The manufacturing company has created an advisory board to oversee the

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The manufacturing company has created an advisory board  to oversee the implementing of their new safety regulations,  several of which have already been put into effect.

A) to oversee the implementing of their new safety regulations,

B) to oversee the implementation of its new safety regulations,

C) to oversee that its new safety regulations are implemented, and

D) to oversee their new safety regulations being implemented

E) to oversee as to how its new safety regulations are implemented

generis · Answer

OFFICIAL EXPLANATION

Project SC Butler: Sentence Correction (SC1)

• Split #1 - noun/pronoun agreement

The word  company  is singular and takes the singular possessive pronoun  its  rather than  their .

Options A and D incorrectly refer to the company's new safety regulations as  their  safety regulations.

Eliminate A and D

• Split #2 - the verb  oversee  must be followed by a noun

Jargon: many "transitive" verbs such as  oversee  must be followed by an  object.** 
A direct object answers this question:  The company has created an advisory board to oversee    WHAT  ?

Well, a  what  is a  noun .

In option E,  oversee  is followed by  as to how its new safety regulations are implemented .
→  as to how  is not any kind of noun
→ if you are not sure, compare to option B: can you argue that option E is better than option B?
(Answer: no. Option B is more straightforward and more concise.)

In option C,  oversee  is followed by  that its new safety regulations are implemented .
→ although  that its new safety regulations are implemented  is a noun clause, it does not answer the question "oversee WHAT?" very effectively or idiomatically.
Nor is this noun clause as good as the noun  the implementation    in option B.

Eliminate C and E.

The answer is B.

Other errors

→ Option A should use  the implementation  instead of  the implementing .
A dedicated noun (implementation) is almost always better than an __ING noun (a gerund, a verbING).
 The implementation  is better than  the implementing .

→ Option C should not use the word  and  after the comma
 Several of which  . . . is a relative clause that modifies the noun  regulations . 
Relative clauses should not be preceded by  and ; we do not place  and  between a noun (regulations) and its modifier (several of which . . .).

→ In option D,  being implemented  hints at changed meaning, suggesting that the advisory board is supposed to watch the implementation process  as  the regulations are being implemented. 
Wrong.
The advisory board is supposed to ensure the implementation of the regulations.
The advisory board is not supposed to observe the implementation of the regulations.

Notes

Transitive verbs? 
In order to express a complete thought, a transitive verb requires an object.
Wrong: I sent. 
→  Send,  like  oversee , is a transitive verb.  What  did I send? 
→ I sent a letter.

A transitive verb makes no sense without an object.

An intransitive verb is an action word that does not require an object and that makes no sense with an object.
 He yawned. 
Very few verbs are only intransitive.

Many verbs in English can be both.
She was singing. (intransitive)
She was singing a lullaby. (transitive)

Takeaway: if options contain verbs followed by different or differently phrased objects, check to see whether the objects are straightforward.

COMMENTS

himanshugoyal26  , welcome to SC Butler.

I like the fact that these answers contain variety.
Often, I must explain a concept in two or three different ways.
Too often I have no idea why, for example, explanation #2 "clicked" with the student.

One or a few of these posts will resonate with aspirants who read the thread.

In any event, I can see that almost everyone is trying to explain rather than merely label. Kudos to all.

**Noun clause?
→ In option C,  that its new safety regulations are implemented  is a noun clause (nominal clause, substantive clause)
Noun clauses can be confusing: 
-- they typically begin with a relative pronoun (that, who) or relative adverb (what, where, when, why)
-- they always contain a verb, and thus are  clauses,  but
-- they are not "regular" clauses. They are "noun clauses." Although a noun clause contains a subject and verb, that whole clause acts as a noun in the larger sentence. 
-- In other words, noun clauses act like nouns. They can be the subject of a sentence, for example, or the object of a verb.
Example: The boy taught his sister  how to ride a bike .
 What  did the boy teach his sister?
What = how to ride a bike

This particular noun clause ( that its new safety regulations are implemented ) has subtle problems that you do not need to know as long as you compare (C) to (B).

Ranasaymon · Answer

The manufacturing company has created an advisory board  to oversee the implementing of their new safety regulation s, several of which have already been put into effect.

A) to oversee the implementing of their new safety regulations,   Incorrect

->Pronoun Error: The manufacturing company (Singular)....their(Plural) (we need to use singular pronoun for the singular subject)
-> the implementing of ( the+gerund+of is less preferable than the+noun+of) ( it will be better to use the implementation of in this case)

B) to oversee the implementation of its new safety regulations,   Correct

C) to oversee that its new safety regulations are implemented, and    Incorrect

-> its regulations are implemented, and several of which have already been put . ( Clause, and phrase) It is a forced parallelism. We need to use clauses or to use phrases in both sides to make them parallel.

D) to oversee their new safety regulations being implemented    Incorrect

-> Pronoun Error: What is the antecedent of plural pronoun 'their'? 
-> Being is used incorrectly here.

E) to oversee as to how its new safety regulations are implemented    Incorrect

-> to x..as to ( incorrect idiom)
-> Parallelism error: clause , and phrase

zhanbo · Answer

My answer is  (B) . It took me 33 seconds.

(A) Between Implementing and Implementation, prefer the proper noun. 
(C) "several of which" dictates a subordinate clause instead of Comma+FANBOYS (for subordinate sentence)
(D) Firstly, "being implemented" is almost always wrong. Secondly, "several of which" should ideally follow its antecedent.
(E) Firstly, "as to" is not needed. Secondly, "several of which" should ideally follow its antecedent.

Neha2404 · Answer

IMO-B
In this sentence chose is between
Their vs its 
Implementing vs implementation

Their vs its- in this sentence their or its is refer to the Manufacturing company whiich is singular so use of their is incorrect 
Eliminate option-A and D

Implementing vs implementation- implementing is a gerund and implementation is proper noun - prefer proper noun

The manufacturing company has created an advisory board to oversee the implementing of their new safety regulations, several of which have already been put into effect.

A) to oversee the implementing of their new safety regulations,- incorrect According to above statement

B) to oversee the implementation of its new safety regulations,-correct 
which correctly modifying to new regulation

C) to oversee that its new safety regulations are implemented, and 
-incorrect 
use of and is wrong and wrong placement of safety regulations

D) to oversee their new safety regulations being implemented-Incorrect
Use of being is always red flag in gmat when it is use as a helping verb

E) to oversee as to how its new safety regulations are implemented -wrong use of as - as is use for comparison

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Varunsawhney8 · Answer

The manufacturing company has created an advisory board to oversee the implementing of their new safety regulations, several of which have already been put into effect.

A) to oversee the implementing of their new safety regulations,
IMPLEMENTING IS NOT CORRECT
THEIR- PRONOUN ERROR
INCORRECT

B) to oversee the implementation of its new safety regulations,
CORRECT CHOICE

C) to oversee that its new safety regulations are implemented, and
AND IS NOT CORRECT
THAT IS NOT REQUIRED
INCORRECT

D) to oversee their new safety regulations being implemented
THEIR-PRONOUN ERROR
INCORRECT

E) to oversee as to how its new safety regulations are implemented
TO HOW- REDUNDANT
INCORRECT

winterschool · Answer

The manufacturing company has created an advisory board to oversee the implementing of their new safety regulations, several of which have already been put into effect.

A) to oversee the implementing of  their  new safety regulations,  Incorrect

SV error - The manufacturing company singular whereas their plural

B)  to oversee the implementation of its new safety regulations,   Correct 
 
C) to oversee  that  its new safety regulations are implemented , and   Incorrect

'that' is redundant, 
meaning change

D) to oversee  their  new safety regulations  being  implemented  Incorrect

SV error - The manufacturing company singular whereas their plural, 
being uses wrong

E) to oversee  as to how its new safety regulations are implemented   Incorrect

meaning change

himanshugoyal26 · Answer

The manufacturing company has created an advisory board to oversee the implementing of their new safety regulations, several of which have already been put into effect.

A) to oversee the implementing of  their  new safety regulations,

B)  to oversee the implementation of its new safety regulations,

C) to oversee  that  its new safety regulations are implemented, and

D) to oversee  their  new safety regulations being implemented

E) to oversee  as to  how its new safety regulations are implemented

generis · Answer

The official explanation is  here .

Akp880 · Answer

The manufacturing company has created an advisory board to oversee the implementing of their new safety regulations, several of which have already been put into effect.

Explanation:
 
A) to oversee the implementing of their new safety regulations,
 Incorrect.Subject verb agreement error.

B) to oversee the implementation of its new safety regulations,
 Correct . Transitive verb  "Oversee" is always followed by  Object noun (Implementation...) .Relative modifier "Which" in non underlined part modifies unambiguously "new safety regulation"

C) to oversee that its new safety regulations are implemented, and
 Incorrect. Transitive verb structure form is broken.Clause is not required.Comma and disrupts the structure further.

D) to oversee their new safety regulations being implemented
 Incorrect.Subject verb agreement error.
 Incorrect .Same as C

Hence B is the correct answer.

The manufacturing company has created an advisory board to oversee the

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