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Every president since the beginning of the Cold War has opted for verifiable arms control deals

A. Every president since the beginning of the Cold War has opted for verifiable arms control deals.
B. Every president since the beginning of the Cold War have opted for verifiable arms control deals.
C. Every president after the beginning of the Cold War will have opted for verifiable arms control deals.
D. All presidents from the beginning of the Cold War has opted for verifiable arms control deals.
E. All presidents since the beginning of the Cold War have opted in favour of verification of arms control deals.
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Every president since the beginning of the Cold War has opted for verifiable arms control deals

A. Every president since the beginning of the Cold War has opted for verifiable arms control deals.
B. Every president since the beginning of the Cold War have opted for verifiable arms control deals.
C. Every president after the beginning of the Cold War will have opted for verifiable arms control deals.
D. All presidents from the beginning of the Cold War has opted for verifiable arms control deals.
E. All presidents since the beginning of the Cold War have opted in favour of verification of arms control deals.

A Correct
B President - have opted
C Incorrect Tense, will have
D Presidents - has opted
E Opted in favour - redundancy
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E. All presidents since the beginning of the Cold War have opted in favour of verification of arms control deals.

E Opted in favour - redundancy
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Also "verification of arms control deals" distorts the meaning. :-D
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Every president since the beginning of the Cold War has opted for verifiable arms control deals

A. Every president since the beginning of the Cold War has opted for verifiable arms control deals.
B. Every president since the beginning of the Cold War have opted for verifiable arms control deals.
C. Every president after the beginning of the Cold War will have opted for verifiable arms control deals.
D. All presidents from the beginning of the Cold War has opted for verifiable arms control deals.
E. All presidents since the beginning of the Cold War have opted in favour of verification of arms control deals.

10 sec answer. Every requires singular verb. A wins.
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Every president since the beginning of the Cold War has opted for verifiable arms control deals

A. Every president since the beginning of the Cold War has opted for verifiable arms control deals.correct
B. Every president since the beginning of the Cold War have opted for verifiable arms control deals.
subject preceded by "Every" is always singular
C. Every president after the beginning of the Cold War will have opted for verifiable arms control deals.
D. All presidents from the beginning of the Cold War has opted for verifiable arms control deals. All presidents + Has --> incorrect
E. All presidents since the beginning of the Cold War have opted in favour of verification of arms control deals. redundancy ("opted for" is enough)
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1st split: "every" and singular verb "has"---->Correct
2nd split: its meaning

A. Every president since the beginning of the Cold War has opted for verifiable arms control deals.
B. Every president since the beginning of the Cold War have opted for verifiable arms control deals.
--->Subject & verb not in agreement.
C. Every president after the beginning of the Cold War will have opted for verifiable arms control deals.
-->Incorrect meaning, since there is no use of future tense here.
D. All presidents from the beginning of the Cold War has opted for verifiable arms control deals.
--->All + plural verb--->Subject & verb not in agreement.
E. All presidents since the beginning of the Cold War have opted in favour of verification of arms control deals.
---->Incorrect meaning.
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