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Originally posted by Father Bronze:
I wouldn't eliminate your response on the grounds of subject-verb agreement. By referring to the shopping public as "helps," your are using "public" in the singular. You are discussing what the actions of each individual within that group could do if they chose different shopping patterns.
I don't know if it was a typo, but you don't want "The" capitalized in response D.
I found the question very confusing. Is there more? or is that it? I have a difficult time figuring out who is going to be wiped out by whom. I find it hard to believe that "interactivity" is going to wipe someone out. Likewise, I find it just as unbelievable that the shopping public will wipe people out (imagining little shoppers running around with machine guns and such  ).
I feel sorry for you if this is the type of question you have to deal with on a regular basis. Where's the real grammar?
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FB, it sounds more like one of those "reading comprehension" questions that the test-creators of the SAT and other standardized exams just love to throw out examiners. I used to hate those things, because I always read more into the question than they wanted, or came up with a perfectly logical conclusion (but one that was wrong in their book.)
Here's an example of another ridiculous question: "The opposite of Heaven is:___________________".
Now, most people would answer "Hell", naturally. Not so...the makers of the SAT have deemed that the opposite of Heaven is "Earth". Well, that's arguable, but is it any more or less correct? Why should someone be penalized because of an opinion which is NOT a point of logic, if that is indeed what the test is purporting to measure?
GRRRR....I think you can tell how I feel about standardized tests! My sympathies are with you, Rikard.
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