentence straight from the start "John's dream has/have always been to travel to China and/or Japan."
You can easily eliminate any choices with have or without always. So A, C, and E.
B vs. D: "traveling to" vs "to travel to". "And" vs "or". "Traveling to" works better here but if you are not able to decide between "traveling to" and "to travel to", you can see that D is the only answer with OR and that OR changes the meaning.

Hi two203
In D, meaning is changed. Original sentence says travelling to both countires, however choic D states either of the countries.

B is reflecting the intended meaning and adressed the errors of original sentence.

IMO B
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