While every person feels entitled to self-determination, a

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While  every person feels entitled to self-determination, a person's genetic makeup and the sociological factors experienced during the formative years enables  sociologists to predict the level of self-determination one may eventually exhibit.

(A) every person feels entitled to self-determination, a person's genetic makeup and the sociological factors experienced during the formative years enables

(B) each person feels entitled to self-determination, peoples' genetic makeup and the sociological factors experienced during the formative years enable

(C) all people feel entitled to self-determination, a person's genetic makeup and the sociological factors experienced during the formative years enables

(D) each person feel entitled to self-determination, peoples' genetic makeup and the sociological factors experienced during the formative years enables

(E) every person feels entitled to self-determination, a person's genetic makeup and the sociological factors experience during the formative years enable

Please explain your answer.
Thanks!

icandy · Answer

Compound Subject genetic makeup and the sociological factors. Plural subject needs plural verb. Hence B & E remain. The non underlined part contains  one may eventually exhibit.
  suggesting that the referent needs to be singular. Hence E.

amitdgr · Answer

agree with icandy. I pick E for the same reasons.

abhishekv · Answer

i dunno why i feel the answer is B..

shud it be "the sociological factors  experience " (as in E) or "the sociological factors  experienced " (as in B). I think it shud be because of this...

If not, someone please help !!

icandy · Answer

I did not notice it. I still believe that it's a typo. I will be bummed if E has experience.

ventivish · Answer

Can some one explain choosing each vs. every??
Thank you!!

gameCode · Answer

tarek, whats the QA, I am inclined towards E too .

tarek99 · Answer

The OA is E, but I chose B. Would someone please explain why? and what's the difference between "each" and "every"? and what's wrong with B?
thanks!

for your information, there is no typo in this problem. I just copied the problem and then pasted it in this post. I didn't type a single word here, so it is 100% accurate.

EDIT: ok, according to the OE, "every" talks about every person or all the people within the population. As for "each", you're basically focusing only on the people that you're talking and you're implying that what holds true for those people doesn't hold the same for the rest of the population.

I know that I didn't make any typo, but may be there is a typo in the question itself regarding "experience" in option E. But I know for sure that there is no typo from my side.

While every person feels entitled to self-determination, a

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