960. Constance Horner, chief of the United States governments personnel agency, has recommended that the use of any dangerous or illegal drug in the five years prior to application for a job be grounds for not hiring an applicant.
(A) the use of any dangerous or illegal drug in the five years prior to application for a job be grounds for not hiring an applicant
(B) any dangerous or illegal drug, if used in the five years prior to applying for a job, should be grounds for not hiring an applicant
(C) an applicants use of any dangerous or illegal drug in the five years prior to application for a job be grounds not to hire them
(D) an applicants use of any dangerous or illegal drug in the five years prior to applying for a job are grounds that they not be hired
(E) for five years prior to applying for a job, an applicants use of any dangerous or illegal drug be grounds for not hiring them
Solution:
Pronouns + subjunctive
C, D, and E: pronoun them/they has no clear antecedent. These choices dont have the plural noun applicants preceding the respective pronoun.
B: In the use of the subjunctive should is not required.
A: The best choice.
Sentence Correction - 1000 Questions with Solution:
(A) the use of any dangerous or illegal drug in the five years prior to application for a job be grounds for not hiring an applicant
(B) any dangerous or illegal drug, if used in the five years prior to applying for a job, should be grounds for not hiring an applicant
(C) an applicants use of any dangerous or illegal drug in the five years prior to application for a job be grounds not to hire them
(D) an applicants use of any dangerous or illegal drug in the five years prior to applying for a job are grounds that they not be hired
(E) for five years prior to applying for a job, an applicants use of any dangerous or illegal drug be grounds for not hiring them
Solution:
Pronouns + subjunctive
C, D, and E: pronoun them/they has no clear antecedent. These choices dont have the plural noun applicants preceding the respective pronoun.
B: In the use of the subjunctive should is not required.
A: The best choice.
Sentence Correction - 1000 Questions with Solution: