Sentence Correction (SC) | Re: In 1988, the Council on Economic Priorities began publishing Shopping

In 1988, the Council on Economic Priorities began publishing Shopping for a Better World, with the simple thesis of consumershaving the power to change companies by the simple expedient of refusing to buy.

Option Elimination -

(A) with the simple thesis of consumers having - "with" introduces a prepositional phrase that can be adverbial or adjectival depending on the context. But the real issue here is "having." Let me share the proper usage of "having," and then let's evaluate this option. Having finished his work, John went for a walk." But we don't see any such usage here. Moreover, "thesis of consumers." Really? Wrong.

(B) which had the simple thesis of consumers having - the same issue of "having."

(C) where the thesis was simple: consumers having - "where" is a location marker. Wrong. Moreover, still the same issue of "having."

(D) with a thesis that is a simple one: consumers have - what is "one"
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Statistics : Posted by Raman109 • on 27 Dec 2008, 07:25 • Replies 27 • Views 39432

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