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Pool construction experts recommend a prospective pool buyer to inspect three pools the builder has constructed, make sure that the builder does not have exclusive distribution deals with a single supplier, and have investigated the likely impact of the pool on the property's resale value.


(A) a prospective pool buyer to inspect three pools the builder has constructed, make sure that the builder does not have exclusive distribution deals with a single supplier, and have investigated

(B) a prospective pool buyer to inspect three pools the builder has constructed, to make sure that the builder does not have exclusive distribution deals with a single supplier, and investigate

(C) that a prospective pool buyer should inspect three pools the builder has constructed, to make sure that the builder does not have exclusive distribution deals with a single supplier, and investigate

(D) that a prospective pool buyer have inspected three pools the builder has constructed, made sure that the builder does not have exclusive distribution deals with a single supplier, and investigate

(E) that a prospective pool buyer inspect three pools the builder has constructed, make sure that the builder does not have exclusive distribution deals with a single supplier, and investigate




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The issues here are parallelism and usage. First, the three items (inspect, make sure, and investigate) should be in parallel form. The third verb is in the past tense, while the others aren't. Also, the proper usage is "to recommend that." Since there are errors, (A) is correct. There's no apparent grouping here, so examine each answer choice.

(B) attempts to fix the parallelism problem but fails by using "to inspect . . . to make sure . . and investigate." Also, (B) uses the unidiomatic "experts recommend a buyer to."

(C) fixes the recommend issue but is nonparallel with "should inspect . . . to make sure . . . and investigate."

(D) also uses the correct "that" for recommend, but it uses nonparallel verb tenses: "have inspected . . . made sure . . . and investigate."

(E) has all the verbs in parallel form and correctly uses the proper "recommend that" form. It is correct.

TAKEAWAY: If there are two errors in the original sentence, the right answer has to fix both, not just one.
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