سوال ۶۲ کنکور ارشد مدیریت کسبوکار (MBA) ۱۴۰۱
اهمیت
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The two former rivals have formed an unlikely strategic alliance .......... everyone perplexed as to why they were at loggerheads for so long.
پاسخ صحیح: گزینهٔ D — leaving
پاسخ تشریحی
Answer: option 4 — leaving. A present-participial result clause (بند وجه وصفیِ بیانگر نتیجه) describes the consequence of the alliance: it has left everyone puzzled. Leave + object + adjective gives leaving everyone perplexed.
- 1) leaves: adds a finite verb without a relative pronoun or conjunction.
- 2) and leaves: has a conjunction, but leaves disagrees with the plural subject the two former rivals; coordinated present-tense leave would be needed.
- 3) left: alone cannot attach this finite past-tense verb to have formed; as a passive participle it also fails to express the alliance's active effect on everyone.
- 4) leaving: introduces the resulting situation without adding another finite predicate.
Exam trick: After a complete clause, -ing + object + complement can express its result; an unlinked finite verb cannot.
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