today's SAT Question of the Day

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<p>Here is today's SAT Question of the Day:</p>

<p>The newspaper |reported|(A) that despite the increase </p>

<p>|in|(B) the minimum wage, many people |are|(C) still </p>

<p>|having trouble|(D) making ends meet. |No error| (E)</p>

<p>I just wonder why should the correct answer be E but not A or C?</p>

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<p>Both verbs are used properly. "Reported" matches with "newspaper," and "are" matches with "people."</p>

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<p>Correct as is. ;)</p>

4

<p>So it doesn't matter tenses are different?</p>

5

<p>Not in this case, because the verbs are not describing simultaneous actions.</p>

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<p>Ahh this is confusing. Could you give me an example when they do have to agree?</p>

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<p>The newspaper reported that despite the increase in the minimum wage, many people were having trouble making ends meet this past week.</p>

8

<p>the sentence is correct.</p>

9

<p>correct ,cuz I did this yesterday</p>