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Whether modern statistical techniques can be usefully applied to the past, and to a society quite different from our own, is an issue historians and economists are currently debating.
(A) Whether modern statistical techniques can be usefully applied to the past, and to a society quite different from our own, is an issue
(B) If modern statistical techniques can be usefully applied to the past, and to a society quite different from our own, are issues
(C) That modern statistical techniques can be usefully applied to the past, and to a society quite different from our own, are issues
(D) Modern statistical techniques being usefully applied to the past, and to a society quite different from our own, is an issue
(E) The useful application of modern statistical techniques to the past, and to a society quite different from our own, is an issue

Guys I know OA, please explain reasoning behind your answer. Specially I want to know why C is wrong.



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(A) Whether modern statistical techniques can be usefully applied to the past, and to a society quite different from our own, is an issue [Correct]
(B) If modern statistical techniques can be usefully applied to the past, and to a society quite different from our own, are issues [if should used in conditional sense. Also 'Whether modern statistical techniques can be usefully applied' as a whole is singular ]
(C) That modern statistical techniques can be usefully applied to the past, and to a society quite different from our own, are issues [Same as B. 'are issues' is wrong.]
(D) Modern statistical techniques being usefully applied to the past, and to a society quite different from our own, is an issue [Passive]
(E) The useful application of modern statistical techniques to the past, and to a society quite different from our own, is an issue [Passive]
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(A) Whether modern statistical techniques can be usefully applied to the past, and to a society quite different from our own, is an issue [Correct]
(B) If modern statistical techniques can be usefully applied to the past, and to a society quite different from our own, are issues [if should used in conditional sense. Also 'Whether modern statistical techniques can be usefully applied' as a whole is singular ]
(C) That modern statistical techniques can be usefully applied to the past, and to a society quite different from our own, are issues [Same as B. 'are issues' is wrong.]
(D) Modern statistical techniques being usefully applied to the past, and to a society quite different from our own, is an issue [Passive]
(E) The useful application of modern statistical techniques to the past, and to a society quite different from our own, is an issue [Passive]
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Vipin thanks for your answer.

I want to understand in A
"modern statistical techniques" is a pharase subject, so its singular.
My next question is, in a given sentence how we can identify whether the given pharase is a subject or not......

its sounds stupid but it seems I'm making mistake here, so I want to understand it.

Please explain.
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Subject phrases are always singular. Even if they contain plural words within. A subject phrase represents an idea. One of the ways to spot a subject phrase is that it is incomplete. A subject phrase demands an Object.

e.g. what he did for this town is amazing.

Whether modern statistical techniques can be usefully applied to the past, and to a society quite different from our own, is an issue historians and economists are currently debating.

In this sentence, if you ask what is(are) the issue(s)? The answer would not be 'modern statistical techniques', but 'whether modern statistical techniques can be usefully applied to the past'.

hope this helps...
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Whether modern statistical techniques can be usefully applied to the past, and to a society quite different from our own, is an issue historians and economists are currently debating.
(A) Whether modern statistical techniques can be usefully applied to the past, and to a society quite different from our own, is an issue
(B) If modern statistical techniques can be usefully applied to the past, and to a society quite different from our own, are issues
(C) That modern statistical techniques can be usefully applied to the past, and to a society quite different from our own, are issues
(D) Modern statistical techniques being usefully applied to the past, and to a society quite different from our own, is an issue
(E) The useful application of modern statistical techniques to the past, and to a society quite different from our own, is an issue

Guys I know OA, please explain reasoning behind your answer. Specially I want to know why C is wrong.
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A too. C is wrong because the subject is "That modern statistical techniques can be usefully applied" not "That modern statistical techniques can be usefully applied to the past, and to a society quite different from our own".

"modern statistical techniques" is also not the subject of the sentence. so C is wrong.

very good question.
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Agree with A and Vipin's explanation.

Also the use of 'whether' is correct here, rather than the use of 'if' because the sentence is not conditional.
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Whether modern statistical techniques can be usefully applied to the past, and to a society quite different from our own, is an issue historians and economists are currently debating.
(A) Whether modern statistical techniques can be usefully applied to the past, and to a society quite different from our own, is an issue
(B) If modern statistical techniques can be usefully applied to the past, and to a society quite different from our own, are issues
(C) That modern statistical techniques can be usefully applied to the past, and to a society quite different from our own, are issues
(D) Modern statistical techniques being usefully applied to the past, and to a society quite different from our own, is an issue
(E) The useful application of modern statistical techniques to the past, and to a society quite different from our own, is an issue

Guys I know OA, please explain reasoning behind your answer. Specially I want to know why C is wrong.

A too. C is wrong because the subject is "That modern statistical techniques can be usefully applied" not "That modern statistical techniques can be usefully applied to the past, and to a society quite different from our own".

"modern statistical techniques" is also not the subject of the sentence. so C is wrong.

very good question.
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I mean subject is singular and verb "is" is correct.
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One more for 'A'.
Nice explanations Vipin and Professor.
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Whether modern statistical techniques can be usefully applied to the past, and to a society quite different from our own, is an issue historians and economists are currently debating.
(A) Whether modern statistical techniques can be usefully applied to the past, and to a society quite different from our own, is an issue
CORRECT
(B) If modern statistical techniques can be usefully applied to the past, and to a society quite different from our own, are issues
number err.
(C) That modern statistical techniques can be usefully applied to the past, and to a society quite different from our own, are issues
starting with That, err!
(D) Modern statistical techniques being usefully applied to the past, and to a society quite different from our own, is an issue
un idiomatic
(E) The useful application of modern statistical techniques to the past, and to a society quite different from our own, is an issue
un idiomatic



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