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Project SC Butler: Day 156: Sentence Correction (SC2) 
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Because the country has made significant progress in reducing its budget deficit, economic authorities are recommending that its development aid payments, each of which is worth tens of millions of dollars, are restored by the beginning of the year.

A) each of which is worth tens of millions of dollars, are restored

B) each worth tens of millions of dollars, are restored

C) each of these worth tens of millions of dollars, should be restored

D) each worth tens of millions of dollars, be restored

E) each of which are worth tens of millions of dollars, be restored

generis · Answer

OFFICIAL EXPLANATION

Project SC Butler: Day 156: Sentence Correction (SC2)

THE PROMPT

THE OPTONS

• the moment you see ""are recommending that," be prepared to use the command subjunctive:
Structure: BOSSY WORD + that + subject + bare infinitive
Bare infinitive? TO BE (restored) is the infinitive. Drop the word TO. The word BE is the "bare infinitive."
• . . . are recommending that X  be —not  are 
• I scan answers quickly before I start POE. I noticed that options B and D used "each worth." That phrase is more concise than "each of which is worth." Check to see whether those options are better

• with the command subjunctive, we do not use the "regular" verb. We use the bare infinitive. ARE should be BE

•  each of these  should be  each of them.  We need an object pronoun, not a determiner. ("These" does not stand alone on the GMAT. It should be followed by a noun.)
• should is never used in command subjunctive on the GMAT. Speakers of British English, be a little bit careful. The use of  should  is common in this structure, but not allowed on the GMAT. The command structure already implies  should .

• "each worth" is better than "each of which is worth"
• finally, the correct verb: BE

• EACH before the noun or subject is always singular and does not agree with the plural verb ARE
• not a deal breaker on its own, but "each of which is worth" is wordier than necessary. Compare to D: "each worth . . ." Option D is better.

The answer is D

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lacktutor · Answer

After using subjunctive mood (“recommend that...”), “...aid payments are restored” becomes “be restored” So, A, B and C are out.

In E, “each of which are” is wrong. There should be ‘is’ after it. E is out.

In Answer D, everything is correct.

The answer is D

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zhanbo · Answer

My choice is  (D) . It took me 43 seconds to make the call.

For "bossy' verbs such as "recommend", "suggest", "stipulate", their object clauses should be in subjunctive mood. While in British English, "should be restored" and "be restored" are both correct, only "be restored" is considered correct in American English / GMAT.

(1) "Are restored" is incorrect.
(2) "Are restored" is incorrect.
(3) Well, "should be restored" is not considered correct in GMAT. 
(4) "Be restored” is correct. No other issues identified.
(5) Though "be restored" is correct, the nonrestrictive clause "each of which are worth..." breaks subject (each) - verb (are)- agreement rule.

XyLan · Answer

Sentence Structure Subject - Verb Because the country has made significant progress in reducing its budget deficit, economic authorities are RECOMMENDING that its development aid payments , each worth tens of millions of dollars, be restored by the beginning of the year. Issues: The moment you catch the word RECOMMENDING, give a pat to yourself and Congrats! The battle is half won. Now, you just need to win the war.

GMAT keeps on ingesting distracting modifiers to ransack the balance and accuracy. The term RECOMMENDING comes under the purview of bossy verbs - Demand/Desire/Request. This usage mandates the verb in its base form and devoid of the term ' SHOULD ', in GMAT . A, B and C Improper subjunctive verb usage Answer choice analysis: A) each of which is worth tens of millions of dollars, are restored Improper subjunctive verb usage B) each worth tens of millions of dollars, are restored Improper subjunctive verb usage C) each of these worth tens of millions of dollars, should be restored Improper subjunctive verb usage D) each worth tens of millions of dollars, be restored Sweet. D is the winner! E) each of which are worth tens of millions of dollars, be restored SV error: the subject each requires the verb in singular form, not in plural( are ). OUT

J2S2019 · Answer

IMO correct answer is D

Because the country has made significant progress in reducing its budget deficit, economic authorities are recommending that its development aid payments, each of which is worth tens of millions of dollars, are restored by the beginning of the year.

"recommending" when used should continue with subjunctive usage.

A & B is clearly out for this reason.

E is having new error - "each of which are......" - each as a subject takes singular verb, instead of "are", "is" be the correct usage.

Between C & D, the differnce lies in usage of "should be" & "Be", GMAT believes the use of "Be", so D is the champ .

Annet1524 · Answer

Because the country has made significant progress in reducing its budget deficit, economic authorities are recommending that its development aid payments, each of which is worth tens of millions of dollars, are restored by the beginning of the year.

A) each of which is worth tens of millions of dollars,  are restored  -should be subjective mood

B) each worth tens of millions of dollars,  are restored  - should be subjective mood

C) each of these worth tens of millions of dollars,  should be restored - to use should in subjective mood is wrong

D) each worth tens of millions of dollars, be restored -  correct answer 
 
E) each of which  are  worth tens of millions of dollars, be restored - should be singular (each)

kunaldutt15 · Answer

The word "recommending" suggests that a subjunctive verb should be used.

I would go with option D since option E has a subject verb agreement error (each of which  are ).

TheNightKing · Answer

My Approach:
Notice the verb "are" restored. What is restored here? Country or the development or the payments? If you think about it carefully you will realise it is the development that has to be restored and development is a singular verb. Hence A and B are wrong. 
In Option C, you should (ironically) notice the word "should". Should represents moral obligation and is wrong here. Hence C is out.
Between D and E, look out for the difference: each worth tens of millions or each of which are worth? The word right before this phrase is payments. Do you really need to say "payments, each of payments are worth"? or you can simply say each worth and let it smoothly refer to the payments?. D makes a better case.

IMO D.
Thank you!

Lampard42 · Answer

Because the country has made significant progress in reducing its budget deficit, economic authorities are recommending that its development aid payments, each of which is worth tens of millions of dollars, are restored by the beginning of the year.

A) each of which is worth tens of millions of dollars, are restored -should be subjective mood

B) each worth tens of millions of dollars, are restored - should be subjective mood

C) each of these worth tens of millions of dollars, ~~should be~~restored - to use should in subjective mood is wrong

D) each worth tens of millions of dollars, be restored - correct answer

E) each of which are worth tens of millions of dollars, be restored - should be singular (each)

generis · Answer

I have posted the official explanation  HERE

Sourav700 · Answer

Adding to the discussion.

It’s easy to eliminate A, B and C (a subjunctive mood is necessary)

Between D and E

If E were framed in such a way that is be replaced by an, both D and E would be correct.

Thank you.

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TheNightKing · Answer

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Thank you!

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