Standard English ConventionsVery hardIntroductory 'having' phrase needs its subject
Standard English Conventions practice question
Having reviewed all forty applications, ____.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. the committee announced its shortlist of fiveCorrect
- B. the shortlist of five was announced by the committee
- C. a shortlist of five was announced
- D. the announcement of a shortlist of five followed
Answer: A. the committee announced its shortlist of five
'Having reviewed all forty applications' describes whoever did the reviewing — the committee — so the committee must come right after the comma.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. the shortlist of five was announced by the committee
- This makes the shortlist the one that reviewed the applications.
- C. a shortlist of five was announced
- Again the shortlist is made the reviewer.
- D. the announcement of a shortlist of five followed
- This makes the announcement the reviewer.
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