287. Everyone participating in the early sociological study committed a crucial methodological error by failing to fully consider alternative ways of classifying their data.
(A) by failing to fully consider alternative ways of classifying their
(B) by failing fully to consider alternative ways of classifying their
(C) they failed to consider alternative ways to classify their
(D) by not fully considering alternative ways to classify the
(E) by not considering fully alternative ways of classifying his or her
Solution:
Pronoun*
A, B, and C can be eliminated as ‘everyone’ does not agree with ‘their’.
Choice E can be eliminated as, due to its wrong positioning, ‘fully’ modifies ‘alternative’ and not ‘considering’.
D is the best choice.
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(A) by failing to fully consider alternative ways of classifying their
(B) by failing fully to consider alternative ways of classifying their
(C) they failed to consider alternative ways to classify their
(D) by not fully considering alternative ways to classify the
(E) by not considering fully alternative ways of classifying his or her
Solution:
Pronoun*
A, B, and C can be eliminated as ‘everyone’ does not agree with ‘their’.
Choice E can be eliminated as, due to its wrong positioning, ‘fully’ modifies ‘alternative’ and not ‘considering’.
D is the best choice.
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