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The rivalry between Apple, a multinational technology company based in the United States, with a multinational conglomerate based in South Korea, Samsung, has been the subject of many news articles as of late.

A. The rivalry between Apple, a multinational technology company based in the United States, with a multinational conglomerate based in South Korea, Samsung, has been - rivalry between X and Y is correct idiom

B. Rivals Apple, a multinational technology company based in the United States, against a multinational conglomerate based in South Korea, Samsung, have been - illogical ; subject-verb agreement issue

C. The rivalry between Apple, a multinational technology company based in the United States, and Samsung, a multinational conglomerate based in South Korea, has been - Correct

D. A rivalry between Apple, a multinational technology company based in the United States, with Samsung, a multinational conglomerate based in South Korea, has been - rivalry between X and Y is correct idiom; also we need the rivalry as we are talking about a specific rivalry

E. A multinational technology company based in the United States, Apple, and the rivalry with a multinational conglomerate based in South Korea, Samsung, has been - subject and verb does not make sense and subject-verb agreement issue

A multinational technology company based in the United States and the rivalry with a multinational conglomerate based in South Korea is a compound subject(plural) and does not make sense with the verb


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The rivalry between Apple, a multinational technology company based in the United States, with a multinational conglomerate based in South Korea, Samsung, has been the subject of many news articles as of late.

A. The rivalry between Apple, a multinational technology company based in the United States, with a multinational conglomerate based in South Korea, Samsung, has been

B. Rivals Apple, a multinational technology company based in the United States, against a multinational conglomerate based in South Korea, Samsung, have been

C. The rivalry between Apple, a multinational technology company based in the United States, and Samsung, a multinational conglomerate based in South Korea, has been

D. A rivalry between Apple, a multinational technology company based in the United States, with Samsung, a multinational conglomerate based in South Korea, has been

E. Jo Multinational technology company based in the United States, Apple, and the rivalry with a multinational conglomerate based in South Korea, Samsung, has been

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it is not obvious how to correct the original sentence.The sentence is too long and complex to try and correct, so we will have to use the answers.The correct idiomatic expression is between X and Y, therefore answers (A) and (D) are wrong. (B) is illogical, since it refers not to the Apple’s rivalry but to “Rivals Apple”. Answer(E) does use the right connector and; however, the organization of the sentence is illogical and it is not clear that Samsung is Apple’s rival.
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C is the answer, “ with” “and” are splits along with consistent order of both subjects apple and Samsung seem more logical.

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