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An examination of Olympic Food's beef products, which was conducted by highly experienced and trained inspectors, revealed their beef products were contaminated with Salmonella bongori, a type of Salmonella that was once considered to be a subspecies of Salmonella enterica, yet is now considered an entirely different species of Salmonella.

A. revealed their beef products were contaminated with Salmonella bongori, a type of Salmonella that was
B. revealed that the beef products were contaminated with Salmonella bongori, types of Salmonella that were
C. reveals that their beef products were contaminated with Salmonella bongori, a type of Salmonella that is
D. reveals the beef products were contaminated with Salmonella bongori, a type of Salmonella that was
E. revealed that the beef products were contaminated with Salmonella bongori, a type of Salmonella that was


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IMO E. usage of tense ' conducted/ trained/ revealed, meaning stands out well in E
in D subject ' examination' is singular and the verb in D ' reveals' is singular so it would be correct but after reveals ' that' is missing which makes D option in correct over E .. where as in A usage of 'their' is ambiguos as not sure what it actually refers to beef products or trained inspectors..
in B 'types' usage is wrong...

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An examination of Olympic Food's beef products, which was conducted by highly experienced and trained inspectors, revealed their beef products were contaminated with Salmonella bongori, a type of Salmonella that was once considered to be a subspecies of Salmonella enterica, yet is now considered an entirely different species of Salmonella.

A. revealed their beef products were contaminated with Salmonella bongori, a type of Salmonella that was
B. revealed that the beef products were contaminated with Salmonella bongori, types of Salmonella that were
C. reveals that their beef products were contaminated with Salmonella bongori, a type of Salmonella that is
D. reveals the beef products were contaminated with Salmonella bongori, a type of Salmonella that was
E. revealed that the beef products were contaminated with Salmonella bongori, a type of Salmonella that was

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there are simple grammatical rules we can follow. Parallelism – because the examination was “conducted” (past) the verb “reveal” should be in past tense as well (revealed). The verb reveal should be followed by the word “that” because it introduces a new section describing what the examination revealed. The use of the word “their” is ambiguous, as “their” can refer to the inspectors or Olympic food, and therefore “their” should be replaced by the word “the”.
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