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The consistent rising revenues of the shipping company has convinced analysts that the company is a good one for their clients to invest in.

(A) The consistent rising revenues of the shipping company has convinced analysts that the company is
(B) The consistently rising revenues of the shipping company has convinced analysts that the company is
(C) The consistent rise in the revenues of the shipping company has convinced analysts that the company is
(D) The consistently rising revenues of the shipping company have convinced analysts that the company was
(E) The consistent rise in the revenues of the shipping company have convinced analysts that the company is
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The consistent rising revenues of the shipping company has convinced analysts that the company is a good one for their clients to invest in.

(A) The consistent rising revenues of the shipping company has convinced analysts that the company is
(B) The consistently rising revenues of the shipping company has convinced analysts that the company is
(C) The consistent rise in the revenues of the shipping company has convinced analysts that the company is
(D) The consistently rising revenues of the shipping company have convinced analysts that the company was
(E) The consistent rise in the revenues of the shipping company have convinced analysts that the company is


A- is wrong because of S-V agreemnet issue. Also, as per the meaning what convinced company is the "Rise in revenue" so here rise need to be the subject.

B-is wrong because of S-V agreemnet issue. Also, consistently rising revenues is wrong.

C-All things are fine in C

D- first the use of was

E- S-V error , subject is rise and the verb is "have" but rise is singuukar so we need singular verb
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Can someone please help here. Why is A wrong!
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Option A is:

The consistent rising revenues of the shipping company has convinced...

1. Consistent is an adjective, and it modifies the noun revenues. This means that the revenues are consistent. That is not the correct meaning (consistent means that something remains the same, or happens the same way).

2. Unlike the noun rise, which is singular, revenues is plural. However, the verb has convinced is singular.
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(D) The consistently rising revenues of the shipping company have convinced analysts that the company was

if (D) had was replaced with is, will the sentence be correct then ?

I want to understand the use of Consistently. is it an adverb and that is wrong ? is it wrong in modifying "rising revenues" being an adverb?
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(D) The consistently rising revenues of the shipping company have convinced analysts that the company was

if (D) had was replaced with is, will the sentence be correct then ?

I want to understand the use of Consistently. is it an adverb and that is wrong ? is it wrong in modifying "rising revenues" being an adverb?
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Yes, the sentence will be correct. 'Consistently' is an adverb modifying an adjective "rising"

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The consistent rising revenues of the shipping company has convinced analysts that the company is a good one for their clients to invest in.

(A) The consistent rising revenues of the shipping company has convinced analysts that the company is
(B) The consistently rising revenues of the shipping company has convinced analysts that the company is
(C) The consistent rise in the revenues of the shipping company has convinced analysts that the company is
(D) The consistently rising revenues of the shipping company have convinced analysts that the company was
(E) The consistent rise in the revenues of the shipping company have convinced analysts that the company is
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Why is B wrong here?
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The consistent rising revenues of the shipping company has convinced analysts that the company is a good one for their clients to invest in.

(A) The consistent rising revenues of the shipping company has convinced analysts that the company is
(B) The consistently rising revenues of the shipping company has convinced analysts that the company is
(C) The consistent rise in the revenues of the shipping company has convinced analysts that the company is
(D) The consistently rising revenues of the shipping company have convinced analysts that the company was
(E) The consistent rise in the revenues of the shipping company have convinced analysts that the company is


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Because of Subject-Verb disagreement. revenues is plural. However, the verb has convinced is singular
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Option A is:

The consistent rising revenues of the shipping company has convinced...

1. Consistent is an adjective, and it modifies the noun revenues. This means that the revenues are consistent. That is not the correct meaning (consistent means that something remains the same, or happens the same way).

2. Unlike the noun rise, which is singular, revenues is plural. However, the verb has convinced is singular.
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Thanks for the explanation. I was stuck thinking rising as a gerund. It makes sense that it is an adjective and plural is required.
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A,B,E- wrong because of S-V agreemnet issue.

C-Correct

D- use of was
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The consistent rising revenues of the shipping company has convinced analysts that the company is a good one for their clients to invest in.

(A) The consistent rising revenues of the shipping company has convinced analysts that the company is
(B) The consistently rising revenues of the shipping company has convinced analysts that the company is
(C) The consistent rise in the revenues of the shipping company has convinced analysts that the company is
(D) The consistently rising revenues of the shipping company have convinced analysts that the company was
(E) The consistent rise in the revenues of the shipping company have convinced analysts that the company is
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Hello VeritasPrepHailey Can you explain this question?

Is not the phrase “The consistent rising revenues” a complete subject in the sentence?
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The consistent rising revenues of the shipping company has convinced analysts that the company is a good one for their clients to invest in.

(A) The consistent rising revenues of the shipping company has convinced analysts that the company is
(B) The consistently rising revenues of the shipping company has convinced analysts that the company is
(C) The consistent rise in the revenues of the shipping company has convinced analysts that the company is
(D) The consistently rising revenues of the shipping company have convinced analysts that the company was
(E) The consistent rise in the revenues of the shipping company have convinced analysts that the company is
Hello VeritasPrepHailey Can you explain this question?

Is not the phrase “The consistent rising revenues” a complete subject in the sentence?
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Hi there, prakhar992, happy to help!

So, to directly answer your question, if we identify and remove descriptive words to get at the root of the subject/verb agreement (eliminating adjectives, adverbs, and modifiers), we end up with

The consistent rising revenues of the shipping company - so, we need "revenues" -> "have" with this construction. (Though we'll want to keep in mind that some of our answers change the construction entirely!)

Let's take a look!

(A) The consistent rising revenues of the shipping company has convinced analysts that the company is <- Lack of agreement (for the above mentioned reasons). This one's out!

(B) The consistently rising revenues of the shipping company has convinced analysts that the company is <- Again, we lack agreement here.

(C) The consistent rise in the revenues of the shipping company has convinced analysts that the company is <- Now the core of the agreement has been restructured to singular "rise" -> "has," so we're in good shape. In this case, if we eliminate all descriptive language to get at the core of the subject, we end up with: The consistent rise in the revenues of the shipping company, leaving us with proper singular agreement!

(D) The consistently rising revenues of the shipping company have convinced analysts that the company was <- Here, our tense sequence is illogical.

(E) The consistent rise in the revenues of the shipping company have convinced analysts that the company is <- Again, once we get down to the root of the subject, we lack agreement.

So, anytime we have a larger noun phrase in an agreement question, we want to think about whittling away the excess descriptive language to get at the root of the subject, and thus, the root of the agreement. In general, learning to "read past" adjectives, adverbs, and modifiers when looking to the agreement in questions tends to be a value-add skill that drastically simplifies the agreement at hand.

I hope this helps!
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The consistent rising revenues of the shipping company has convinced analysts that the company is a good one for their clients to invest in.

(A) The consistent rising revenues of the shipping company has convinced analysts that the company is
(B) The consistently rising revenues of the shipping company has convinced analysts that the company is
(C) The consistent rise in the revenues of the shipping company has convinced analysts that the company is
(D) The consistently rising revenues of the shipping company have convinced analysts that the company was
(E) The consistent rise in the revenues of the shipping company have convinced analysts that the company is
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(A) We require the adverb consistently to modify the adjective rising. Also, the plural subject revenues does not agree with the singular verb has.

(B) The plural subject revenues does not agree with the singular verb has.

(C) The correct answer. Here, the subject is rise so the usage of the singular verb has is correct.

(D) The usage of past tense was is incorrect since the sentence is in the present tense.

(E) The singular subject rise does not agree with the plural verb have.
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