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<p>why is the answer C? why is "has been" the correct verb tense?</p>

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<p>Subject of the sentence is “the validity”</p>

<p>You can’t say that validity have been.</p>

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<p>Here is silverturtle’s guide. It has just about all the grammar rules you need for the SAT.</p>

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<p>@johnny i understand that obviously, my question is why is D wrong? it makes grammatical sense too!</p>

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<p>This question probably came from a third-party source, not the College Board. Stick to questions from the College Board for the writing section.</p>

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<p>Answer choice D appears to be correct as well.</p>

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<p>cecilia I notice you post all these questions very frequently, and your confusion with many of them is really the reason for why TCB material is the best. Not only are the questions more accurate, but they have all the explanations, so you don’t have to keep asking.</p>

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<p>Choice D is wrong because it changes the implied meaning of the sentence. “Has been” implies something has happened in the past, which is what the sentence is trying to say. By something that something “is” doing something, it implies the present and is doing the action at this moment.</p>

<p>I hope that clears things up a bit…</p>

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<p>Why is everyone attacking the question itself? The question appears to be a perfectly valid test of one’s grammar knowledge. </p>

<p>The problem with the sentence posted by the OP is that the subject does not agree with the verb. </p>

<p>The sentence may be long, but the subject is easy to spot. The subject is never in a prepositional phrase. Therefore, the subject cannot be contained in “of personality tests as accurate … desires.” The subject is clearly “The validity,” which is singular. “Have” is plural. Change “have” to “has” and you have a grammatically sound sentence.</p>

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<p>The problem is that “is frequently called into question” is also singular, so it could also be right as far as I know.</p>

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<p>Nope, D is categorically incorrect. The original sentence is trying to form the present perfect tense, thus the use of have + past participle (“called”). The only problem is that the original sentence has a numerical subject-verb agreement problem. </p>

<p>D changes the tense of the original sentence: D distorts the meaning of the original sentence. Therefore, D is incorrect.</p>

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^ditto that.</p>

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^ditto that too.</p>

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