Question

Last week local shrimpers held a news conference to take some credit for the resurgence of the rare Kemp's ridley turtle, saying that their compliance with laws requiring that turtle-excluder devices be on shrimp nets protect adult sea turtles.
(A) requiring that turtle-excluder devices be on shrimp nets protect

(B) requiring turtle-excluder devices on shrimp nets is protecting

(C) that require turtle-excluder devices on shrimp nets protect

(D) to require turtle-excluder devices on shrimp nets are protecting

(E) to require turtle-excluder devices on shrimp nets is protecting

Answer 1

Answer:

The correct option is B: requiring turtle-excluder devices on shrimp nets is protecting

Explanation:

Option A is wrong because the verb does not comply with the singular subject, which in this case is "compliance", and hence the "protect" should be "protects"

Option B is the correct answer because "require" was used with a direct object and the singular verb "is" was also correctly used in the sentence and it agrees with the singular subject "compliance".

Option C is wrong because the word "protect" as used in the sentence is a plural verb and hence it does not comply with the singular subject "compliance"

Option D is wrong because the word "are" is a plural verb and hence it does not comply with the singular subject in the sentence, which is "compliance".

Option E is wrong because the usage of "to require" is unidiomatic