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Sentence Correction 21 / 50

Choose the option that best corrects the grammatical or logical error in the underlined fragment.

The project manager insisted that each team member is meticulous in their data entry, lest inaccuracies compromise the entire analysis.

A. (No change)
B. be meticulous in his or her data entry, lest inaccuracies compromise
C. were meticulous in their data entry, lest inaccuracies compromise
D. is meticulous in his data entry, lest inaccuracies would compromise

1. Identification of Error: Subjunctive Mood and Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement.
2. Grammatical Rule: Verbs expressing a demand, recommendation, or insistence often trigger the mandative subjunctive in the dependent clause, which uses the base form of the verb (e.g., 'be' for 'to be'); furthermore, singular indefinite pronouns like 'each' require singular possessive pronouns (e.g., 'his or her').
3. Option Elimination:
A. Incorrect — 'is' is not the correct mandative subjunctive form, and 'their' does not agree with the singular antecedent 'each team member'.
B. Correct — 'be meticulous' correctly uses the mandative subjunctive, and 'his or her' correctly agrees with the singular antecedent 'each team member'.
C. Incorrect — 'were' is not the correct mandative subjunctive form, and 'their' still does not agree with 'each team member'.
D. Incorrect — 'is' is incorrect for the subjunctive mood, and 'would compromise' improperly alters the clause following 'lest'.

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