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The best way to install good habits in a dog is to condition it with short verbal commands and edible rewards before they solidify bad habits when aging takes effect.


A. to condition it with short verbal commands and edible rewards before they solidify bad habits when aging takes effect

B. if they are conditioned with short verbal commands and edible rewards before aging solidifies their bad habits

C. for it to be conditioned with short verbal commands and edible rewards before aging takes effect and solidifies bad habits

D. if the dog is conditioned with short verbal commands and edible rewards before they solidify bad habits when aging takes effect

E. to have it conditioned with short verbal commands and edible rewards before aging takes effect and solidifies bad habits
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"The best way ... is" should be followed by "to" for a correct idiom, so B,D,E are out.
A should be the best choice except for "they" which has no antecedent (dog is singular), so A is out.
We are left with "E", which is grammatically correct despite the passive voice.
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A. to condition it with short verbal commands and edible rewards before they solidify bad habits when aging takes effect
they incorrectly refer to a dog which is singular (incorrect)

B. if they are conditioned with short verbal commands and edible rewards before aging solidifies their bad habits
they incorrectly refer to a dog (incorrect)

C. for it to be conditioned with short verbal commands and edible rewards before aging takes effect and solidifies bad habits
the best way to install good habits in a dog is for to be----- awkward construction (incorrect)

D. if the dog is conditioned with short verbal commands and edible rewards before they solidify bad habits when aging takes effect
what does they refer to (incorrect)

E. to have it conditioned with short verbal commands and edible rewards before aging takes effect and solidifies bad habits
the best way to install good habits in a dog is to......... correct construction (idiomatically and grammatically correct)
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The best way to install good habits in a dog is to condition it with short verbal commands and edible rewards before they solidify bad habits when aging takes effect.


A. to condition it with short verbal commands and edible rewards before they solidify bad habits when aging takes effect

B. if they are conditioned with short verbal commands and edible rewards before aging solidifies their bad habits

C. for it to be conditioned with short verbal commands and edible rewards before aging takes effect and solidifies bad habits

D. if the dog is conditioned with short verbal commands and edible rewards before they solidify bad habits when aging takes effect

E. to have it conditioned with short verbal commands and edible rewards before aging takes effect and solidifies bad habits
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Creating a filter: In the original sentence here, there may be more than one problem, but we can fixate on the use of grammatically singular "dog" early in the sentence and grammatically plural pronoun "they" later on.

Applying the filter: our filter eliminates choices (A), (B) and (D).

Finding objective defects: we compare how (C) and (E) begin. Choice (C) is idiomatically poor, and moreover the beginning of the sentence should be parallel with "to install," because the linking verb "is" equates the grammatical subject and predicate of the sentence.

The correct answer is (E).
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Q: The best way to install good habits in a dog is to condition it with short verbal commands and edible rewards before they solidify bad habits when aging takes effect.

A. to condition it with short verbal commands and edible rewards before they solidify bad habits when aging takes effect
B. if they are conditioned with short verbal commands and edible rewards before aging solidifies their bad habits
C. for it to be conditioned with short verbal commands and edible rewards before aging takes effect and solidifies bad habits
D. if the dog is conditioned with short verbal commands and edible rewards before they solidify bad habits when aging takes effect
E. to have it conditioned with short verbal commands and edible rewards before aging takes effect and solidifies bad habits

Solution:

The idiomatic expression is ‘the best way to …. is to…….’
So we can rule out B, C, D. We are left with A & E.

A. to condition it with short verbal commands and edible rewards before they solidify bad habits when aging takes effect – plural pronoun ‘they’ does not agree with singular noun ‘dog’

E. to have it conditioned with short verbal commands and edible rewards before aging takes effect and solidifies bad habits – idiomatic, no pronoun errors
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