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Two week notice being given to employers before leaving a job is the generally accepted protocol.

(A) Two week notice being given to employers before leaving
(B) Giving notice to employers of two weeks before having to leave
(C) Two week’s notice to give to employers before leaving
(D) Giving notice to employers two weeks before leaving
(E) To give two weeks’ worth of notice before having to leave

Isn't "before Leaving" better than ""having to leave".

Why Option D is incorrect. Could anyone explain please.

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Two week notice being given to employers before leaving a job is the generally accepted protocol.

(A) Two week notice being given to employers before leaving
(B) Giving notice to employers of two weeks before having to leave
(C) Two week’s notice to give to employers before leaving
(D) Giving notice to employers two weeks before leaving
(E) To give two weeks’ worth of notice before having to leave


D is better then B..
In B, placement of prepositional phrase " of two weeks " changes the meaning.
It illogically conveys that employers are of two weeks..
D correctly changes the phrase before IS as a noun phrase ..
Giving....... IS .....

D is the best answer

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Grammatical Construction and Idiom
1. Being is not right in GMAT.

So, if say an answer choice contains "Human Being", we should discard it?
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Why being is not right in Gmat? @

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Why being is not right in Gmat? @

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Hi Faiyaz321,

There is no official rule about the use of the word "being." Being just like other English words is a valid word and can be used correctly. And thus, to make it a rule would be shooting yourself into the foot. Because, there have been instances where the word "Being" has been used correctly in official questions. One such example of it is here
You can read more about the usage of "being" by clicking here , and here

Hope it helps.
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