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Pilots who do not have over 5,000 hours of flying experience makes it 07 Apr 2023, 09:30
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Pilots who do not have over 5,000 hours of flying experience makes it unlikely for them to be chosen as flight commanders for transatlantic flights.


(A) Pilots who do not have over 5,000 hours of flying experience makes it unlikely for them

(B) Pilots who do not have over 5,000 hours of flying experience are unlikely

(C) Not having over 5,000 hours of flying experience makes it unlikely for pilots

(D) Not having over 5,000 hours of flying experience, pilots are unlikely to

(E) Pilots not having over 5,000 hours of flying experience makes it unlikely for them
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Pilots who do not have over 5,000 hours of flying experience makes it unlikely for them to be chosen as flight commanders for transatlantic flights.


(A) Pilots who do not have over 5,000 hours of flying experience makes it unlikely for them
Incorrect - pilots (plural subject) makes (singular verb) it unlikely for them...

(B) Pilots who do not have over 5,000 hours of flying experience are unlikely
Correct. pilots are unlikely to be chosen as ....

(C) Not having over 5,000 hours of flying experience makes it unlikely for pilots
Incorrect - "Not having over 5,000 hours of flying experience" who is not having this? not very clear as per structure of the sentence

(D) Not having over 5,000 hours of flying experience, pilots are unlikely to
opening modifier - "Not having over 5,000 hours of flying experience" modifies Pilots correctly - but the sentence structure seems to be awkward in comparison to B.

(E) Pilots not having over 5,000 hours of flying experience makes it unlikely for them
Incorrect. Pilots - subject - plural; verb - makes - singular

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Pilots who do not have over 5,000 hours of flying experience makes it unlikely for them to be chosen as flight commanders for transatlantic flights.


(A) Pilots who do not have over 5,000 hours of flying experience \(makes\) it unlikely for them

(B) Pilots who do not have over 5,000 hours of flying experience are unlikely

(C) Not having over 5,000 hours of flying experience makes it unlikely for pilots

(D) Not having over 5,000 hours of flying experience, pilots are unlikely to

(E) Pilots not having over 5,000 hours of flying experience makes it unlikely for them
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Correct Answer must be (B) for the highlighted errors in other options.
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Question: Pilots who do not have over 5,000 hours of flying experience makes it unlikely for them to be chosen as flight commanders for transatlantic flights.

Let us run through every option and decide which one works the best.


(A) Pilots who do not have over 5,000 hours of flying experience makes it unlikely for them

The subject in this sentence is 'pilots', which is plural. The verb 'makes' does not agree with the plural subject. This reason is sufficient to dump this option right off the bat. When one thinks about the intended meaning of the sentence, it is the lack of experience that makes it unlikely for certain pilots to be chosen as flight commanders and not the pilots themselves. Even if the subject-verb agreement were to be correct, the sentence would not make a lot of sense. Eliminate (A).

(B) Pilots who do not have over 5,000 hours of flying experience are unlikely

The plural form of 'be'('are') agrees with the plural subject 'pilots'. The noun phrase 'who do not have over 5,000 hours of flying experience' correctly modifies the pilots. The sentence conveys the intended meaning without any issues. Keep (B).

(C) Not having over 5,000 hours of flying experience makes it unlikely for pilots

The sentence does not seem to have any blatant grammatical errors but the intended meaning does not seem to be conveyed properly. Do all pilots lack the experience of flying over 5,000 hours? Are all pilots unlikely to be chosen as flight commanders or only those who lack the experience? This ambiguity is resolved properly in option (B). Eliminate (C).

(D) Not having over 5,000 hours of flying experience, pilots are unlikely to

Like option (C), option (D) presents the same ambiguity. This sentence seems to convey that all pilots lack the experience of flying over 5,000 hours. Eliminate (D).

(E) Pilots not having over 5,000 hours of flying experience makes it unlikely for them

Like option (A), option (E) has the errors of incorrect subject-verb agreement and distorted meaning. Eliminate (E).

Option (B) is the best option.
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Pilots who do not have over 5,000 hours of flying experience makes it 20 May 2023, 23:33
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Hi

Can someone explain to me as why D is not correct here ? I understand B looks more simpler and comprehensible. But D apparently does not have any grammatical errors.( please correct me wrong here). Is there any other solid reason as why D is incorrect apart from sentence awkwardness ?
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Pilots who do not have over 5,000 hours of flying experience makes it 27 May 2023, 01:33
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Hi

Can someone explain to me as why D is not correct here ? I understand B looks more simpler and comprehensible. But D apparently does not have any grammatical errors.( please correct me wrong here). Is there any other solid reason as why D is incorrect apart from sentence awkwardness ?
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Apart from the fact that choice D wrongly refers to all the pilots rather than only those pilots that have less than 5000 hours of flying experience, it also includes the word 'to' in the end which already exists in the non underlined part , thus making it redundant.
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