Raising a child alone and holding down a full-time job require good or

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Raising a child alone and holding down a full-time job  require good organizational skills , not to mention a lot of support from friends and coworkers.

(A) require good organizational skills

(B) requires good organization skills

(C) requires the skill of good organization

(D) require a person to be well organized

(E) requires good organizational skill

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proabhinav · Answer

Keen to learn this, especially difference between A & D.

I chose D as I dint see any issues with "require" being used with 2 precedents joined by And.

PyjamaScientist · Answer

Why did you reject (A)? (A) is less wordy and conveys the meaning precisely. "Require" sits perfectly with the plural subject, " Raising  a child alone and  holding  down a full-time job".

dassunil · Answer

Can anybody please explain the reason for not considering B/E. Is the use of requires incorrect here

rosalynd · Answer

Those options are incorrect because they use the singular verb "requires" to describe the plural subjects "raising a child alone AND holding down a full-time job."

ExpertsGlobal5 · Answer

Hello  dassunil ,

We hope this finds you well.

To answer your query, the use of the singular verb "requires" is incorrect here because the subject of the sentence is "Raising a child alone and holding down a full-time job"; remember, two singular nouns joined by the conjunction "and" form one plural noun phrase.

We hope this helps.
All the best!
Experts' Global Team

Bunuel · Answer

OFFICIAL EXPLANATION

The correct answer is (A).

The original version is correct. The subject is compound and therefore takes the plural verb form require, not the singular form requires—as choices (B), (C), and (E) provide. Choice (D) undermines the grammatical parallelism between the underlined phrase and the sentence’s final clause.

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